The Road Trip

Well we have returned from Lexington and it was a great trip! Adriana did really well for her first long trip. We left on Thursday night late so that she'd sleep most of the way. That she did and when we got to Corey and Jeff's around 12:30am we popped up the pack-n-play and put her back to bed. The next day Tosh and I spent tearing down a wall mural at the house, mowing the grass, and spraying for weeds. It's amazing how much a place grows up when you're not there to maintain it. Tosh did most of the work because I had to take care of Adriana.

We got to share dinner with FW, Brinn and Georgie! That was a great surprise and Brinn got some awesome pics of Adriana! I'll post them in a separate blog with her website link too. She is so great at what she does -- I'm always amazed at the talent God has given her. It was a wonderful time to catch up and see them. They are really good friends and we sure do love them. Georgie has grown so much! I was so surprised at how big he's gotten! He's going to be one next month.

Saturday we cleaned up some more around the house. I picked up some tame blackberry bushes from a neighbor up the road, and then it was relaxing and celebrating with friends at Corey and Jeff's. They were so gracious to open up their home and host a party for us to see all our friends from Lexington. Adriana did so well--she basically let anyone and everyone hold her and she didn't get upset. I was thankful to God for that.

Sunday we packed up, went to church, and then headed back. It was the worst trip EVER! She HATED being in that car seat. We did pretty good up until Wytheville then from there on back we had to stop about a 1/2 dozen times to get out, stop her crying, get her to sleep, drive for a bit longer before she started screaming again. The last short leg (10 minutes or so) I pulled out my cell phone and kept playing ring tones for her over and over. That seemed to do the trick and we finally made it home. It was such a long trip on the way back.

It was so bittersweet to see everyone and be there again. It was a blessing to be able to partake in communion on Sunday. We didn't get to see everyone we wanted to or talk to them but that was OK.

Well time to go -- Adriana is getting a bit fussy! Pics later