Hyatt Resort - wedding weekend

The weekend of September 17, we headed to the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort outside of Austin for a getaway wedding weekend. This was Anna's first wedding to attend and I wish I could say it went flawlessly, but with an infant, everything is always unpredictable! We arrived on Friday afternoon after a long 5 hour road trip and headed to the front desk to check in. They greeted us with a glass of champagne and escorted us to our rooms. After unpacking our bags and getting Anna's pack and play all set up, we had a knock on our door and a hotel employee walked in with a wonderful welcome amenity for us. I sure am going to miss all the perks of my former job. My Hyatt global sales rep is amazing and sent over this gift to our room. I'm going to miss the goodie baskets, sporting tickets, 5 star dinners, door prizes, etc. but in return I get to spend each day with my sweet daughter and nothing can replace those memories! Sorry Keith, no free Mavs, Rangers, Cowboys, Stars or concert tickets...guess we'll have to go back to purchasing them ourselves. Boo!

We had a nice little balcony that overlooked this courtyard and just beyond the trees was the Colorado River. We walked around the grounds with Anna and once my family arrived, we had everyone over in our suite to see Anna. My mom's cousin drove in from Austin so we were able to have dinner with him and his family along with my aunt, Mutti, Mom, Jim and Mutti's baby sister Aunt Mary Jane. Anna did pretty well until the end of dinner when it was getting past her bedtime. I walked around with her and the Hyatt had movie night for all the kids on the lawn so we watched a few minutes of Finding Nemo and I grabbed a bag of popcorn. They had s'mores available but because of the burn ban at the resort, we weren't allowed to cook them. Even the tikki torches surrounding the entire property weren't allowed to be lit.

Saturday we got Anna all dressed for the Aggie football game and while my family was lounging pool side, I was in the hotel room with Anna as she took a really long nap. Keith and the guys were all playing golf so I watched college football, hung out on the balcony and drank a glass of wine. It definitely is different traveling with a newborn but I wouldn't trade it for the world. 

The wedding was along the banks of the Colorado River and we got Anna all dressed up in a beautiful dress that Keith's cousin's wife (Sarah Neil) handmade for Anna. It is an absolutely gorgeous dress and she looked beautiful. The cute little ballerina shoes are from cousin Tilly. 

 Sound asleep during the cocktail reception on dad's chest.

Once she woke back up, Keith took her to the hotel room to feed her a bottle and see if she would nap for a few minutes. Well, NOTHING went according to plan and Keith was stuck with a hysterically crying baby for over an hour. After trying everything he could think of to calm her down, he finally had to call me away from the reception so I could feed her and calm her down. Our initial plan was for Keith and Anna to rejoin us at the reception but as soon as I walked into our hotel room, Keith had already changed out of his suit and had called it quits for the night. Poor Anna really gave him a run for his money this night. I was able to head back to the reception for an hour and see the bride and groom off for the evening. Luckily Anna fell right asleep after I fed her and Keith could finally enjoying a minute of her not screaming!

These were just a couple pictures of Anna on her beloved bear mat right before we left the Hyatt.

It never fails that after we get back from a week or weekend away, Anna is exhausted! She rarely takes a nap on her tummy and only when she's so tired she can't even fight sleep. I just love these pictures!

I didn't get any photos of the bride and groom so I had to steal them from Facebook. My cousin, ML, looked absolutely beautiful!

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Wallace!!!!