After months of staying home, Dax was blessed with a “stable” window. I honestly never thought we’d be able to travel with Dax anymore. Both of my grandmas understood our situation and unfortunately they had to accept that they probably wouldn’t meet their first and only great grandson. But, we finally felt confident to get in the car again. We wanted to take full advantage of Dax being at the top of his rollercoaster so we hurried up and packed our bags and drove to Indiana. We didn’t tell anyone (except my parents). No reason to jinx it, right?
My mom and I planned out the surprise. Once we got settled, she called them and asked if they wanted to get out of the house and go for a ride. Without hesitation, they said yes. She drove them by the lake to look at the waves, then drove through Long Beach. She turned on to Lake Ave and slowly approached the lake house we rented. We were all standing on the front porch (Ozzie too) and my mom told them, “Look over there!” They looked up at the front porch from the car and saw us standing there. They were shocked!
For the record, my mom repeated this surprise two days in a row with each grandma. They both were able to have one on one time with Dax… and Ozzie.
Every Sunday we FaceTime with my parents and we have our nights out in our living room FaceTiming our friends. But it was so nice to spend time together (although it’s never enough). Dax was able to see where his mom grew up and he got his toes dipped in Lake Michigan. He enjoyed the sound of the waves from a distance. We all got plenty of fresh air on our evening walks. Ozzie became friends with a lady down the street. She stopped us on our walk and insisted on giving Ozzie water (even though he had his own in the stroller). He tends to be a little dramatic on our walks; dragging his feet, huffing and puffing with his tongue on the ground. Ozzie’s friend spotted us on the beach too, “You guys are from Kansas right? That’s Ozzie!”
We all got a lot of rest!
Ozzie’s been to Indiana many of times, but this was his first time seeing Lake Michigan too! Once he figured out how the waves worked, he absolutely loved it. If he could talk, he’d be begging us for swim lessons and a beach house.
This is the longest I’ve ever been away from my hometown. I haven’t visited since Christmas. It felt so good to be back. Dax finally met his great grandmas, we had downtime with family. We had a couple of date nights. And we were able to spend time with some of our closest friends that we haven’t seen in almost 2 years.
Our trip was most definitely a success.
The Story of Dax Wilder 