Labor Day

Well, for our Labor Day weekend we decided to go and visit my brother in law (Adam's brother) and his wife and their beautiful baby. They live about 4 hours away. Now, 4 hours in the car would probably seem like a disaster with three kids under three. In fact it's enough to make some people pull their hair out at just the thought of doing this trip with three under three. I have to admit, I was a little worried. The kids were great. We had to do our potty breaks, and let the two older ones get out and walk around for a bit. Luckily we were in no huge hurry to get there. Clint was still at work and so was Jenna, so we took our time, no stress and had a great time. Cecely was a wonderful baby, she always is in the car. She rarely cries, unless of course hunger comes a calling. We thought we would buy her a toy that she could play with. It hooks on to her car seat and has some fun rattles and things that make noise. We were dead wrong. Turns out she just likes to sit and hang out and play with her fingers and suck her thumb. She also like looking at Aislynn and Bailey. They sing to her and smile and she laughs back. She hated the toy. She kept hitting it and getting mad and crying. As soon as we took it down she was fine.

So we finally got the Clint and Jenna's. Everyone had a very long day and the girls were ready for bed. That was a joke. We had them on the floor on sleeping bags. It took them a while to fall asleep. Then we it came our turn to go to bed in that same room, Bailey woke up and kept talking to me until two in the morning. SO Adam and I left the room and went to sleep on the couch, so she could get some sleep. She thought it was some sort of treat to have mom and dad in the room. She thought it was a mini sleep over and that she could talk to mom all night long. The next day which was Saturday we decided to go to the beach. Clint's mother in law owns a boat and so we went out on the boat with her and Clint and Aleigha and our family. Jenna had to work so she couldn't come with us. The above pictures are of us at the beach. We forgot our camera, so Clint took some of us. The only thing is is I have no pictures of Clint or Aleigha. She is such a doll baby. She just lays on the towel and talks and plays. She is about three months older than Cecely. She is such a good tempered baby. She smiles all the time. We had a great time. We were all pretty tired and fried by the end of the day. The girls did so well with such a long day. They loved the boat. We even got to see a dolphin.

We ended up going back home and the girls zonked right out for the night. No fuss from them. Cecely did really well. She loved being in her diaper at the beach. She also loved the boat, and just like the car does, it lulled her to sleep. We got up Sunday morning and enjoyed a relaxed morning. Uncle Clint helped Adam do some things with the car, including recharging our air, which was heaven sent. The trip up was a little hot because our air was going out. On the way home we had to turn the air down. We really enjoyed the trip. We especially loved seeing family. The girls can't stop talking about Uncle Clint and his boat and their baby cousin Aleigha. It's so nice to see family. That is by far the thing we miss the most about being here. I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Labor Day!!!