Sunday, April 22, 2012

Trip to Hattiesburg/Shelbi's B-day Party




Well we have had a good weekend....we made a whirlwind trip to Hattiesburg. Our niece Shelbi had her 8th birthday party yesterday. We always try to go to Hattiesburg in April so we are there around her birthday. The last few years we haven't been able to make her party though. This year we really wanted to try and go since Colby is older and LOVES birthday parties and hanging out with his cousins. Our original plan was to leave Friday when Colby got out of school and come back Sunday morning. That way we would have had a pretty good visit there. It ended up being cut short b/c Austin couldn't get off work Friday. We left early Saturday morning. Both kids did great in the car on the way up there. We only had to make one stop about halfway there b/c Lindsay had a dirty diaper! Once we got to Hattiesburg we went to the apartment to unload our stuff and feed Lindsay before heading out to the party. This year they were hosting the party at their trailer. They don't live there its just an extra place for them on a piece of land. It ended up being a good place for a party though b/c there was more room then in their house. They brought lots of outdoor toys for the big kids to play with. The hardest part about the whole party thing is that it fell right during Lindsay's naptime. She naps from 11:30-2:30 daily. She also takes 2-3 other catnaps during the day but that is her big solid nap. I hated to mess it up especially since she has been napping so great lately. But we knew Colby would have fun and he can easily skip naps now so on we went. I hated I missed out on most of Colby's experiences at the party and the party itself. When we got there Lindsay had fallen asleep in the car but woken up as soon as we got there. I tried to keep her awake until atleast we ate lunch but she was already restless. I tried rocking her but she wouldn't get still with everyone and everything around. Wendi told me there was another rocker in a back room so I brought her back there. She fought it for awhile but finally fell asleep. I couldn't put her down though b/c she would wake up and I would rather he get a solid nap and hold her then try and put her down and her wake up cranky and mad. It wasn't a good nap though since she was in my arms. She would wake up crying and then go back to sleep several times. Finally around 2 when she woke up I decided to go ahead and join the party. At this point I was anxious to see Colby play some so I turned her over to MawMaw to feed her and went outside to watch Colby. His favorite thing was riding their mini 4-wheelers around. There were about 8 other kids at the party. Most of them were girls: a 12 year old, 8 year old, 7 1/2 year old, two 5 year olds, Colby (3 1/2) another 3 year old, and 2 other babies besides Lindsay. I think Colby enjoyed the other kids as well. The other moms and babies also stayed in so I visited with them some. It was hard dealing with Lindsay there b/c there wasn't a good place to put her down other then the back bedroom. I took her back there a couple times just to let her stretch and move around. She is not big on being held and honestly I was tired of carrying her around. We finally left around 3:30. We knew Colby would not be ready to leave then but Lindsay was so tired and we needed to get her back to the apartment. We asked Austin's parents to bring Colby home when they left. He was very excited to stay out there awhile longer. They were probably there a full hour after we left. I think it meant a lot to his family to spend more one on one time with him. Now that he's older we will probably do more like that especially while Lindsay is still so young. If we had not had her with us we would have just stayed a long time with Colby but having a baby means we are tied to feeding/nap schedules. We got back to the apartment and put Lindsay in her bed...I didn't think she would sleep but atleast it would give her some alone time...I think after being around a very stimulating environment like that and being held babies need a cool down time. She didn't sleep and was still very cranky. Well after she ate she finally passed out and I was able to even lay her down in her bed while we ate. Austin's parents brought Colby back to the apartment so we picked up sandwhiches and ate in. We knew the kids would be too tired to drag anywhere else that night. Soon after dinner it was bathtime. Since this was just our 2nd trip traveling with both kids we had never put them in a room together. The first trip we made Lindsay was only 6 weeks old and still waking up in the middle of the night....now that she is a full night sleeper we felt it would be ok to put her and Colby in a room together. I was a little worried how it would go that they might keep each other up but they did great. Lindsay slept a full 12 hours and Colby went to bed around 8:15 and slept until 6:45. Even his getting up a few times didn't seem to bother her. I still didn't sleep well I guess worrying about the 2 of them. Well we were up early with Colby climbing in our bed at 6:45 so we went ahead and started getting dressed and packed up. We knew we wanted to head home early so that we would have a full day back at home. Austin has to go back to work for a full week. We left the apartment by 9. Both kids were once again excellent in the car. Colby watched Cars 2 on the way home and Lindsay slept and played. Once we got home we unpacked and ate lunch and all took naps. Lindsay didn't sleep great though. We got out this afternoon and all took a family walk now we are looking forward to some family time hanging out tonight before we crank up another week! Looks like we have a busy week coming up but it'll be fun!

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