Meghan: A Visit From Gm and Gp Bailey

I'm so behind, but a couple of weeks ago Gm and Gp Bailey came to Utah for a visit! They definitely kept themselves busy, but we caught them a few times and got to hang out ☺

When they first got into town we met up at Red Robin for dinner where Nolan put on a show eating an Oreo shake.

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Gm and Gp came to swimming class!

Jumping in! Still can't quite actually 'jump' to me. He kind of hops and then I grab him, but he loves it!

Getting some instruction from our teacher Raelene. Notice she has to demonstrate with another kid, because Nolan freaks out whenever she comes near him! Kind of weird to me since this is probably the 5th session we've signed up for since he was 6 months old and she's been the teacher every single time!

He also went down the slide by himself for the first time. We kept trying to coax him down so I finally just gave him a little shove hehe.

At McDonald's after swim class.

We had a little bit of opposition from Gm Bailey, but in the end she couldn't resist her grandson's favorite place ☺ Plus, he knows the routine - on Thursday's we go to swimming, then McDonald's for fries. You can't change that up haha.

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Friday evening we went to the State Fair and it was a blast!

Petting the goat. He was pretty soft most of the time, but every once in awhile patted a little too enthusiastically and we had to remind him ☺

"Smile Nolan!"

He loved the rides!! We pretty much knew he would, he's loved being swung and spun and thrown since he was a little baby, but it was fun to see it confirmed. In fact, he seemed to be less enthused with the milder rides like this train ride.

He wanted one's that really gave him a thrill like this one that went up and down and twirled! Magic Mountain, here we come!

He was surprisingly reluctant to go on the Merry-Go-Round, but after some convincing he finally got on one of the horses and loved it.

But by far his very favorite ride were these helicopters. He did not want to get off when the ride was over. We did this one twice! I loved how he was constantly turning the wheel like he totally knew what he was doing.

I think Justin liked it too ☺

The second time ☺

Dinner

We ran into my besties (Sara, Sue, and Lis)! Justin actually ran into them first and told them where to find me so they came over and said hi! Nolan was getting ice cream with Gm and Gp so we went over to see him. Can you guess what Nolan said as soon as he saw Sara and Lis? "I watch a Wes Fing!" haha.

One of the booth workers let Nolan pop a balloon!

On guard! (but with some sort of medieval weapon ☺)

Ok, this next attraction was probably the cutest thing I've ever seen! They basically try to teach the kids how farming works.

Equipped with an apron and a bucket, he was ready to learn!

Getting corn for the animals.

Milking a cow

After milking the cow he got a jug of milk

Picking apples from a tree

Buying seeds to plant

Then planting his seed

Which grows into a vegetable that you can pick. Nolan of course planted and picked a tomato.

Farming always involves tractors

Grooming and taking care of sheep

Gathering eggs

Then he took all the "food" he produced to the market.

Where he earned some "money"

then went to the "store" and bought food (a granola bar) with it!

Seriously, they did such a good job with this exhibit. Everything was so stinkin' cute!

Mom and Dad being silly. It happens sometimes.

Looking at some more animals. Nolan was pretty much over it at this point though and ready to go home.

Pooped after a long night of fun!

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On Saturday morning Doug, Justin, and I golfed 9 holes at Old Mill while Nolan hung out with grandma. And by 'hung out' I mean they were having so much fun that grandma didn't even put him down for a nap! ;) hehe we teased her a lot about that one.

Somehow I lost my putter so I've had to use Justin's right handed one the last few times we've gone golfing. You'd think this would be a major handicap, but since my putting game isn't the best anyway, and I'm not totally inept at using the opposite hand for things, I don't think it set me back too much ☺