Henry, Meet Idaho

I hadn't intended to brave the questionably friendly skies with Henry quite so soon, but when cousin Katie decided to get married in June, I decided to see what kind of traveler Henry is going to be.  Jason had to stay behind and work, so Henry and I had some quality mama-boy bonding time en route to Boise last week.

Henry thinks plane travel is "awesome."

Henry, it turns out, is really and truly our son, as he was a champion traveler--especially given the two cancelled flights, two four-hour delays in Denver, and hour and a half on the tarmack on the way home (thank you, United).  Denver and I have some serious bad karma.  Traveling with a newborn:  not easy.  Doable, but not easy.

Luckily, we didn't have to find joy in the journey to have a wonderful time in Idaho.  Granny and Papa were thrilled to see Henry again, and Aunt Shaanti and Aunt Jenny had been counting down the days until we arrived.  They were an endless pool of advice and encouragement, very happy to see this little boy about whom I'd been calling them almost daily with questions for the past seven weeks!

Meeting Aunt Shaanti

Aunt Jenny had Henry's number from the start--blanket up and around the face!

Henry couldn't wait to show Uncle Casey and Auntie Kim his Batman onesie (he just couldn't show the camera).

All the boys were enamored with him (all the boys except Kade, who did. not. like it when either his mama or his granny held a different baby!).  Troy kept asking how "my baby" was doing, and Mason loved on "Hemry" as much as he could.  Hemry is going to have so much fun with all those cousins in a few years!

Six boys.

Cole took good care of Henry!

Mason could hardly wait to hold "Hemry."

Cooper and Henry.

Hemry was the hit of the show.

Katie's wedding was up in McCall, so we spent almost all week at the cabin.  There were lots of cousins, aunts, and uncles, and dear friends to introduce him to at the wedding.  Plus, Krystal came down from Seattle so that she could meet him--yay!

Papa with Troy, Cole, and Kade

Playing in the perfect Idaho summer weather (sigh.  It's 104 here today.).

Henry's first trip to Ice Cream Alley.  He was very excited, clearly.

Hanging out with Aunt Mel.

Meeting Krystal!

It was extra special to show Henry to his great-grandad and great-grandpa.  (Unfortunately, I had the stomach flu that was making its rounds through the whole family when we saw Gramps, so no four-generation pic this time.)

Four generations of Bunns

With cousin Kary and great-Gramps Johnson

As an extra bonus, we were there for Troy's fourth birthday--yay, two nephew birthdays in one year!  He scored both a rifle and a bike, making him one very popular little cousin.

 

Ready to go huntin'.

Ready to pop wheelies.

Anyway, it was (apart from the stomach flu, blech!) an absolutely wonderful visit--it was only missing Jason!  It was a good thing he was here to welcome us home on Tuesday Wednesday afternoon late night when we finally, finally arrived at Dulles.