The wedding last weekend

Saturday began in Alexandria, a small town near DC that could probably be described as quaint. I felt very at home as we wandered around the terraced streets. If only more American cities used this classic design from the old country. We found a playground whic unlike in New York we could sit on a bench and let Bluet roam free. She loved it.

Post nap we headed to the wedding. There was an Indian ceremony with a slightly eccentric priest who insisted he was following the ceremony as laid out in the official book issued by the Indian government. The ceremony lasted for about an hour, and there was no way Bluet could keep still that long. We thought we could placate her by showing Sesame Street on the iPhone with no sound, but as soon as she saw Murray she squealed loudly, and had to be removed. Fortunately the ceremony was outside and next to a playground, so we took turns in watching her. We'd kept Bluet up until 21:00 at the rehearsal dinner the night before which may or may not have been a mistake, but it meant that Emily had to take her home before the dinner which was v sad.

Bluet's first road trip

Friday

Even though it doesn't take that much longer than travelling from the St Louis airport to her Grandparents house, I am going to classify this weekend trip to DC as Bluet's first road trip. We picked up the rental car at a shopping mall in Jersey City (a money saving tip there) stopping only to purchase Bluet the fancy shoes you will see her wearing in some of these photos.

Once we strapped Bluet into her lovely new car seat, she was happy and was extremely well behaved all the way. As a bonus treat we stopped at the house of some friends with kids in DC and Bluet got to try out many new toys. Which is what she is also doing right now. Then we headed on to Alexandria for the wedding. More to follow.....