The drive home and the weekend!

The trip home:
Wednesday:

Wednesday morning we woke up, packed the car and headed to a really neat toy store my mom had found in the hotel magazine on Madison. Addy loved being pushed through the store checking out all the toys!! The main reason my mom wanted to go was because she saw a peacock stuffed animal in the magazine that she just had to buy for Addy. It turned out to be a puppet but Addy definitely loves it! After the toy store stop we stopped for gas, grabbed lunch and started the drive towards Indiana. Addy was definitely in rare from that did and did not want to have ANYTHING to do with her car seat. She did sooo good driving to Madison that I just knew driving home would be bad and boy was I right! All day Wednesday she refused to nap, fussed, cried and just made the trip miserable for herself, her mommy and both Grandma’s! We had to stop quite a few times but the first stop was definitely my favorite! Once we reached the Wisconsin/Indiana line we stopped at the rest stop and laid a blanket down on the ground for her to lay on. As soon as I picked her up from the car seat she immediately let out a huge sigh and was sassy/sweet Addy again! I had called James before we stopped so he could “talk to her” to see if it would make it better. He called while we were at the rest stop so I put the phone up to her ear and she immediately smiled when she heard her Daddy’s voice! The smile soon turned to a more serious look like “ohh no I’m in trouble” haha! I don’t know what he said to her but she road in her car seat for a few more hours before another melt down! My goal for Wednesday was to make it past Indianapolis before we stopped for dinner and for the night and we barely made it! We stopped for gas west of Indianapolis (ended up staying a while trying to figure out the route for the second day of the trip and so Addy could have another break). After talking to Matt and Stephanie (who drive to Indiana a lot) we decided to drive towards Dayton Oh and stayed in Greenfield, IN for the night (20 miles East from Indianapolis). We stopped for dinner at Bob Evans and then went to the hotel behind the restaurant to stay…of course they didn’t have any rooms for us on the main floor (no elevator) so we loaded Addy back in the car and went down the street to find another hotel. Ohh and before I forget….Wednesday was Tracy aka Nana’s Birthday! So we celebrated Tracy’s Birthday riding in the car ALL DAy, with a fussy toddler…lucky her!!

Thursday:
Thursday we drove the rest of the trip home and made it home around 7:00pm. Thankfully Addy was a true angel that day and did MUCH better then she was on Wednesday. Matt and Stephanie had told us about the new I-35 (going through Ohio) and it was AMAZING!!! We hit sooooo much construction on Wednesday which made the trip even longer so I really didn’t want to have to deal with construction again on Thursday and not only did we not see construction we only saw a few cars on the road. Thursday was definitely a true gift from God!! We all were very tired from the trip and needed an easy last day. Addy took two naps (first one about 35 min, second one about 45 min-1 hr). We stopped for lunch and then we stopped again outside of Charleston, WV for gas and to check out the Cracker Barrel (I wanted to see what kind of WVU clothes they had for Addy). We bought a cute WVU dress for her to wear during football season and then finished the trip in about 2.5 hours. We ALL were sooo happy to be home!!!

Friday:
We spend Friday at home doing laundry and just relaxing! We all needed it!

Saturday:
Addy spent a few hours in the afternoon at her Nana and Grandpa’s house while James and I ran a few errands. We spent the evening at his parents house with Randy, Lindsay, Aubrey, Matt, Stephanie and Mason for game night and dinner! It had been so long since we had seen Mason and he has gotten SO big. Ic ouldn’t get over him walking, dancing and all the babbling he was doing. Kids truly grow up too fast! Aubrey was quite jealous of her Auntie Jenn letting Mason sit on her lap. At one point she told me that Mason needed to get out of my lap…haha I love that girl!!

Sunday:
We were hoping for a low key Sunday but the morning has been quite the opposite! Evidently Addy didn’t get any of her feeds last night so when she woke up this morning she was showing major signs of dehydration. She has been pale and very sleepy so we immediately started her day feeds and have been giving her pedialyte in between her feeds. Hopefully she will start to feel better soon!!