Roady without Daddy

Generally speaking, Ryan and I like to do most everything together, trips being one of them. But last month Ryan needed some serious quiet time to wrap up his studying for another portion of the CPA exam, so I attempted what was bound to come at some point in time...a road trip, with my two kids (age 2.5 & 5 mos) sans Ryan. Some of you might think that the 4 hour drive from Lehi to Rexburg does not constitute a road trip, but it does when you travel to Rexburg via Twin Falls then up to Rexburg; on the way back it was Rexburg to Lehi, via Logan. So by the time the trip was over I had spent about 16 hours in car.

Thankfully I had Eli with me the first two legs of the trip to sit in the back and shake the rattle at Luke for two hours at a time to keep him happy. On the third leg of the trip I was lucky again to have Kelsey with me from Rexburg to Logan. Her bottle feeding skills are in good shape. The last leg of the trip was hellacious as I had to stop twice to put Max back in his buckles and twice more to try to nurse Luke. Nothing seemed to soothe him and he pretty much cried from Logan all the way home. Needless to say, I was wore out by the time I returned to Ryan after 6 days. But what a fun trip it was.
Here are some of the highlights of my first trip alone with my kiddos:

• Twin Falls- our first stay-over at Carrie & Brandon's new home. We arrived around midnight and after being there only 5 minutes, Max tripped on their beautiful stamped concrete walkway and smacked his head on their step. Max loved Addie's toys--especially her power wheels!
  


• Rexburg-- Nana's house had lots of room to run and play and Max loved gathering rocks and throwing them in her pond. Max loved her neighbor's dog Tanker and all the farm animals down the road. Running--Max showed the first signs of being a future runner. We went to the track at the college one night and Max ran a mile (on his own free will) by himself, without stopping! I was shocked. He threw himself down on the track and cried when we had to leave because he wanted to keep running... a trip to the snow cone shack calmed him down. Nana and Mama were so proud to have witnessed our little running prodigy!

To Logan with Aunt Kelsey--we got to take Kelsey back to Logan as she had car trouble and it was so nice to have her all to ourselves for a few hours. Now Max asks where "Selsy" is all the time. I was ready to come home and get my kids back to a normal routine and see my husband but I just wished Icould have somehow packed up Nana, Eli, and her beatiful, peaceful, place and brought them with me. Thanks Nana for making our first Road Trip such a fun one!