Matt, Christen, Derek & Rylie

Week 7
This week Derek took his first flight. We flew to Salt Lake City, Utah to visit Matt's family. Derek did really well on the plane to UT, even taking a nap, but on the flight home he did not sleep for 5 hours (he did not cry either). He wanted to look at everything in the airport, on the plane and on the shuttle ride to our car. Thankfully he fell asleep as we drove home from Oakland. We are hopeful that he will do this well on the next flight (6 hours to Boston).

First flight

While we were in Utah, Derek got to meet many new relatives.
He loved being held by all of them.

Derek with Grandpa Buman

Four generations - Derek, Matt, Marilyn and Grandma DDerek with Great Grandma D

Derek with his cousins Alyssa and Megan

Derek with Aunt Melanie, Uncle Steve and Cousin Kaitlyn (plus cousin boy Harris on the way)

In addition to seeing family we got frozen yogurt with our nieces and nephews, I went to see Eclipse with Emily, we went to the pool, enjoyed great food, and Matt and I went out on a date while Matt's mom watched Derek. It was a great vacation.

This is how Derek fell asleep in his car seat when we went to the pool. Looks comfy huh?

Family picture in the Buman's backyard.

Here are a few other photos from this week.

One of our friends in Gainesville gave Derek this outfit. Go Gators!

You can really see how much Derek has grown from these two pictures.
(L = 7 weeks old, R = 2 weeks old)