Romi Gludt, World Traveler

OK, so we didn't go half way around the world this time, but we did spend the weekend in CA over MLK weekend. Talk about a jam-packed four-days of meeting and greeting, eating and laughing. And our little guy was absolutely a trooper. He did fabulously on the plane, taking a nap for a majority of the short trip and then enjoying the woman next to us singing "Itsy-Bitsy Spider" while we landed. Wemet Grandma at Paul's and later that day, Romi got to meet Gila and to see the Bermans, although he had fallen asleep by the time Heather and Mark arrived. All parties involved were disappointed.

On Saturday, Romi spent time with the extended Gludt family. He met loads of cousins and people who are called cousin even though they aren't cousins. Saturday evening was spent with Nana, Papa, Aunt Kim, Uncle Joe, Cousin Austin (who didn't share well!) and Cousin Sabrina. The Rominator was beyond exhausted and I knew I should take him home, but his aunt and cousins had him in such hysterics I couldn't bear to be the party pooper. They were all playing on Joe and Kim's bed, and every time they made him belly laugh they all laughed. Sitting in the family room and hearing everyone enjoying one another's company so much truly did my heart good.

On Sunday, Romi hung out with Carrie and Dan and their kids, Koo-Koo and Lu-Lu (not their real names) in the park. When that was done we scooped him up, shoved him back in the car and headed up to Valencia for more family time! Romi spent Sunday charming Aunt Pam and Uncle Scott, Aunt Dana and Uncle Matt, and his cousins Ben, Alex, Sarah and Lindsay. I can't honestly say who had a better time! But of all my favorite photos of the weekend, I love this shot of Romi and his grandmother playing face to face.



Monday morning saw us meeting Hallie, Joel and Sydney before heading off to the airport. Once again, Romi proved what an expert travel he is by taking a bottle on take off and sleeping for the rest of the flight. Seriously, how did we get to be so darn lucky?!

In other news, Romi is crawling like a madman, which means he's wicked fast, which means he's in the dog's water bowl before we can get to him. He loves to pull himself up on everything and he had his first ever shower, which he pretty much slept through. Go figure.