My software engineer husband has been working really hard to launch his own product, Sidenote. With his beta launch deadline coming up fast, there wasn't much I could do to support him aside from keeping the house distraction-free, so that's what I did. At 4 PM I had the idea to fly home to AZ, and by 11:30 AM the next day Beckham and I had landed. We stayed for 8 days, not even buying return tickets until Dallin felt confident he could launch soon. Beckham and I had a blast visiting not just my family, not just Dallin's family, but all the critters as well!
At the Urness house were the three chickens, two horses, two cats and the new puppy; at the Samuelson house were the three dogs and three cats; and at the Lundgreen house were the three dogs and the litter of puppies born by C-section the day before we went back to Utah. I'm sad I missed Beckham's reaction seeing the new pups--my dad said he squealed with excitement.
In addition, I was grateful to spend more time with my Grandma Lundgreen, who is currently living at my parents'. At 93, with her rapidly deteriorating health and worsening dementia, she takes turns every month living at my parents' and living at my Uncle Dave and Aunt Sheryl's, and she has hospice care. I love how much she loves Baby Beckham! When I told Grandma what my mom had said over text, that the dog had had 8 pups, Grandma was so excited and teased Beckham, "Did you hear that? You have 8 new cousins!"
One of the nights we went with my grandma, parents and aunt and uncle to Downtown Gilbert. Grandma had her wheelchair, and we enjoyed dinner and desert at famous outdoor Topo while Beckham watched all the cars whoosh past.
Another day my mom and I took Beckham to my favorite restaurant from my childhood, Rainforest Cafe. When my dad asked if Beckham was a little young for it, my mom replied, "Well Katie was grinning from ear to ear the whole time, so that's all the matters!" I'll admit I was a lot more excited about it than Beckham...and of course he didn't show the same level of excitement until he saw my mom's Swig cup as we were getting back in the car.
Trips like this definitely make me wish I lived closer to all of Beckham's grandparents. I'm glad we're only a short flight away.
We almost survived the flight home without incident...until Beckham chugged a whole bottle and then upchucked most of it back up onto my pants.
