Visit to Grandma and PawPaw's

Well we just got back from Grandma and PawPaw's and it was a bit of a rough trip but it got better from there. We decided to drive it on July 3rd, which I still think made the most sense, but it turned out to be an 11 hour drive with stops for dinner and gas and such. This would probably have been fine if Lana had actually fallen to sleep around the usual time in the car since we left at 2pm. Unfortunately, Lana didn't fall asleep almost the entire ride there. She wasn't screaming so we were lucky, but she wasn't happy either. Next time we'll definitely stop both on the way there and on the way back. Getting into a strange place at 1:00am is not the best idea either as we found out. Lana was so overtired that she just had a meltdown that night and wouldn't do anything except lay on top of me. This would have been fine except I was also exhausted and my morning sickness is worst at night. I can honestly say that one of the worst places to be when you're feeling nauseous is laying on your back with a hot baby on top of you. Finally around 5am, Lana was willing to go to Brent and/or sleep in between us for the rest of the night. We all took a lot of naps the next day.

On July 4th, we went to a cookout at Grandma's cousin's house. They had great food. Lana loved the cheesy potatoes and tomatoes especially. She tried to play with the other two little kids there, but she's so much tinier than them that she had trouble getting a turn. She's also not quite used to being around kids that are so rough with little ones. We left early because we all were still exhausted.

After that, we had a fairly relaxing time. Lana and I took lots of naps. Lana played in the pool that Grandma got her and with her new bubble lawn mower - or at least had Brent push the lawn mower so she could play with the bubbles. She can't quite go fast enough or press down hard enough to make the bubbles come out herself, but she loved playing with them.






On Saturday, we started our drive back. The drive back was so much easier than the one there. First, we stopped off at Brent's Mamma Crowe (his nanny from when he was little), who is going to be 93 this year. She loved seeing Lana. I need to send her more pictures. She had the ones I sent her at Christmas up in her room. She even managed to come to our wedding and still asks after my grandfather and Annette, who she chatted with. Sharp as anything and loves life. You can't ask for anything more.



Then we spent the night in a little hotel in Little Rock right by the airport. It wasn't anything fancy, but it worked perfectly for us. We drove the rest of the way on Sunday and Lana only got a tiny bit fussy right towards the end after we'd gotten through Dallas and were almost home. She was so excited to get home to her things and her dogs. She ran through the house looking at everything and petting the dogs.