East Coast Weekend

Last weekend (Thursday through Sunday) we flew out to Philly for our friend Maria's wedding in Delaware. As this was Avery's first plane ride we were very afraid of having a screaming child on our hands for 5+ hours, but we were pleasantly surprised by what an angel she was! She slept 2 1/2 hours both ways and ate and people watched the rest of the time. We're so proud of her!

Here's our little angel with Daddy on the plane on Thursday morning on our way out to Philly.

I'm ready for take-off Mommy!

Thursday night when we got into Philly and drove to Wilmington, DE, we met up with some of the wedding party & guests at a local English Pub. Avery had on her very cute outfit that our lovely bride got her.

Friday we had some time to kill before the rehearsal dinner so we did some exploring. We ended up in New Jersey. There are no pictures of Jersey to share, it didn't leave any lasting impressions on us. As far as I'm concerned New Jersey has only been good for one thing - giving my grandparents a place to call home when they came to the United States some 57 years ago and the birthplace to my Aunt and Dad! :)

Saturday was the wedding - Mommy was a bridesmaid. Maria and Ed's wedding was in the backyard of their house and it was so beautiful! Tropical Storm Nicole let up in time for a sunny wedding day, thank God! We had a great time at the wedding. Here's a few of our pictures from the day.

Avery with the Bride and groom.

The Hunt family.

Avery and Mommy with Maria, the beautiful bride.

Avery & Daddy. Doesn't Daddy look handsome? He cleans up well!

This was as close as Avery got to the ceremony. Such an angel, she started her nap 20 mins before it started and slept for an hour and a half! Yes, my child is close to perfection. :)

On our way out of Delaware on Sunday we spent some time in Philly since Andy had never been there. We got some sights in and had a Philly cheesesteak sandwhich of course!

The Liberty Bell.

Ben Franklin House.

The Second Bank of the United States. Of course I had to be in this pic!

Avery was really impressed with Philly, can you tell?

The Philly cheesesteak. Tasted like Hamburger Helper to me. Sorry Philly!

After we dropped off the car we headed to the airport to come home. We did have one little incident - the airline (US Airways, never using them again!) down-graded to a smaller plane and Andy's reservation was deleted! After waiting about an hour, with very stressed-out Mommy, they got him a seat and we got to sit together. Phew! That was a quick trip across the country. We're very glad to be back home on the West Coast!