On the road again...

After a lengthy 9-day stint at what was once our home, we were packed up and homeless again. We lived with my sister-in-law and her family for pretty much the last three years, but now we are moving on - and they are selling their house too.

Donnie has an internship in Atlanta this summer with an accounting firm and so we had to move across the country for three months. We knew taking a 15-month-old on a 2000 mile road trip would not be easy, so we prepared by packing lots of candy and movies to entertain her. We drove about 8 hours the first day and she did wonderfully, but about 4 hours in to our 12-hour second-day adventure, she was a little uncomfortable. She never really cried or screamed, she just sort of whimpered. It was very sad to hear. We let her eat lots of suckers and cookies and tried to give her time out of her carseat whenever we stopped for gas, but finally we had to just stop for two hours and let her work it all out of her system.

Day three was the longest day of all and we spent most of it convincing Sydney to "Just go to sleep and it will be better." All-in-all she travelled well and never screamed, but we plan on taking five days or so to go back across the country so we can stop more and check things out.

After spending so many hours stuck in her car seat in a tightly packed car, Sydney finally found a way to be comfortable - she would scrunch up into a little ball and sleep. She looked so funny. She would pull her blanket over her head and conk out. She also worked on her flexibility. She kept putting her foot in her mouth and at one point, even used her foot to move hair out of her eyes. The only thing we will not let her do next time, is eat a Milano cookie. She had chocolate everyhere!