4th of July Travels

So, we decided to take a vacation this week. We departed yesterday, July 4th, drove to Rochester, MN and stayed with our friends: Pam and Dan Halvorsen. It was a lovely stay. After some snacks, Elias decided he should make the best of his time out of the carseat and decided to attempt running! He did a really great job. For about a half an hour he would walk from person to person and chair to couch and back again. It was really fun to see! He only stopped because I was a bad catch once and he bonked his mouth. Today, in the car, he was getting frustrated when we were stuck in traffic so I started reading him one of his favorite books - Baby Animals. I got to the page with the "fat and funny" puppies and he said "Bow bow!". Very exciting! He also knows that cats "Mow" and cows "Moo". Having lots of fun on this vacation - hope it continues. Tomorrow we are going to attempt downtown Chicago.