over the river and thru the woods...

to miles' grandparents house we went! last week ross was traveling for work so i took miles, peyton, and brady up to my parents house for a few days. this was quite the endeavor! i underestimated the amount of work it would take just to load up baby, dog, and mom stuff...without even mentioning the actual 4hr drive each way!

on saturday (the 25th), miles woke up and ate from 6-6.30am. i got right up and spent the next few hours loading the car (i had already packed), for a 9am departure. i drove up to DFW for a quick stop at some friends' house. miles slept the ENTIRE way, close to 3hrs!! i could have enjoyed it even more if i hadn't ben so worried that he would wake up any second. we spent almost 2 hrs with my friends. it was so good to see her new baby! i was also able to feed miles and change his diaper.

refreshed, we began the last 1.5hr leg of our trip. miles was not too thrilled to be back in the car. i stopped about an hour out of graham and pulled into a sonic, because miles was screaming. i got him out of his seat and fed him a small bottle snack and i ordered a drink. miles was so happy to be out of his seat he couldn't even drink his bottle...he just kept smiling at me. sadly, he had to go back in the seat. he cried for awhile longer, until he fell asleep about 30min outside graham. all in all, i thought it went well. the dogs did great, except for being super hyper at my friends' house!

when we got there, we got to hang out with big papi for awhile and then my mom and bekah and jared and rachel got home. we stayed until wednesday morning. miles did great sleeping in his pack n play, he was starting to feel better from his medicine and he gave away lots of smiles! it was so nice having so many helpers...i definitely felt like i was on vacation! big papi grilled out for us 2x and we all walked the dogs every day. there was clouds and some rain most of the time so it kept things slightly cooler than the triple digit heat we've had just about the entire summer.

wednesday morning we drove straight through, without the stop in DFW. about 2 hrs out of graham, miles woke up and so i pulled over at a mcdonalds and fed him. he then slept the rest of the way. well, almost. about 16 miles from my front door, he woke up...hungry of course. i figured this was a point of no return, preferring to just go ahead and press on and feed him in the comfort of home and with the dogs in the backyard, not the back of the car. as miles made his way into full scream mode, i began to regret my decision, but at that point i was so close i REALLY didn't want to stop. when we did get home, miles wanted me to hold him the rest of the day! he was not too happy about the long ride in his car seat. but he WAS happy about his first trip up to this grandparents house! such fun :)