This past weekend, I had a moment of total insanity and decided to take just me and the 2 monkeys on a road trip. Our friends Steve and Renee were getting married in Maryland, and I thought it would be a good idea to drive the rest of the way down to Virginia to introduce our friends to Grant and pick up all the baby clothes and toys we'd left in the attic during the move. Michael was originally going to come, but he needed to stay and take care of a family member who had been hurt in an accident. Apparently, my brain had completely fallen out of my head when I had the brilliant (and by brilliant I really mean very, very, very stupid!) idea that I could handle 24 hours of driving in the car with 2 kids all by myself. Fortunately I did have a few scheduled stops. We spent the first night in New Jersey with my friend Nancy from high school who I hadn't seen in years. She took us to a fun fountain on Princeton campus where Gabe was in total heaven. The tantrum he threw when it was time to leave was Oscar worthy. We got up early the next morning and drove to Maryland where Steve and Renee had a beautiful wedding on the beach beside a lighthouse. It was fun to see some of our closest friends from Buena Vista. Then we made the drive to Virginia and spent the night at our house. Thanks to McDonald's play places and many a stops on the side of the road, we finally made it home in one piece. If you look carefully in the car, you'll see wads of my hair, most of my fingernails, and the steering wheel which now looks crooked from being gripped so tightly and punched. I've decided that 12 hours in the car with 2 kids may very well be worse than the 12 hours of labor it took Gabe to get here...
Gabe and Kaden
Mommy and the monkeys
Nancy and I
Lighthouse wedding
Havre de Grace beach
Gabe on the beach
