Family Reunion

On Saturday, we started the 3 1/2 hour drive to my dad's family's reunion. This was the first time that I had ever been and I am so glad I was able to make it. You should have seen how much STUFF we brought for S. The reunion had never been held at this particular place, so we didn't know what to expect. We were driving there, mingling and eating, and then heading back. We knew it was going to be a VERY LONG day and but didn't know how S was going to handle things!

I kept S up all morning so that she would hopefully sleep most of the way there and be a happy little girl (I'm sure you all know that with kids things don't always go as "planned"). We left right on time, about 11:30am, grabbed CFA for me and M and got on the road. S went to sleep pretty quickly, but was awake about an hour into the drive and didn't go back to sleep. OH NO!!! That means she was going to be around all of this activity where she couldn't really crawl around and play on only 1 hour nap! I was very worried!!

We arrived about 3:15(after making only one stop) and the place was great! There were several ponds and the weather wasn't too hot. We all had chairs that we brought and set up around the fire pit (although didn't use the fire pit), and we also set up S's corral with her toys and blanket. That worked for a bit, but not long enough:) We met a lot of people I had never met before and also my dad and aunt and uncle were there! Dinner was AMAZING!!! We had all brought covered dishes and these people could really cook! We ate way too much - but enjoyed it! S did really well, which completely surprised me! I was so thankful:)

Around 7pm, we got back on the road to head home. Now, this time, we weren't even off the farm before S was asleep and slept the entire way home! Now, being a mother, I always worry about what S is going to do in situations that are out of her schedule. We made good time getting home and pulled into the driveway around 10pm. We get S out of the car, change her, give her a bottle and put her to bed. She looked so pitiful! She was so sleepy! She talked a bit after we put her in her crib, but then didn't hear a thing out of her until about 6:30am Sunday morning!!!!!!!!!!!!! She did it! This is a very normal wake time for her. When we got up on Sunday and realized that she'd slept all night, we were so thrilled!

We all took good naps Sunday afternoon after church (again, S missed her morning nap) and are hopefully back on a normal schedule now! We had a wonderful time at the reunion, the weekend went a lot smoother than I thought, and I am now looking forward to the next reunion in two years!:)