emre sleeps through his first road trip - and turns two months old!

this weekend we took a road trip to istanbul - emre's first road trip!  ben had to go for work, so emre and i decided to tag along.  i had not been out of ankara since november, so i really needed to get the heck out of dodge.  emre and i had a great time hanging at the hotel, taking lots of walks and soaking up the sun while ben worked... truthfully, emre mostly slept the entire time, but we still had fun.  the weather was gorgeous and warm, and we enjoyed walking the streets of my favorite neighborhood, nisantasi.  emre was a champ and slept the entire way there & back (5.5 hours!), and even started sleeping through the night while we were there (6.5 hours!).   here are some pictures from the trip:

watching soccer with daddy the night before our trip

excited for his first road trip!

resting, at the rest stop

slept through the whole ride despite the snacks mom packed & music mom played to make his first road trip fun (that's ok, he couldn't eat the snacks anyway).

a little playtime at the hotel

annnd more napping, at the hotel

beautiful sunset - emre missed it!

bjornified.

first sun cap - too big, but it did the trick

another bosphorus sunset

handsome lil' guy, ready to go out

slept through our walks in the park

slept through drinks & snacks in the executive lounge

slept through dinner at the lebanese restaurant

visited daddy at work - he was too busy to talk to us

not so sure about this bright sunshine - i think i'll go back to sleep

 napping...

...and more napping

one last bosphorus sunset (he missed them all)

awake but not happy about it - visiting grandma, hilal & ayfer before heading home

meeting kadriye teyze

on another note, emre turned two months today!  after thinking about it all day i still managed to never get a snapshot on his special day.  i promise to do it tomorrow, while it's still his birthday, in the states.