A Long Way From Home

This weekend, Christopher and I got really brave and drove 5 hours with my family to my grandparent's house. We scheduled and cancelled the trip so many times in the last week because we weren't sure if it was too crazy to try such a long trip with our four week old.

We checked with the pediatrician's office and several friends and everyone seemed to agree that now's the time to travel... so we did. We felt like we had to pack the whole house in order to do it, but overall it was very successful!

Evey was amazing! We left Friday evening around 6:30 and only stopped once to feed her, but she slept the entire trip. We got to Grandma and Grandpa's house around 12:30am and she was just sociable enough to snuggle her great-grandma a little before needing some more food. While Evey ate, her Papa set up the pack and play we borrowed from our friends and after second dinner, she was ready for sleep. We swaddled her up and we were off to bed! We had a big day ahead for all of us and we weren't sure exactly how it would go.

Our plan was to either leave Saturday night or Sunday morning depending on how she did and what we thought would distract from her schedule more. Over the past week, she's started sleeping through the night... sort of. She'll sleep between 7 and 8 hours after her evening feeding which means I'm up at 4am, but I'm still getting lots more sleep than most new parents! We weren't sure if driving through the night on Saturday would help her schedule more or if going the next morning would overstimulate her too much and cause a sleepless night for us.

Saturday afternoon, Evey got to meet her Great-Aunts, Uncles and cousins. We spent the day eating, playing cards and board games and snuggling the sweetest girl in the world! I was so proud of how well Evey did. Of course she cried - talk about sensory overload, but she really was incredible.



Despite all the pictures, I really liked my Great Grandma!



Loving on Aunt Christie.



Picking tomatoes with Papa.

Begging Papaw to race!

Ready... Set...

Go!!



Finding a little bit of comfort in Papa's arms.



Enjoying a beautiful summer afternoon!



Playing Euchre outside...

Playing Golf inside.



Alissa playing in the dirt and rocks.



Evey couldn't figure out who Aunt Brenda was! She just stared at her for the longest time and it was so cute!

Trying to convince Mike to hold her.



Now he's not giving her back - and I don't blame him!!



Evey meeting her cousin, Grant.

Four generations.

Yep... it was definitely bedtime!

Goodnight Uncle Mike!



Evey loves her Mimi's goodnight kisses.




Giving Great Grandpa some love before heading back to KY.



All wrapped up in her new zebra swaddler. She's so darn cute!!