Last week, we hit the road! After work/school on Friday, we piled into the car and with the kids in their PJs we drove to NY for the night. GG, Grandpa, and Aunt Ellie welcomed us in around 10pm and we successfully transferred the kids to bed (though Finley did ask for a book before going back to sleep, but that was a fair request). After hanging out for a bit in the morning, we got back in the car and continued in our way to VA to see my family. Aside from one ridiculously long stop at a rest stop for bathrooms, lunch, and gas--the trip was smooth with snoozing or happily awake kiddos in the back and minimal traffic. It was wonderful to arrive in VA with time to play, eat, unpack, and relax before going to bed. Cousins Owen and Natalie came over with their dad, Uncle Chris, for dinner and the cousins went to town! Finley and Owen, if you will recall, had the same due date back in 2009.
Anyways...we were about to sit down to dinner when the smoke alarm went off due to Aunt Caitlin's garlic bread getting burnt in the oven. We couldn't seem to silence it and since it was connected to my parents' security system, the phone rang to check on us. My mom assured them we were fine, but soon a knock on the door was heard and I spotted a fire truck in front of the house! We answered the door and three, fully suited up firefighters came in check things out. Owen and Finley flipped!! The firemen were good sports and posed for a photo with all of us and then we got to go out and check out the truck.
They gave all the kids fire hats and we waved goodbye with our sincerest thanks for being so quick to respond to the alarm and for making our kids' night.
It was going to be hard to top that, but the rest of our time in VA was pretty fun. Dagny showed off her sitting up skills and her ability to grab toys and anything else nearby with great precision.
Finley liked Grammy's Noah's Ark Advent Calendar.
And Dagny LOVED meeting Lenny and Rory. If either cat walked by her, she was totally mesmerized and reached out for them.
Here she is playing with one of her new toys, the Dino-Ball!
Dan and Finley explored a complete set of dominoes one night and while Finley was more interested in making his a "train," he was more than happy to tip Dan's creation over when the time came.
The weather was fairly mild most of the time we were there and it was nice to be outside and play some sports. Below Finley is wearing his awesome new winter hat from Norway, thanks Great Uncle Perry and Aunt Jan!
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