It's after Thanksgiving. After Black Friday and at the end of Cyber Monday, and I'm just now updating. I took a break from the computer, albeit, we skyped with JJ once or twice, but other than that, didn't use it during the holiday. I hope everyone had a great one, we did. Lilly had a fabulous first Thanksgiving. We left for Monroe last Tuesday night. We wanted to go after work, so it would be near her bedtime and she would sleep on the drive. It's anywhere between 4-5 hours, and we made it in just about 5. I fed her, we changed her into her nightgown (in retrospect, not a good move, yes good for the pjs, but not the gown. The carseat seat belt cut right up into it, bunching it. With pants it would have been just fine). I hate driving at night, especially long car rides, but Mark's a great driver, despite being legally blind in one eye. He was calm, cool, collected, sucking down the Diet Cokes and Mountain Dew.
We had no traffic, and once Lilly got into the car, she fell asleep. And she was good, she would awake every now and again. But it wasn't until we got to Vicksburg, MS, about an hour from Monroe, did she awake and not want to go back to sleep. She made do for about 20-30 miles until we stopped in Talluah (see pics from the Travel America truck stop parking lot - everyone needed a break, to stretch legs, use the facilities, eat (we tried to feed her, but she wasn't hungry. But I found a small package of Fig Newtons, delicious!). And then once we put her back in the seat, she fell back asleep and was good until we got to Mo and Mel's house. She went straight to bed in the pack and play. And after the long car ride, so did we!
More to come!
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