The day we left Neely discovered her feet and started grabbing them and rolling around while holding them and trying to bite them. (Unrelated I know, but I like to keep track of that stuff here too, in case something happens to her baby book or something)
It was supposed to be a 13 hour drive. SO, since our kids usually sleep between 10 and 12 hours a night we decided to try driving overnight, that way they'd sleep almost the entire way. That would be easier on them, especially Neely, who had never been on a drive longer than about 2 hours. So Jess came home from work and napped, and we left at 10:20 pm. The kids were SO pumped about the trip that they were WIDE awake while we got ready to go, and even for a while after we left. Paige and Neely did eventually fall asleep. Cason on the other hand only dozed a couple times, and never fell asleep until SEVEN IN THE MORNING. Lucky for him Jess and I managed to get a little turned around in New Mexico. Between that and the stops to feed Neely and let the kids stretch their legs, we turned our 13 hour drive into a 19 hour drive, so he still had plenty of time to sleep. Ha.
Here Paige and Cason are in Las Vegas, New Mexico, taking a break from their car seats in front of this awesome old hotel.
The drive was really long, but not bad actually. Cason couldn't sleep comfortably, so he'd wake up kind of half moaning, half crying sometimes, but really they were all SOOOO good for such a crazy long drive. Paige and Neely pretty much slept through it like we expected, and when they were awake Paige mostly chatted and helped keep Neely happy. Neely only fussed a little when she got hungry, and the rest of the time she was awake she spent blowing raspberries and making us laugh. She's such a honey baby. They were all really great.
I meant to post ALL about the trip tonight. But there are SOOO many things we did and so many pictures, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll have to post the rest tomorrow.
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How could you dorks get lost in NM? There are only two roads. Also, I'm pretty sure the Utah route would have been more scenic.
Well, we were REALLY relying on the gps without paying close attention to what it told us, so suddenly Jess realized what we'd been doing didn't make sense, and we weren't exactly sure how to get back to where we should have been. THAT'S HOW. And YOUR FACE would have been more scenic.
OOOhh. Burn.
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