Memorial Day Weekend in Tulsa

After Nola's checkup on Friday, we left to spend the weekend in Tulsa with Jan and Bill. We had never been to their house since they moved there. They live in a subdivision in Owasso. By the time we got there Friday night, we weren't far from falling in the bed. Chris was also in town, and because he was sick he slept in one of the guest rooms. Caleb and Rudy slept in the other one and Nola and I slept in the living room. That worked out pretty well, because she woke up during the night to eat and I was able to get her a bottle from the kitchen without waking up everyone else. We learned pretty quickly that Nola doesn't respond too favorably to being out of her routine and out of her own bed. This is the first time she's woken up during the night in a long time - and she did it each night that we were there. I hope this isn't a bad sign for all of our summer trips!

I uploaded 95 pictures to Shutterfly from this trip. I tried to post some of them here, but I couldn't make it work, so I'm giving up. It's past my bedtime. :)

Saturday morning we met Wyatt, Nealy, Gabe and Mia at the zoo. We all had a good time, but it was HOT. I've decided that the Tulsa zoo may be the hottest place on the planet. (Or maybe I just tend to go on really hot days.) Caleb and Gabe had a blast at the zoo petting goats, riding camels, riding the train, riding the carousel, running and running and running. Nola slept pretty much the whole time. Mia really would have rather been in the air conditioning...like most of us. By the time we got back to the house, I was exhausted. After a night of interrupted sleep and several hours at the zoo, I took Nola's first yawn as a cue that it was naptime for both of us. We headed back to the guest room and we were both out like lights for a couple of hours. It was blissful. By the time we woke up, Nealy and her kids were at the house and the boys had been playing in the sprinkler for a while. We spent the rest of the evening watching them play, playing with the baby girls, eating a delicious dinner and visiting.

We played musical beds on Saturday night and it was quite a night. Chris took the couch and Rudy was going to sleep by himself because he was getting up really early to play golf with Bill. Just as we were about to go to bed, Caleb woke up screaming with leg pain. Of course, we had forgotten to bring any pain reliever, so Rudy went to Walgreen's at 11:30 to get some. We finally got Caleb calmed down and medicated, but he insisted on sleeping with Rudy. Not a big deal. I climbed in bed at 12:15 and slept hard until Nola woke up at 2:00. I fed her and then sleepily made my way to the bathroom. As I was using the restroom, I heard something beside me say, "I am Iron Man." I nearly jumped out of my skin. Caleb's Iron Man toy was laying on the bathroom counter and it started talking by itself! Again, it said, "I am Iron Man." I looked at it and said (out loud), "Good for you." I made my way back to the bedroom and just as I started to doze off, I heard it again. Then I heard a door open and close and didn't hear it anymore. I figured someone got up and took out the batteries or moved it somewhere where we couldn't hear it anymore. In all actuality, Rudy had taken it outside and thrown it in the trash. I'm sure he muttered a few things that one shouldn't really say to a child's toy, but I have no proof. :) I finally got back to sleep and woke up again at 8:00 when Caleb decided that I had gotten enough rest. After I put on my glasses, I realized that Caleb's chin was yellow. I asked him why and he told me that Uncle Chris had given him a popsicle. I decided it was time for me to get out of bed.

Caleb spent the morning being whiny and grumpy due to his late night. I spent the morning trying to adjust his attitude. Rudy spent the morning playing golf. Nola spent the morning being Nola - sleep, eat, play, sleep, eat... Jan took Caleb outside to help her water the plants and I sat down to read, but never cracked my book open. I ended up going back to bed and took a good long nap while Nola slept. I woke up just as Rudy and Bill were getting back from golfing. We ended up going to the Bass Pro Shop in Broken Arrow for a couple of hours. We saw some "interesting" things and some "interesting" people. Rudy got a target block to practice shooting his bow. Caleb got a stuffed animal and a Roly Poly Playground. I actually tried on a couple of dresses, but didn't really like them once I got them on. I picked up a camo dress for Nola, but decided it wasn't worth $20 for a joke, so I put it back down.

After our venture to BA, we headed back to the house in Owasso and spent the evening having dinner and visiting with some of Jan and Bill's friends. Caleb ate a grand total of 4 popsicles and by the time he was finished his hands, arms and legs looked like he had been tie-dyed. (Actually, 24 hours, several hand-washings and a bath later - he still does.) Apparently at one point, he had a popsicle in one hand and a worm in the other. I'll never understand boys as long as I live.

We fell back in the bed and got up this morning to pack up. We said our goodbyes and thanks for a great weekend to Jan, Bill and Chris and piled into the car. Instead of coming straight home, we met my dear friend Cindy, her sister Kendra and Cindy's daughter, Haven for lunch at Joe's Crab Shack. Haven entertained us all by dancing in the restaurant while we waited for our food. After lunch, we walked around a little in a nearby mall and then picked up a few things at Babies R Us before heading home. I can't wait to try out these cool new baby-feeding spoons that I found at BRU.