Celebrate! Unity

This past weekend we took Unity to her first Oktoberfest in Stowe, Vermont. This is a tradition that Jessica and I have been doing for the past 7 years. This year it became Unity's tradition as well. After 3 days of dancing and singing it is clear that Unity loves a party.

This year our close friend Chris came to Oktoberfest with us. This made Unity's party that much more rockin. She loves looking at Chris and he makes her laugh super hard with just the slightest stare. We were surprised Chris wanted to take the 4-5 hour trek with Unity in the car but this was not nearly enough to deter Chris from Oktoberfest happiness.

We left RI on Friday afternoon and arrived in Stowe late Friday night. Unity does not like being in the car and gave a descent fuss on the ride up. Jessica sat in the back with Unity. This helped greatly. But now Unity knows Mommy can sit in the back with her and she demands it. On Saturday we met up with Mike, Liz, and Alexa Stolarz in time for the Oktoberfest parade. After which we made our way to the arena for the party. Saturday was beautiful weather and we had such a blast.

Unity loves to dance and bop around the house with different tunes that she has come to like. Well this just made her that much more into the music and dancing at Oktoberfest. Her feet never stopped the entire time. She became known amongst other attendees as the happy, dancing baby. Unity also has a thing for beer (*just like her daddy). I think the color of the beer in the glass draws her attention and she reaches for it as hard as she can. We don't let her drink beer *obviously but this sure drew a mix of looks from the other patrons. Some good and some bad. Bad beer drinking daddy!!

Sunday was not as crowded but was still just as much fun. After the party was over we went back to our lodge and hung out with the owner and some other guests around the fire. Unity crashed on the floor in front of the fire and we relaxed.

Monday morning we took Unity around the town. We took her to the Green Mountain Inn where Jessica and I had our wedding reception. Then we took her to Waterbury where we got married and spent some time at the local cider mill. After which we made our way home. Unity was so beat that she slept almost the whole ride home. This was nice and greatly reduced our travel time.

We look forward to bringing Unity to many more Oktoberfests in Stowe. It is always so much fun!