Shana's Update: Vacation Day 1

So, we got in safely yesterday. We left at about 5:30 in the morning. We had planned to leave at 3 when Truett usually gets up for a feeding, but due to the fact we were still packing last night and didn't do a really good job of getting Truett to bed, he never got to bed till 11pm. Therefore, we didn't get much sleep and opted to leave a tad later to get a little more sleep. The drive went well, but we got stuck in Nashville due to traffic. After a year of trying to find Chick-fil-as along our route, we finally found one and ate breakfast there. It was on the other side of Nashville. We'll have to remember it is there.

We also used our roof-top bag for the first time. We were very pleased with it, storage-wise. We were really bummed though when we opened it because we had thought we purchased a water-proof bag and that is why we shelled out the extra bucks for it, but ended up it wasn't. We purchased it well over 30 days ago too so not sure about taking it back, but I am sure I could write a letter to the company about mis-representing the product they sold us. We probably should have tested it out sooner. Well, our stuff wasn't really wet when we got here, maybe two items of clothing. On the way back we are going to put our bags inside of trash bags and see if that helps.

As you see below Josh went through old pictures to find his baby photos to compare. My mom is sending me mine so that I can compare too. Almost everybody says Truett looks like me, I think because of his prominent nose and cheeks, but I wonder as he gets older if he will look more like his daddy because he definitely has his daddy's eyes.

Our first day home wasn't really eventful. We mostly unpacked and got settled in. We had a great dinner. Judy made chicken with lots of fresh veggies from the garden and biscuits. Truett slept in the cradle for the first time. Most of you know that we are using the same crib that Josh and Andy used, well Truett is now sleeping in the same cradle. It is really old, but really beautiful. Dean and Andy spent time getting back in usable condition for Truett and future grandkids.


Here is grandma getting her fix in on day 1. As I type this now grandma is rocking Truett to sleep for his morning nap.

I did learn something yesterday. I think Truett was over stimulated by all the newness of things and all the new things to look at and all the new people holding him. He didn't do well with feeding and getting him down to sleep. Today I am going to focus on trying to make sure he gets all those things he needs and not let him overdo it to much. I say that cause normally he takes a morning nap, we'll see if he does while he is here.