(written years later so not a ton of detail haha) In February we planned a trip to visit both sets of Grandparents. We started in Idaho and had a lovely time. Riley loves the aquarium up there and of course the star of the visit each time is their dog Dobby. Poor Dobby doesn't get a break when Riley is around. She cracked me up with the nicknames she gave him, calling him Dobbs or Dobby-Dob-Dobbs. After one of our outings Riley realized Dobby was now all alone at home and sadly said, "Oh I bet Dobby is so confused!"
After spending a bit of time up in Idaho we headed down to Utah. We stayed at Ana's house because unfortunately COVID was scaring us again, and Mom needed to be extra careful again. While we were staying there Riley was very grateful that Andrew shared his toys with her (although he wasn't always aware he was sharing with her), but she didn't jive well with all of his toys. I saw her playing with the Daniel Tiger trolly and figurines, but Trolly was upside down. I said, "You can put the trolly up and then people can go in it." She responded, "No. It will talk again." Haha for whatever reason she was not a fan of what Trolly was saying!
Riley was so excited to get to play with the doll house at Grandma and Grandpas house. I was so impressed by her willingness to wear a mask and make sure to protect her grandparents. It was also so fun watching Riley play with Elena. Elena was so sweet with her, sharing her Elsa and Anna dolls.
Another fun part of the trip was that my sister-in-laws threw me a Winnie the Pooh themed baby shower. Unfortunately, Mom didn't feel comfortable going to the gathering for health reasons, but Ana and a few of my closest friends were there.
There was one casualty from this trip. On the way home we weren't thinking and we checked a bag with Riley's nightlight. Well the luggage must've been tossed around a bit because when we tried it at home the light function didn't work anymore. It's now just a sound machine. We can't live without that nightlight so Ben raced to Target to buy a similar product. Riley, of course, noticed the change and we tried to explain that her old one got damaged when we checked our bags on the plane. Later, she asked about her nightlight again and we asked her if she remembered what we told her had happened to it. She said, "Yeah, you gave it to someone to throw!"
