1st Hair Cut & Trip to Madison

Just before we left for Wisconsin we finally gave in and took Jessica to "Sharkey's Cuts for Kids" to get her hair trimmed. It was such a neat place! Jess sat in a Barbie truck while she got her hair cut and just behind her there were seats for older kids to play video games too! Anyway, it didn't take very long but I was a little unimpressed with the finished product (I only wanted a very little bit taken off but as usual, the hairdresser went a little scissor happy) but she definitely looks cute! And it's nice that she no longer has hair in her eyes!



So the plane rides weren't nearly as bad as we thought...the cabin pressure didn't seem to bother Jess at all! At first I was trying so hard to make sure she was nursing/drinking/sucking on anything during take-off and landing but she resisted so often I just gave up. No crying whatsoever! She actually loved it in the plane so much she was super hyper, bouncing up and down standing on our laps or the tray table, trying to touch or grab other passengers (thank goodness we had some amazing people sitting close to us that seemed to enjoy her) and making tons of noise. She didn't sleep at all while we were traveling and passed out as soon as we got into the rental car.

On the way home was a different story - we were originally supposed to leave Madison at 11:15 am, layover in Chicago and arrive in Toronto at 4:30 pm - just in time to get home for dinner, bath and in bed at her regular bedtime. BUT there was a huge storm in Chicago so our flight was cancelled. Instead, we were re-routed through Milwaukee leaving Madison at 2:20 pm with a FOUR HOUR layover, scheduled to arrive home at 9:20 pm. Luckily, we managed to get Jess to nap in the morning before we left for the airport - for 1 hour. By the time we got to Milwaukee she was so exhausted (and still refused to sleep in her stroller) we decided to rent a car during our layover and drove around to let her nap. When we got back to the airport the guy asked what was wrong with the car because we had only been gone for 2 hours...and paid $47!! The things you have to do with an 11 month old!! =) So in the end, our flight to Toronto was delayed another 1.5 hours and we didn't get home until after midnight. Jessica, who usually sucks her thumb to sleep, just closed her eyes once we got in the car and slept all the way home from the airport.

The one great thing is that she slept in until 8:30 the next morning...and has been waking up past 8:00 am every morning since! Which means Russ & I get to sleep in - yay!!

Anyway, Jessica was GREAT! We were so proud of her!

Here are some photos from our trip:

The popular Madison Farmer's Market that circled the Capital State building:


Our trip to Archiver's (a BIG scrapbooking store that has everything you can imagine in it!!) =)


Some random photos of Jess from the weekend:


And on the wedding day:


I just realized we didn't take any "family" photos during the wedding (which is not a surprise) - Mom & Dad, do you by any chance have any photos of Russ, Jess & I?? Thanks!