Road trip!

Zach had been in Ohio all week, so this morning Lauren and Lolli packed up an drove down to visit him! Lolli did pretty well on the trip down there but didn't nap much. They stopped for lunch in Harrison, OH and ate at O'Charleys. Lolli loved her rolls, chicken fingers, and mac n cheese!

After lunch Lauren and Lolli headed through Cincinnati and over into Kentucky. They went to the Newport Aquarium. Lauren didn't wanna mess with taking a stroller, so she carried Lolli in the Mei Tai all through the "fish" part of the aquarium, but held her hand and let her walk through most of the rest of the galaries. Lolli pointed at the fish and tried to touch all of them, but they were behind glass, of course. She also really really liked the alligators and otters.

There was an exhibit featuring Lorikeets (birds) so Lauren purchased a small cup of nectar to feed to them. She held Lolli in one arm and held the nectar in her other hand. Birds came down and drank from the cup of nectar. It was very cool and Lolli loved it - until she got pooped on! A bird hit Lolli right on the head and got Lauren's arms and chest. Ew!

At the cafe in the aquarium, Lauren and Lolli shared some Cookies N Cream Dippin' Dots, which of course Lolli LOVED! Finally, they purchased a copy of the picture that had been taken of the 2 of them in a set of giant shark jaws. Cool!

They headed back to the hotel and then Zach got back there from work. Woohoo! Lolli was refusing to nap, so they all three went swimming in the hotel pool. Lolli still loves to swim and is getting so good at jumping in (with mom or dad's help, of course!).

For dinner, they all drove down to Newport again and ate at Mitchell's Fish Market. Yum! Lolli loved walking around the plaza and thought she was so cool because she walked all over and climbed 3 flights of stairs (while Lauren and Zach held her hands).

Back at the hotel, Lolli crawled and played until 10, when Lauren fed her and then laid her in the pack n play. She went right to sleep, even though Lauren and Zach had the tv on. She's such a big girl!

Zach had to leave for work early this morning, so Lauren and Lolli packed up and left the hotel on their own shortly after they woke up. They stopped for a mommy-daughter breakfast at Panera bread and then spent an hour browsing at Ikea. Fun!

They finally got back hom around 1:30 on this afternoon. Lolli was very worn out and took a long, long nap!