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Last Saturday Adam was scheduled to play a song during a wedding with friend and fellow bandmate, Tanya. While I didn't know the people getting married, I was invited along and we decided it would be a good First: Going to a Wedding with Two Kids. Add to that, Adam was going to get up and Leave Us for a few minutes during the middle of the service.
So, Saturday early afternoon after dolling up everyone in wedding finery, we loaded up the vehicle and drove to Indianola (about 45 minutes away). Adam wanted to be there early to set up and sound check, so we arrived on the Simpson College campus at about 2:30 pm; the wedding was scheduled to start at 4 pm. It took us quite a while to find the actual chapel and it felt like we parked miles away... since one of us was carrying a bucket car seat and the other was trying to corral and almost-2-year-old.
However, we finally made it there.
Setting up for the song went relatively quickly and then it was time to wait. Well, in waiting, Julia slowly starting becoming more and more... crabby? energized? not going to sit through a wedding for an hour? So, about 20 minutes before the wedding started, as I stood there and watched Julia have a mini-meltdown in the middle of a church, I decided that the girls and I should go back to the car so as not to make A Scene during the wedding. So, I picked up Raven's car seat, grabbed Julia's hand, and off we went.
It took us about 20 minutes to walk back to the car... we would walk about 20 feet and then Julia would just stop... and not move. No matter what. And she thought that it was hilarious that I REALLY wanted her to move. So, at one point, I picked her up and carried her AND the car seat... fun, fun!
We had a good time waiting for Adam, though. We went and got gas, got a snack, and Julia watched a movie while I nursed Raven. We also found a closer parking spot so Adam was able to find us pretty quickly after the wedding.
Then we drove to Ankeny and went to the reception at the Vittoria Italian Lodge. It was a good time! Even up to this point Raven had been doing really well and still was. Julia thought it was super fun to eat off of both of our plates (she would turn to one of us and request a bite of this and then turn to the other and request a bite of that and Oh. My. Goodness. she loves cake just as much as her mommy).
At one point during the reception, Julia was playing with silverware and thought it was an excellent idea to bang on the glasses with it... you might be able to guess where this led! Yes, our child caused the rest of the room to start banging their glasses with silverware too which led the couple to a kiss. How fun! We had a good chuckle about how Julia was able to start that... and for doing something she normally would have been "in trouble" for.
Then the dance started... and oh, my, was Julia in heaven. (Pictures included here... video to follow soon.) It was wonderful fun to see her at a wedding... the last one we went to was over a year ago and she wasn't walking yet, so she wasn't really dancing yet either. Our kid likes to shake her groove thang. Ha!
All in all it was a good time and it worked great for tiring Julia out so that the time change didn't phase her. We all made it to 7 am Sunday morning before anyone woke up. :)
erin
So, Saturday early afternoon after dolling up everyone in wedding finery, we loaded up the vehicle and drove to Indianola (about 45 minutes away). Adam wanted to be there early to set up and sound check, so we arrived on the Simpson College campus at about 2:30 pm; the wedding was scheduled to start at 4 pm. It took us quite a while to find the actual chapel and it felt like we parked miles away... since one of us was carrying a bucket car seat and the other was trying to corral and almost-2-year-old.
However, we finally made it there.
Setting up for the song went relatively quickly and then it was time to wait. Well, in waiting, Julia slowly starting becoming more and more... crabby? energized? not going to sit through a wedding for an hour? So, about 20 minutes before the wedding started, as I stood there and watched Julia have a mini-meltdown in the middle of a church, I decided that the girls and I should go back to the car so as not to make A Scene during the wedding. So, I picked up Raven's car seat, grabbed Julia's hand, and off we went.
It took us about 20 minutes to walk back to the car... we would walk about 20 feet and then Julia would just stop... and not move. No matter what. And she thought that it was hilarious that I REALLY wanted her to move. So, at one point, I picked her up and carried her AND the car seat... fun, fun!
We had a good time waiting for Adam, though. We went and got gas, got a snack, and Julia watched a movie while I nursed Raven. We also found a closer parking spot so Adam was able to find us pretty quickly after the wedding.
Then we drove to Ankeny and went to the reception at the Vittoria Italian Lodge. It was a good time! Even up to this point Raven had been doing really well and still was. Julia thought it was super fun to eat off of both of our plates (she would turn to one of us and request a bite of this and then turn to the other and request a bite of that and Oh. My. Goodness. she loves cake just as much as her mommy).
At one point during the reception, Julia was playing with silverware and thought it was an excellent idea to bang on the glasses with it... you might be able to guess where this led! Yes, our child caused the rest of the room to start banging their glasses with silverware too which led the couple to a kiss. How fun! We had a good chuckle about how Julia was able to start that... and for doing something she normally would have been "in trouble" for.
Then the dance started... and oh, my, was Julia in heaven. (Pictures included here... video to follow soon.) It was wonderful fun to see her at a wedding... the last one we went to was over a year ago and she wasn't walking yet, so she wasn't really dancing yet either. Our kid likes to shake her groove thang. Ha!
All in all it was a good time and it worked great for tiring Julia out so that the time change didn't phase her. We all made it to 7 am Sunday morning before anyone woke up. :)
erin
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