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Off to Georgia!

We ended up leaving at 8pm on Christmas Day, which we all felt kind of awful about... but there was a storm a brewin' and we didn't want to get stuck in it or anywhere around it. We didn't make it too far that night, just a few hours out which was just enough to get a decent amount of space between us and the snow. The next day was just driving driving driving. It was awful. We were all cranky and cramped and the car still smelled like febreeze and puke. Tristan was miserable and wanted to stop every hour or so. He wasn't taking normal naps because he was just so sick of the dang car. I swore if I had to eat anymore fast food my entire body was going to go into massive shock. Josh was "in the zone" and just wanted to keep going and going. We struck a deal. I put up with another couple hours in the car and promised if we stopped a steak would be on the menu. So... we got a really nice hotel room and ordered Outback Steakhouse. I cannot tell you how glorious it was to eat steak, salad, potatoes, bread, and a bloom with plasticwear in a hotel room. Seriously... it was so amazing to have real food despite the fake utensils ;) Poor Tristan was so relieved to be out of the car he just passed right out on one of the beds. We were supercharged after that and even got to bed at a decent hour :O Next morning we were back on the road. Our goal was to make it to our destination before 6pm. With only 5 actual drive-time hours... leaving at 10am you'd think that was a pretty reasonable goal.

(I used to suck on these same 2 fingers when I was little!)

My favorite part of the trip was Tennessee. Oh how I want to live in Tennessee. It's such a beautiful state. Josh and I were both in awe driving through.

Right on the border of Tennessee and Georgia we stopped for more fast food :P and that's when our realtor called about the offer on the house. YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! I guess in our excitement we did something wrong or failed to do something right? Whatever the case... our car would not start back up in front of this Wendy's with the mountains in the background. Josh was afraid it was something really serious, but we both agreed before getting all worried and frustrated we'd ask someone for a jump and see what happened. One of the Wendy's employees graciously came outside and pulled her little Jetta up to help us out. BINGO! We haven't had a car problem since.

Towards the end of our journey, at around Atlanta (one and a half hours away) both boys began to cry and pretty much didn't stop until we got there. This was perfectly understandable seeing at it was about 10pm, which meant we'd been in a car for 12 flippin' miserable hours. We finally made it, though, and despite the late hour I bathed my poor boys to calm them down before official "bedtime". We let Noah bring his new tools into the bathtub. He was on cloud nine.


We thought if we made it into Georgia before Friday we'd be able to get our housing, but we were wrong. We ended up living in this hotel room from Thursday night until Monday morning. It was awesome to get into our house on New Year's Eve :) Josh and I were exhausted just from all the traveling and crap we'd been through so it wasn't much of a celebration. But, we love the house and were grateful to finally be together.

Comments

Britni said…
Wow...what a trip you guys had!! Your little guys did great though. Ava is active like Noah & would prefer running around then being cramped up in a car!...and babies...poor things don't understand. When Ember is in her winder coat she acts like I'm putting her into a straight jacket & fights it for a few minutes until she finally surrenders & zonks out.

That one picture has poor Tristan sleeping in the background. Poor little thing must have been sooo tired after all that!

I am glad you are all safe & sound and ready to start you new lives together :D

Congratulations on your new home!

By the way Tristan has grown so much and is cuter then ever...and Noah too of course! That is too funny that he bathed with his tools! :)
Anonymous said…
i can't remember my password to log in... anyway!

that's so funny tris is sucking those fingers! lol. it makes him look even more like you. its funny how both of the boys can look SO MUCH like you and SO MUCH like josh at the same time.

i miss you guys. i hung the frame you gave me right above my computer and i look up at it all the time. *sigh*

i bet tristan is already twice the size he was when i last saw you guys. haha.

--vita
Anonymous said…
Yea!! Glad to hear from you. I was getting worried. I was going to post on the message board to see if anyone had heard from you. I saw Michelle today and forgot to ask! Sounds like a rough trip, but we're happy you all are finally together in a house. I've been doing some research...Glenn, I and the kids are heading to Myrtle Beach sometime in June. From the map is seems like maybe a 3 hour drive to you? Sound right? Maybe we can come up with a plan to see you guys. We'll be at the beach all week, and I'm sure we'll be ready to do something else by mid-week. Anyways, hope everything is good there. Tell Josh we said "hi" and give the boys a kiss from Auntie Pam! Eric and Hay say "hi" too. PS..Haleigh is STILL disappointed that Noah likes his dinosaurs! LOL. She told daddy the other day that she really wants dinosaurs like Noah.
Take care and post some pics of your house sometime and those cute boys too. I'll keep watching!

Pam
Britni said…
I didn't know if you were still nursing or not,but I just saw your comment. Way to go! You made it past the point that you stopped with Noah,you should be very proud of yourself! I'm sure it was tricky while packing up your house & moving & all that traveling.

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