Labor Day Weekend- Milwaukee, WI

So we head out to Milwaukee to visit my the Markowski side of my family for labor day weekend/our last weekend of traveling until we have a baby probably!

Our flight out was on Thursday night.  For the most part, the flight was ok except for two things: 1.) on the take-off, the pilot decided he wanted to see how quickly he could get back to level after making a sharp right-handed turn causing my stomach to fly into my throat and 2.) the pilot informed us we would be landing shortly and there were thunderstorms in the area (read felt like we were flying into a black hole and holy rocking the boat on the landing and me seriously thinking we were going to die.)  But we got there, and Aunt Lauren and cousin Layla picked us up, we watched some t.v. and went to bed.

The rest of the weekend is a blur of family fun time and some moderate amounts of chaos, which is expected with a big family.  I was really glad I got to see my parents at least for a few hours.  Here are some highlights of our trip:

• Real Chili
• Catchphrase
• Lawn golf and bocci ball
• Pictionary
• Grammy's delicious desserts including apple cake, jimmy cake and eclair torts
• Cheese curds
• Mini Golf and batting cages
• Testing out Justin's new camcorder
• Trying to get everyone to feel the baby move (even though Mom didn't get to feel it :( ) and Uncle Brendan saying "That's it???" upon feeling the kicking
• Spending time with my awesome family, no matter how little time

Despite a Hokie disappointing loss on Labor Day, I had a great weekend.  And I'm not even mad that I'm exhausted.  I got pretty emotional at the airport because I'm really upset about probably not seeing much of my family this upcoming holiday season (which is the main reason I love the holidays.)  Here are some photos from our weekend get-a-way.  Also, check out the belly shots because I'm pretty sure I am growing a lot now, my boss even said I looked much bigger today at work than last week.

P.S. Grammy Markowski is 100% sure it's a boy, and my mom is keeping her opinion a big secret:)

Babies and Toddlers and Airplanes...Oh My!

Have you noticed how many kids are on airplanes?  Man, my two flights back from San Diego yesterday were probably about 50% kids under the age of 5.

I was in San Diego for my former teammate and college roommates wedding with some other former teammates, one of whom is also pregnant.  She's a little further along than me and was able to give me some advice, however her pregnancy has also been much rougher than mine so far.  It was nice to find out that she was on my flight to and from Milwaukee to San Diego though!

Back to the kids on the flights.  At first, on my flight back home from Milwaukee, it was late and I was a little hormonal and irritated and there were two boys probably around the age of 3 or 4 sitting in the row in front of me (from different families mind you).  They were SO hyper and talkative and loud the whole flight.  It wasn't terrible, but I was just tired of flying.  Then, as we were de-planing, one of those little boys was with his older sister (probably about 5) and his mom.  He followed me the whole way out of the airport, chatting with me about the cuts on his thumbs and running after me to keep up.  He was really cute.  His mom finally had to say, "Jack, you have to stay with me now." as they reached the baggage claim area.  I turned around and said and waved "Bye" to him.  Despite my slight irritation on the plane, I'm excited to have a child.  They are just so entertaining!:)

Here's an awesome picture of the clouds out the window of my plane at sunset. (And a picture of some of my very favorite Hokies:)