On the Road

Some funny things from the drive to and from CA:

Rachel Crutchfield drove with me over to Coronado because Mark had to fly over and meet us later in the week.  This was very helpful as you can imagine!  Parker knows Rachel, but he would random shout, "Hey what's your name?" (in his deep, Parker drawl).  Not sure why, but it started making us laugh.  Sometimes he would say it five or six times in a couple of minutes.  

I brought Cantelope in the hope of appeasing Grayson if he was really fussy.  I brought it out about an hour from San Diego.  Rachel was willing to break it into smaller bites to keep him from choking on it.  After feeding him over the seat for like twenty minutes she says, "do you have any wipes?".  I say, "Sure . .  why . . are your hands getting super sticky?"  She says, "well yes, but I'm also really allergic to cantelope, it gives me hives!"  What!?!  Crazy girl - so willing to help she is elbow deep in something that is going to give her an allergic reaction.

Davis was literally asking "are we there yet" like he had heard that it was a cliche thing to do in a car ride.  He didn't do it once on the way home so I'm thinking it was the eager anticipation to get to CA.  He knew Eli & TJ had been there for several days and kept asking when he could join them.  On the crazy road to Gila Bend there are some pretty steep dips in the road.  On the way over, Davis started laughing really hard on the dips.  I said, "Pretty fun huh buddy . . is it tickling your tummy?"  He said, "No . . it is ticking my wiener".  Okee dokey!

Finally a praise!  Grayson is not a good car sleeper AT ALL which has made car rides pretty insane.  He did pretty good on the way over but he did amazing on the way home.  He even slept from Yuma to just outside Maricopa!!  I hate to call it a trend, but maybe we are getting over the hump.