long trip home

Unfortunately our trip home was not as smooth as the trip up there. In his defense, he is teething and was overtired from not napping/sleeping well the last 2 days. But it was a loooooong ride. We didn't leave till 6:30 thinking he would fall asleep pretty shortly therafter since it was bedtime soon. WRONG! He stayed awake the whole way to KC! We stopped and filled up and since he was still wide awake I got him out of his seat and let him play for a little bit. He had a great time at the truck stop looking at all the big trucks. Then we put him back in his seat and got back on the road and not 5 minutes later the crying started. And lasted at least 45 minutes. I finally got him to sleep by sitting beside him watching a DVD and pointing out the pictures on the DVD. Problem was I kept falling asleep and waking up to find him still awake watching the video. So I'd try to watch a little more and I'd fall asleep again. Eventually he fell asleep - only to wake up again 20 minutes from our exit and cry the rest of the way! Thankfully he went right to bed when we got home and slept the rest of the night.

Whoa!

BIG TRUCK!

My Montage 7/14/09

little more fun at Papa and Binga's

Just a few more pics of our week at Papa and Binga's house. Hudson had a great time playing with all his cousins. He ran a fever on Saturday cause he's teething so he was grumpy some Saturday and Sunday but all in all it was a great week and we both had lots of fun.

Hudson's first time playing in the sandbox. And he never even tried to eat it! Although he did get a mouthful when he picked a bucket up and dumped it on his face!

Mia Sterling relaxing in the hammock. She's a little bookworm! I was the same way when I was her age. Actually, I guess I still am!

The boys.

Anna Rose. Her daddy helped her put her swimsuit on - it's supposed to cross in the back - but she didn't seem to mind.

trip to Iowa

Hudson and I came up to Iowa to Papa and Binga's to spend the week with his cousins. It was a long drive (6 hours) and we didn't get started till 3 pm so we didn't get here till after 9 pm but the ride went really well. Hudson didn't sleep the entire trip but he never got too fussy either. Towards the end of the trip we needed some entertainment so Alisha pulled out the bandaids and that got us by till we got to the house. Bryce loves playing with the bandaids and Hudson thought it was cool since Bryce was doing it.