Monday night, I got off work, sped home, changed, and piled in the car with Hubby and a few day's worth of clothes, then headed out on I-40 for a nice, long drive.
Since I'm used to staying up later due to getting off work at 10:15pm, I took the first leg of the drive while Chris slept. After what felt like an eternity later, we crossed the Arizona/California state line, and both Chris and I started to feel all out little aches and pains under a magnifying glass. About 3 hours to go and neither of us wanted to drive another 3 minutes, but we trucked along and we made it! The last 3 hours of the trip, Chris and my step-dad were voxing (voice messaging) back and forth to work out the kinks.
Finally...18 hours and 1,300 miles later, we pulled up to my Mom and Lee's favorite Bar and Grill.
I walked in and came up beside my mom at her table and asked "Excuse me, do you mind if we sit here?" and her response was priceless.
She looked at me with the most confused look on her face, then looked at Chris and whipped bad to me. Finally she looked at Lee and the tears began. It was perfect.
That night, we stayed at my mom's house, and the next day, I got to meet my nephew!
I know everyone always thinks their baby is the best, or cutest, or most well behaved...but my nephew is! Sure he has acid reflux, so he spits up a lot, but he's so cute that I don't care!
I wanted to hold him and hug him every moment I could. He wasn't up for smiling much, but he still has the cutest chubby cheeks and a full head of thick baby hair! I fed him, held him, kissed him and loved him until he got fussy and made me put him down.
Don't worry...I don't have baby fever. I still loved the fact that I could give him back to his momma when he got too cranky or stinky.
Chris and I spent Thanksgiving at my step-dad's house and it was delicious! My step dad smoked a turkey and cooked an $80 rack of prime rib. It was all so good, I wished I had a second stomach.
Not to mention, I made two of my double layer pumpkin cheesecakes, my step-sister made a pumpkin cheesecake, Chris made pumpkin rolls, plus some of the other family members brought desserts.
There was so much food, and such little room!
After dinner, I got to see my two baby cousins (that aren't babies anymore by any means...) and a few other family members.
Unfortunately, Saturday came too soon, and Chris and I made our tearful departure that morning in order to make it home Sunday so I could go back to work.
Overall, it was a short trip...but it was worth it.
I can't wait until my mom comes out to visit me next.
