Road Trip

Yes, call us insane Chad and I took the kids on a long road trip to Texas. There were many reasons behind our motivation but mainly I just needed to get the kids out of this tiny condo and they needed some sunshine to play in, so since we had to drive to GA anyway for me to do drill w/the GA ANG and Chad to do his check ride (flying eval) we decided we would just continue to TX and invade what once was a peaceful home (until we arrived)at His Glory Hill otherwise known as mema and papa's house. The kids and I stayed for 3 weeks while Chad flew back to MD to work, you know someone has to earn a living :-). When our time was up in TX Chad flew back to pick us up and we made the journey back to MD making a detour once again through GA so I could work March drill. If I'm counting right the kids and I were gone about 6 weeks. We had a great time but it is still good to be home. Annaliese did so amazing on the trip, we asked a lot of her and she far surpassed our expectations. She continues to grow like a weed...I can't believe how big she is. She smiles so much and giggles now, she rolls over a lot and has some teeth coming in ALREADY!!!! I really want time to slow down a bit. She is a great sleeper too, we have had a few nights where she was up every 3 hours but most nights she is down for anywhere from 7-10 hours and then goes back down for another 4-5 hours. We are putting her down around 7 and wakes for the day around 8 of course w/the time changes (changing time zones and springing forward) we are trying to figure out the right bed time again, but she is pretty good at letting us know she is ready (i.e. inconsolable crying) :-)

...Back to our TX trip, kids had a great time, we went to the zoo and took a train ride, Sea World, had a few play dates and a party, lots of sunshine and out door time and walks to our land...it was wonderful, we hated to leave but I guess at some point you have to face real life again :-)