Well we survived 17 hours to New York and 17 hours back with a two year old and a seven month old! Jonathan's grandmother (Ellen) passed away in April and the family decided to wait and have a memorial for her on her birthday weekend. Actually all the Alabama Schlenkers got to make the journey. However, our little family was the only group that drove overnight. Looking back, I think it was the best for our family since Cash and Elly K spent the longest amount of time sleeping during the night in their carseats. Nevertheless, here are some pictures from our trip to New York!
Heading out:
First picture after a night on the road...pretty happy for the little sleep she actually got:
Not as happy but he got much more sleep than his sister:
Being silly with the Dollar General jewelry I got her:
Little did we know, another tooth would appear the day after we got back from New York:
Happy to be OUT OF THE CAR!
Although I don't look it, I was HAPPY too:
Playing with cousins at Aunt Carol's house:
Sweet baby:
Girl loves some watermelon:
Where we spend the majority of our time:
Getting kisses from cousin Jax:
Realizing he got caught being sweet:
Both kids slept GREAT while there. This is how I found EK one morning:
And this stinker slept ALL NIGHT LONG for the first time in week's every night in NY:
Cousins picture in Woodstock:
Daddy and EK in Woodstock:
Momma and Cash there too:
The place we stayed had a really cute playground. Where's Elly K?:
Where is EK now?
He loved swinging:
I tried to reenact Titanic...failed:
Elly K being silly on the ride back:
How do you get a girl that needs to be in her own room to sleep to take a nap? Make her a room in the mini-van:
Worked perfectly:
Our first LONG trip was tons of fun and very exhausting. I was so happy to get to meet all of Jonathan's side of the family that I never got to meet before. Actually the last time he saw them was before me and having kids! Hopefully we can make another trip up there when the kids are a bit older!
