Finn's first road trip

Even though it might have been a little soon, we decided to take a trip to Ortonville this past weekend. Jim's great-grandma hasn't been able to meet Finn yet and since she is 100 years old, we didn't know how many opportunities there would be (we'd rather she see him 10 times than not at all!).

So, we headed out on Saturday around 11:30...not bad considering I was hoping for around Noon! We ended up taking Hwy 55 (don't ask why!) which took a little longer. We stopped in Paynesville at A&W (yum!) for lunch, which we got in the drive through and ate in the car. Before that, Finn had been pretty quiet and sleeping, but I think he got hungry, so I sat in the back seat with him the rest of the way to my moms (easier to keep him happy when you're next to him...and safer since I had to unbuckle and turn around to see what he needed). We got to mom's and Finn ate. Then we stopped quickly at my dad's and headed to Ortonville.

Great-great Grandma Della didn't know that Finnegan was coming, so we had to get to Ortonville before she demanded to get taken back home. Well, we walked in the door and once she realized who it was, she was so happy. She even held Finn a few times.

The second picture is a "five" generation picture. Granny (Jim's great grandma), a picture of Gram (Jim's grandma), Ron (Jim's dad), Jim (himself) and Finn (Jim's son). Pretty crazy. If only Gram could be here, too. She would be over the moon about Finn. Sigh...things to wish for.

Then, after Granny was taken back home, Finn went to his first baseball game (it just so happened to be uncle John's team playing!). That is uncle John batting in the background. It was a little chilly and windy, so we sat outside to watch uncle John bat twice (Pete was also playing, but I didn't get a picture!) and then we (Memere, Finn and I) headed to the car to watch the rest of the game. I'm sure this will be the first of many of uncle John's baseball games for Finn.

Then on Sunday, we got up, looked for John's keys for an hour (which he took with him to his baseball game...oops!) and then headed for home. We stopped at my grandma and grandpa Smith's and grandma and grandpa Walsh's in Benson (they both happened to be home when we dropped by unannounced). It was nice to chat with them for a few minutes. Then we stopped at mom's again (great place to stop and feed Finn). She made Rhubbarb Crunch, so I was all about that. Yumm-O! Then we headed to Willmar to stop and see my aunt Vicky and then we finally headed for home.

Surprisingly, Finn did really well until about 30 minutes from home...then he lost it (since our trip took five and a half hours!). So I sat in the back with him and kept him somewhat happy until we got home. Then he ate and crashed for the night. Overall, he did great this weekend. It was overwhelming for him with everything going on, but he handled it well. Hopefully we don't try to cram quite so much into our next trip.