Nicholas Maravillas’ Blog

We traveled up to NJ this past weekend for our cousin Kathy’s wedding.  It was a great time!  And it was so neat for our family up there to be able to meet Nicholas.  We left after dinner on Thursday and stopped at Nana and Papa’s house for the night.  The next morning we drove up north.  Nicholas did really well.  He took regular naps in the car, the same as he would at home.  We let him run around during eating stops and at rest stops, which was fun until it was time to get back in the car.  Then he’d get really upset with us.

But overall he did wonderfully!  He even slept really well overnight.  Usually he wakes up a lot when we travel but he slept through both nights we were away.

Friday night we went out to dinner.  It was fun but Nicholas was more interested in climbing around than eating.  Before dinner though, Bill (Kathy’s fiance) got his 4-wheeler out.  Of course everyone had to take a turn on that!  Nicholas didn’t ride, but enjoyed sitting on it.  Dad took me around and it was fun! Scary but fun!

Here are some pictures from the wedding.  He was so good!  He didn’t make a peep during the ceremony, took a short nap before the reception and enjoyed himself on the dance floor.  Stay tuned for a video of him doing the chicken dance!

He was up a couple of hours past bedtime and it took about 2 minutes in the car on the way back to the house for him to conk out.  He was so tired that he stayed asleep through getting undressed and only stirred when I changed his diaper.  In retrospect, we should have just brought pajamas and changed him before we left but it worked out okay.

On Sunday, we made the long trip back to NC.  We stopped in Delaware to see Patrick and Tina, then in Fairfax to see Fr. Peter and eat at my all time favorite place- Carlos O Kelly’s.  They make this fantastic dish called Chicken Picado.  I haven’t found it anywhere else! The trip home took about 12.5 hours between all of our stops and a bit of traffic but we finally made it home.  Again, Nicholas did beautifully!  He got frustrated about an hour away from home, but really we all were tired of the car so we couldn’t blame him.

All in all, it was a lovely weekend and we had a great time!  Congratulations Kathy and Bill!!!

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