December 20, 2012: Tonight I was brought to
Grandma Schumacher’s house-we were planning to drive half way to Illinois and
stay in Des Moines, but there was a bad winter storm that went through Iowa, so
we decided we would leave the next day. I was a bit spoiled with all the
attention I got from Aunt Rachel, Uncle Kyle, and Grandma Linda. I got to
stay up a little past my bedtime and play-which was a good thing because the
next day proved to be a long day!
December 21, 2012:
Aunt Rachel got me up at
7:45am-I was still sleeping but I guess everyone wanted to get on the road.
I think that when Uncle Kyle and Grandma packed the car they almost
forgot to leave room for me-I honestly don’t know what they thought I needed-I
mean I am only one-year-old, but the car was packed for me to be able to live
for one month without needing a thing (Grandma packed oranges, puffs,
strawberry jam, milk, Christmas treats, peaches-you name it, Grandma packed
it!). Luckily, I am little and I didn’t require a lot of room-just a lot
of entertainment. Our day started off well-the roads were clear and the
sun was out. Uncle Kyle drove and Grandma sat in back with me-I guess it was
her job to keep me busy and happy. I honestly was very good. Then we
started to get closer to Des Moines-well, I thought we were getting
closer. Then Uncle Kyle started to drive slower, and slower, and
slower. When I was looking out the windows, I started to see the
strangest things-cars, trucks, and semi’s in the ditch-oh my! I could
tell Grandma Linda was nervous because she kept telling Uncle Kyle it was okay
for him to take his time (I can’t say I was thinking the same thing. The only
thing I wanted was to get out of the vehicle and move around!). We
finally made it to Des Moines at 2:15pm and Uncle Kyle and Aunt Rachel dropped
me off at Matt and Amy’s with Grandma and then left to get food. While I
waited, I crawled all over their house and went up and down the stairs-boy was
it good to be out of my car seat! When they came back, I ate some bread
with ketchup and mayonnaise-boy did I like that! I also enjoyed
fries-mmm, delicious! I need to tell my mom about these foods!
Before I knew it, Uncle Kyle was putting me back
in my car seat-I was not happy and I let him know it! When we got back on
the road, I couldn’t believe we were going even slower! At this rate, Uncle
Kyle told us that we wouldn’t get home until 10:00pm! The hardest part is that
Uncle Kyle does not listen to Nursery Songs so that left my trusted toy radio
and tv controller. Grandma tried to keep me happy but by 7:00pm I had
enough. Of course everyone in the car kept saying “we are almost there!”
But I already know what that means-it means we are still a long ways away but I
have to be patient (I’m not quite sure what patient means though!). At
7:15pm we pulled into the ‘World’s Largest Truck Stop’ and ate supper at Denny’s.
Boy was I happy to be out of my car seat. I ate lots of hash browns and
fruit-I would not touch my pancake though. I also made lots of faces at the
waitresses-they thought I was ‘sooo cute!’ Once I was able to sit in
Grandma’s chair-I accidently stuck my feet through the back of the chair and
got stuck-I was not happy about this! When we were eating, I got the best
news ever-we were going to get a hotel room instead of traveling
anymore-YEAH!
We drove across the street to a hotel-and once we
were settled into the room, I got hyper (hey-you would too if you had been in a
car seat since 8:00am in the morning!). I jumped into pillows, laughed a
lot, got tickled, bounced on the bed with Uncle Kyle, and Facetimed mom and dad.
Before I knew it, everyone said it was time for bed-but it was only 9:45pm! I
slept in a special crib that the hotel provided-it had bars that I could put my
bottle through-I had fun doing this. I had trouble falling asleep, so
Grandma Linda gave me a hug, and then I went right to sleep.
December 22, 2012: I woke up around 7:30am and
Uncle Kyle brought me down for a delicious breakfast-I ate a lot! Then
guess what-it was time for the car seat again! The good news is that we
were able to drive faster than yesterday-the bad news was that I did not want
to be in my car seat anymore, and I was going to let everyone know it! It
only took two and half hours to get home, but that was long enough. I was so
happy when we pulled into our driveway, and the best part was mommy was there
to get me out of the car seat. I was sooo happy to see her! I was
so glad to be back home with mom and dad and my little brother Jaden! Although
the trip was long, I did have fun with Grandma Linda, Aunt Rachel and Uncle
Kyle.
Jaden tackling me in the red blanket! I guess that's his welcome-home-hug!
