Road Trip!

This past weekend we made our first road trip since Ivy Jane has been here! We left on Saturday to spend a few days with Shelby's parents. Our friends Greg & Kathleen, along with their two boys Malachi & Creed, were in Texas (from Virginia) for a few days so we decided we wanted to make the trip! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves...Paula (Shelby's mom) cooked lots of yummy food, we played and played with the girls, and we even got to hang out with Ellen (a friend of the Bramans since before Shelby was born).

Georgia is at the age now where she's not the best traveler. She did OK, but the fact that her attention span is about 2 minutes makes it a little difficult to keep her entertained on the road! We sang songs, read books, played with toys, talked on the phone, etc! Here she is finally getting sleepy...she was fascinated with the tag on her blanket and was trying to play with the corner of the tag.

Barry, Paula, & Ellen were antiquing when we got there so we went straight to Shelby's grandma's house for lunch...she made roast, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, rolls, & cake! Yum! It was her first time to meet Ivy Jane. I wish Shelby's Papa could have met our girls.
One of Georgia's favorite things to do is to be upstairs and look over the walkway at people downstairs. Here she is laughing with Mimi...

We went to their neighborhood playground/park area and Ivy Jane fell asleep in the stroller. It was a BEAUTIFUL day!

Georgia sliding with Daddy...she actually liked it, even though her face doesn't show it!
She still LOVES to swing!
Playing with Ellen & her glasses. I love the pigtails and glasses! This picture makes me laugh!
I LOVE the facial expressions on each face...Georgia is hanging out with Aunt Heather & her boyfriend Julian, waiting for supper. Georgia LOVES both of them SO much! I told them I should have paid them for the babysitting...
She was so excited when we got there that she didn't nap! Here she is falling asleep while she was eating! It was 6:45!!! Shelby took her upstairs, changed her into her pj's and she slept until 7:30 the next morning!
I didn't do Halloween costumes this year, since we weren't home. I didn't want to "go there" this year...we'll tackle it next year! Here is Ivy Jane looking "BOO-tiful" for Halloween!

On Monday we went to see some dear friends, Don & Beverly. They helped us tremendously during the adoption of Georgia Claire and we were so glad she finally got to meet them! Georgia LOVED them right away. I love this picture!

Beverly had some pumpkins (not real) in her entry way that Georgia took a liking to! She "knee walked" into the entry three times to get the pumpkins. Here she is with the largest one-almost as big as she was! It was HILARIOUS and she was SO proud of herself! (As you can tell, Ivy Jane slept through the whole thing!)

Don & Beverly gave the girls their first Madame Alexander Huggums...beautiful little dolls! Georgia Claire couldn't wait to get it out of the box!

While Ivy slept, we played again at the park...The Hendersons & The Bramans (minus Georgia Claire)...she was already in her pj's asleep in bed when we took this. We debated if we should get her up and decided it was best for all parties involved to let her sleep! =)
BOTH girls were worn out by the time we went home on Tuesday...Georgia Claire slept 2 hours and Ivy Jane slept the entire 3 hours!

When we got home we pulled in the driveway and said, "Georgia, we're home!" and she said, "YEA!" and raised her arms. LOVE IT! We loved our trip, but there truly is no place like home!