What a weekend!

I know... it's Wednesday and I'm finally getting around to writing about the events of the weekend... if you could only see our living room you would see that we're still not completely unpacked and are digging through suitcases to get ready each morning :)

We had a great trip to the Quad Cities to visit Grandma and Grandpa Dunlap and to have Archer baptized at the church where Eric and I were married. We started the roadtrip on Thursday afternoon -- hoping we wouldn't double our 5-hour drive time with a baby in the car. Archer did great and slept the majority of the trip!

Friday morning was the beginning of the baby parade. Archer and I went with Grandma D to school where she teaches to see some of her co-workers. Then we went to meet Great-Grandma Elsie at the nursing home. It was a gorgeous spring day with temps in the 70's so we enjoyed running around with the windows down!

Saturday continued the baby parade with Archer meeting lots of new people. We met up with Katie, her mom and twin girls for coffee and breakfast. Then, my girlfriends arrived from Chicago just in time to hit the mall food court for lunch (a trip home just isn't complete without a trip to Chick-fil-a!) Saturday afternoon, Grandma and Grandpa Holman arrived along with my Aunt Corinne and Uncle Roger. We all got together for monster-reubens at the Belgian Village. Seriously... we didn't spend the entire weekend eating, did we?!

Sunday's baptism was great. We were thrilled to have the same pastor who married Eric and I perform the baptism. By the end of the service, Archer finally realized that the trumpets and organ weren't monsters coming to get him (seriously... whose brilliant idea was it to have a jazz band play on a Sunday with 5 baptisms?)

We finished the day with (you guessed it... more food) a great lunch at Biaggi's. Thank you to everyone who made the trip to the QC's to share the day/weekend with us! It was wonderful to finally show off our son to all of you! We're the proudest parents in the world and can't believe we're so lucky to have such a fun little man!

All in all, our first road-trip home was great. But, I have to admit it felt really nice to get home on Monday afternoon. It's funny how you don't realize how much of a routine you have until you're not in it! If only we can figure out a way to get all the people we love to come to the Twin Cities! :)

There are tons of photos on our dropshots site from the weekend... take a look!