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Houston – Day 1 – Recap
Houston – Days 2-4 – Recap
Houston – Days 5-6 – Recap
Houston – Days 7-11 – Recap
Houston – Days 12-15 – Recap

There has been a lot to catch up on since we returned home, but we’re doing pretty good with it. We’re getting used to the time zone again, and I know that Texas is only an hour behind but you have to consider that we had just adjusted to going forward an hour for DST, then we go back an hour, and now we’re forward an hour again. Fun times.

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Day 13: We spent our last day packing, meeting up with old friends, packing, spending time with family, and packing.

Eventually we went to bed, but sleeping never seems to come easy on the nights you need it.

Day 14: We got up early and finished up with our packing, loading up the car, and saying our goodbyes. On our way out we took a different route so that we could visit Lynn’s grandparents (on her dad’s side; see Day 5) and tell them bye. We then settled into the car for a nice long drive to Biloxi, MS.

Thanks to Lynn and Orbitz we received a great deal to stay a night at IP Biloxi.

Why yes, we did enjoy our night’s stay. The beds were comfy:

Day 15: We enjoyed sleeping in a bit, but the time came to get up and get ready:

Then it was time to load up the car and check out. We left the hotel and headed to the nearest Taco Bell for some grub.

Before we could get to the Taco Bell, we couldn’t resist stopping to take pictures of a flock of seagulls sitting around. Note: When stopping to roll down your window and take pictures of seagulls, they will be expecting food.

Once we figured out they were expecting food, I pulled out some bread and started tossing it. I was very amused when they were catching the bread in their beaks and flying away like MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE. =P

After a bit of searching I learned that these are known as Laughing Gulls. /random fact

After a lot of driving and a stop or two for potty and stretch time, we ended up right here:

Noah had a lot of fun meeting Sammy Stephens, and so did we!

After a lot of fun, it was time to finish up the drive home. We’re having to readjust after being gone for two weeks, but we’re happy to have made it back safely.

3/12: Thursday – Day 1
3/13: Friday – Day 2
3/14: Saturday – Day 3
3/15: Sunday – Day 4
3/16: Monday – Day 5
3/17: Tuesday – Day 6
3/18: Wednesday – Day 7
3/19: Thursday – Day 8
3/20: Friday – Day 9
3/21: Saturday – Day 10
3/22: Sunday – Day 11
3/23: Monday – Day 12
3/24: Tuesday – Day 13
3/25: Wednesday – Day 14
3/26: Thursday – Day 15

I went to write this post and I had to figure out where I left off. Maybe it’ll help you keep up, but it’ll definitely help me. =P

Days 7 – 9: These days were a blur for me. We did have fun and Lynn has a post on her blog about a great find we bought for Noah on one of the days.

Day 10: One of Lynn’s cousins (Ivana) had her birthday party out at a park where her boyfriend’s band played and Noah had tons of fun with family. Noah and I met another one of Lynn’s cousins (Michelle) for the first time.

After the park we went out to TGI Friday’s to eat dinner.

Few words, many pics! These might not be in the right order, but oh well.

The first picture is Ivana:

Noah went in a real park swing for the first time (other than a baby swing when he was smaller).

Mmm TGI Friday’s:

Day 11: I like to try new things. Today I tried Guinea Pig.

Nomnomnom.

Also, Noah is walking for real real today. He’s taken steps and he cruises around furniture but this is the real deal. Lynn posted about it here.

Tonight he walked right by me like it was just the most normal thing. That’s my boy!

A joystick you say?

Noah loved the animals. The brown dog tolerated it very well and was really friendly to him. The cat that wasn’t hiding from us did very well with Noah but was much faster in getting away from him when she got tired of it. ;-) We didn’t see much of the black dog but she was still friendly. Noah had a blast.

Unfortunately they had to have one of their cats put down (it was very sick). I was glad I was able to help, though I felt bad for them over it.

The day was filled with fun though:

Day 6: We went out for lunch to meet with a friend of Lynn’s at a restaurant that doesn’t exist. This is a fact. =P We ended up at Quiznos and had a wonderful lunch, although Lynn didn’t get to meet up with her friend by the time we did get to eat lunch.

However, later that day a long time internet friend of ours (Tiffany) drove down and we went to the Hong Kong Mall to meet her:

Here’s Tiffany holding a Jack Fruit. These things had a bad smell. @_@ Huge though.

Yes, I can be very immature. Pickled yer wut?

There was a lot to look at, and we had a lot of fun.

In the end, Noah had just a little too much fun:

On our way out, we took a few pictures of all of us together:

So all in all it was a good day, even with the restaurant that didn’t exist.