Dexter's Visit to Mississippi

Dexter and his I left on January 31 for his first airplane ride since he resigned his "fetus" status. He did pretty well on the 2-hour flight. Takeoff and landing were not much of an issue compared to the fact that it was about 90 degrees on the plane. We were extra grateful to have a baby-loving neighbor on the way down to help us out.

Once we landed in New Orleans, Dexter was all smiles for Tootsie & Pop, who couldn't wait to get their hands on him.

All in all, the trip was pretty great. Several of his fans got to see him up-close and personal. Even better, Tootsie took the night shifts and I got to sleep. A lot. And eat. Excellent gulf coast food. Also, it was warm there. It was 8 degrees in STL and 66 in Mississippi. We went for walks outside and got to see trees with actual leaves on them.



Tootsie loves Dexter. Dexter loves Tootsie.



Dexter and Pop had a grand time. (They also played a lot of computer solitaire.)




We played lots of new games on this trip.



Miss Carol came to visit twice! She is so much fun.

Tootsie took him to East Hancock Elementary (Go Gators!) to show him off to her coworkers. He did a great job, but then he was really wiped out after all of that attention and extra smiling.



Speaking of the EHE crowd, they were incredibly generous with loaners to help us through the trip. Tootsie's house was fully outfitted with a pack-and-play, bouncy/rocking seat, baby play gym, and and an infant bathtub. (He loved the play gym so much we got to keep it! Thanks!!)



Dennis was afraid that Dexter would forget him while we were gone, so he recorded himself reading stories and instructed us to play it for him every day. We did, but I'm still confident Dexter would have remembered him anyway.



We thought we'd try to get a nice picture of the 3 of them, but Dexter and Pop couldn't tear their eyes away from the TV. Really. I have about 20 of these, and they're all the same.



Time to go!