Roadtrip to VA!

We took our first roadtrip as a family of five and everyone did GREAT! We drove down to VA to introduce Allie to Ron's family this week. We left Tuesday morning and did the 6 hour trip in under 7 hours. I simply can't tell you all what an angel this child is! She only cried twice, for about 2 mins each time, and each time was right before we pulled over anyway to eat. No blowouts, no spitups, no screaming. Robbie and Scottie watched one DVD on the way down, then listened to our music, played "I Spy", chatted, etc. No whining or crying, even though neither napped!

We got there around 3pm on Tuesday, and Kate and her 4 (soon to be 5) kids all came over to Ron's parents' house, where we stay. Had a nice dinner on the deck, the boys ran around playing baseball with their cousins, and Allie charmed everyone. Caleb, Kate's oldest son, who is 8, was incredible with Allie! He kept asking to hold her, he fed her a whole bottle, and even got a burp from her! Then Caleb and Price (next in line at age 6), both were just so sweet to Robbie and Scottie while playing outside. They'd reach out their hands to "extend" the base to keep them safe and very patiently taught them the rules when they ran the wrong way, encouraging them to try again instead of counting strikes and outs, etc. It was so nice to see!!

We all went to their pool on Weds and all had a blast. Stayed 3 hours and Allie did great there, too. Sat in her bouncy seat in the shade, looked around while awake, slept, ate, just another sweetie pie day! We must have worn her out because....get this.....Allie slept for just under SEVEN HOURS on Wednesday night!!!

We left there around 11am yesterday to drive back home. Made it again in 7 hrs. Allie snoozed for 5 hrs straight in the car yesterday, too!! Another great trip. Allie went back to waking up every 3 hrs last night after all that car sleep, but we're just so proud of her for traveling so well!

I seriously cannot say enough how lucky we feel to have all three kids be such AWESOME travelers!! Our first road trip as a family of 5 and it went so smoothly!! Next week, we'll drive down to the shore to LBI. We're hoping that our kids do as well down the shore as they did in VA! Nice to be home, but what a GREAT trip!!!