April 27th, 2008

We all survived our first big road trip! We left late Thursday night and drove through the night to try to keep the girls on their schedule, and we were hoping that they would sleep in the car. On the way to Indiana, they slept most of the way with very little crying. However, on the way home on Saturday, we left a little bit earlier so we could eat dinner with our friends Beth and Darwin in Indy, and then stopped at a rest stop to feed the girls their last bottles of the night. The girls did great until after their last feeding...then Stella cried from Brazil, Indiana to Vandalia, Illinois. It was horrible! I think she was just tired of being in her car seat (we were all tired of being in the car.) Besides a few hours of crying in the car, the girls really did do great. We were very busy and ran around a lot more than they are used to. On Friday, we all spent time with James' family, and then on Saturday we went to Marion (where we went to college) for James' brother's graduation. The girls and I skipped graduation and met up with my friend Kim at Starbucks. When James and his family were done with the ceremony, we all met up for lunch. The girls got to meet several family members that they hadn't met yet. They did really well during lunch and did pretty well with being passed around and having cameras in their faces. We got home early this morning, and we are all going to try to rest and recover today before starting another busy week.

Great Aunt Karen with Emerson
Great Great Uncle Odell with Stella

Great Great Aunt Pat with Stella

Great Grandma Mary Ann with Emerson and Stella

Emerson laughing!