Over fourth of July weekend, we took a trip to Alabama so Maya could visit her Lolli and Pop Woods and her Aunt Darci, Uncle Will, and cousin AP. We were worried that now that Maya was a little more alert to her surroundings that it would be harder to get her through the airport, but need not have bothered. Apparently she’s a seasoned traveler now, accustomed to the ins and outs of air travel.

Maya – 7 1/2 months old

We tried out a new plan. We’d fly out to Alabama around Maya’s bedtime to see if that would help us breeze through the flight. It worked well. She ate and slept as expected, making for a trouble-free trip. The problem is that when we got to Harry and Helen’s house, Maya had just woken from a good long nap and was ready to par-tay. Mommy and Daddy, on the other hand, were ready to crash.

Maya and Lolli

It had been a very wet summer in Homewood, and our visit was no exception. Given that, and everyone’s generally quiet mood, we were homebodies for the majority of our visit. Maya is scared of the noise my blender makes, so I wasn’t too keen on keeping her out past her bedtime to experience the sights and sounds of Independence Day anyway (next year will be better, I think).

Maya and Pop

While we had a good visit, we still didn’t have the presence of mind to take too many pictures. We do have a few of Lolli and Pop with Maya, taken the very last day we were there. There’s only one with Aunt Darci and cousin AP, and we didn’t manage to get any at all with Uncle Will.

Our little family!

Darci took some family photos for us, and they turned out really nicely! I think the only other time before this we’ve even tried to get a family photo was Christmas, and none of us had a great deal of energy or enthusiasm for it.