Caedmon's First Mini Vacation: St. Louis

From the previous post I mentioned that Tanner got a new job and he started it this week.  Well when he put his 2 weeks notice in, the next day they told him that day was his last day.  So I guess he got lucky since he got to have 10 days off with pay.  So we decided to take a mini trip to St. Louis for a couple of days.  It was both Caedmon and I first time there.  Yes believe it or not Caedmon made it there at 4 months old and me at age 32.  Ha!  Caedmon is definitely going to be more of the traveler at his age than his mom was as a child.

The trip ended up being a success.  I could not believe how well Caedmon did in the car and while there.  We left at lunch time on Monday.  He had a cold and we wanted to make sure he didn't have another ear infection again so we took him into the doctor Monday morning.  He was fine and so off we went.  It is about a 4 hour drive plus a stop to feed and change Caedmon.  We got to our hotel and just hung out there that evening and ordered pizza.  Our room was a junior suite and I want that as my master bedroom at home with just a couple minor changes.  Ha!

On Tuesday we went to the Anheuser-Busch brewery.  We were going to do the tour but was told that 30 minutes of the tour was outside and it was really windy so we decided not to do the tour.  Instead we walked around the little museum and gift shop they had inside.  Then went to get a bite to eat at a microbrewery, Schlafly Tap House.  Tanner ordered frog legs.  Gross.  Then back to the hotel for the rest of the day.  We were going to attempt to have Caedmon check out the pool at the hotel but decided against that too since we figured the water would be too cold for him and he probably wouldn't like it.  Instead we put him in the jacuzzi tub in the room.  We put some bath toys in there and he seemed to love it.  In fact I think it relaxed him that he went to sleep no problem that night. 

Frog Legs

Driving around St. Louis

After checking out on Wednesday, we went to the Arch.  We just wanted to walk around it to take pictures and see the little museum inside.  We didn't go up in it since we had Caedmon.  We will do that another time.  Then we planned to go to the children's museum (I guess they do have a section for age 2 and under there) but decided against that as well because Caedmon hadn't taken a nap yet and we didn't want to pay and then get inside and he be cranky the whole time.  So we hit the road to head back home.  Caedmon again slept almost the whole way home.  We will definitely be back again when it is warmer out.  We want to go to the zoo there too.  And Sandy and Rick are Cardinals fans and will eventually take Caedmon to a game.

I also want to mention that this trip was Caedmon's first time being in a stroller where he could actually see everything.  Every time he was either in his carseat attached to the stroller or in the jogging stroller with the top down blocking the wind.  He seemed to love being pushed around and being able to see everything too.