Stephens' Stories: Christmas in Dallas

The weekend before Christmas we drove to Dallas to celebrate with Pop and Grammy. Aunt LaLa rode with us and Uncle Stephen and Aunt Ricki drove up as well. Austin's great-grandmother BB flew (still flying at 84!) to Dallas to be with us as well. We had dinner at a Mexican restaurant (private room and all) on Friday night - late night for Austin! On Saturday, Lauren and I walked along the path near Dad/Michelle's house. Austin snoozed in the stroller and then enjoyed the nearby playground. He liked the slide and the firetruck. Since he is officially walking, he wanted to walk from the bottom of the slide to the steps all by himself. Such a big boy! After our walk, the ladies plus Austin went to eat at Sissy's. It was such a cute restaurant with good food too! The guys went to eat burgers. After lunch, everyone except me, Austin, BB and Michelle went to Topgolf while Austin napped. That evening my Dad and Michelle hosted dinner with Sally (my aunt) and her family plus some of Michelle's family. It was a fun night with family and Austin loved toddling and playing with nutcrackers and bowls....whatever keeps him entertained! We ended the trip on Sunday morning by waking up to find that Austin got sick in his bed. Uh oh! We packed bags and towels for the drive home. Luckily he didn't get sick in the car and we made it home without any messes. For the whole week of Christmas Austin was not feeling 100% as evidenced by his diapers but it eventually passed and he was back to normal. Poor guy. Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend. More to come on Christmas in Houston...