Before Olivia was born and even now people tell me: if you are having trouble putting her to sleep, just strap her in the car seat and take her for a drive around the neighborhood. She will be sleeping in no time. OK, easy enough....except for the fact that she absolutely HATES IT. She loves the car seat as long as we are not in the car or moving. That makes for road trips or any kind of trips well lets just say..unpleasant.
When Olivia was born, my parents came to stay with us for a month (THANK GOD). My mom and I decided to go grocery shopping with Olivia for the first time. It took us close to 4 hours. She would wake up half way from the house to the grocery store, and the crying would start. I am not talking about just a cry, this was a full meltdown. Her tiny face would get bright red, she would start sweating, tears would start rolling down and my favorite is: huge saliva bubbles coming out. We would drive back to the house and as soon as we would pull up to the driveway, it would stop. Well we did this for maybe 4 times before giving up.
Needless to say I was a little nervous about our trip yesterday to go visit Tim's family in Clarksville, AR which is where we also went to school. Clarksville is close to 1 hr and 45 minutes away from where we live now (an eternity with a baby). To my surprise she did not cry once! Maybe she knew I was freaking out the night before, couldn't sleep thinking about it (many of my sleepless nights and many more to come..I hear) or she was entertained by my singing skills (or so I want to believe). Anyone that has heard me sing is shaking their heads like: nope that was not it.
The whole trip she was so good, we went to visit Tim's family for the first time and then we stopped at the University to walk around and visit with faculty members.
It was so nice to be back and to bring Olivia to the place where 10 years ago, Tim and I met in old testament class. There are so many things I love about my school. The University is pretty small and because of this, you get to know everyone. This is by far my most favorite thing. It feels like a family. We were able to go into any building and say hi to professors and visit with people that we spent 4 years with. It was a great feeling to catch up with everyone. Our 15 minutes to swing by the school turned into 4 hours and it was amazing.
We were away close to 12 hours yesterday, which If I knew that was the plan, I would have been worrying myself to death. First time ever we have been away for that long. Once I relaxed and enjoyed the day, so did Olivia. Best part ever, when we got home it was a bath time, feeding and she slept for 12 hours straight. Guess what? So did I...Poor thing she had a rough day, exhausting day, and by poor thing I am referring to myself.
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