Benziger babes

Snow in April? Only in Minne-snow-ta! By Anne Weber Back in January, Katie asked if I would be off work to meet her for dinner during her layovers in Minnesota as she flew from Seattle to Washington D.C. for the NHLBI Centers of Excellence Steering Committee Meeting. I told her that I would make it work, but suggested that in addition to the drop-in, she should drop-off Theo for the week to spend with me! Luckily, Seth agreed to our crazy plan and Theo went along with it. Dan couldn’t stand to let us have all of the fun, and since he had school off for Passover, so he flew in for the week, too! All three arrived early Saturday morning after overnight flights, but Theo decided to only sleep for 30 minutes on the plane so instead of driving all over St. Paul with Theo sleeping in the car seat, we decided to hang out at mom and dad’s for Katie's short layover and got to have the five of us together for the first time since last July.   The Pastorius Family reunite

Happy Easter (bunny) from Minnesota! I've had quite the adventure the past few weeks! Mommy dropped me off at the Minneapolis-St.Paul airport and I spent a week with Grandma and Grandpa Pastorius, Auntie Annie, Uncle Eric, Uncle Dan and Great Auntie Rita and Colleen helped out, too (blog update by Auntie Annie to follow). But this week we were back in the Pacific Northwest with Grandma and Grandpa Pastorius to entertain me. Here's a summary of our trip by Grandpa. Planes, trains and automobile , by Grandpa Pastorius What do you call 2 weeks with your only grandchild who lives far away? A sleep disturbance? Yes. A second full-time job? Yes. Heaven on earth? Most definitely. First we had fun with the little guy in Minne-snow-ta after convincing Katie to drop him off on her way back and forth to a conference in Washington D.C. We got to celebrate Easter a week early with the Rocheford family at Annie and Eric's house. For more details of this week, please read Auntie