Over the River & Thru the Woods

Well, we had some unexpected illnesses that delayed my bloging even further. Jason and Hudson both had a stomach virus and I had pink eye. It was a little stressful struggling through all of that and getting ready for Christmas but we pulled it off! Now it is Christmas Eve and I have a restless mind so I decided it would be a good time to finally get caught up!

I'll start back at Thanksgiving! My boss surprised me and told me I could head out at noon on Wednesday. Jason picked up Hudson and they got fresh haircuts. Then, we loaded up our rental Jeep (my car was getting repaired from when Jason was rear-ended...a year ago) and by 2ish we were on our way! Except for the turn around trip that Jason always ends up making to check that we did infact lock all of doors. I have learned to accept that this will happen no matter how late we are running before we make a big trip because it will allow his mind to be at ease for the duration of our journey. Hudson was now 2 hours past his normal nap time so he was sound asleep when we loaded him up. We left at exactly the same time that everyone else in Houston decided to leave. The traffic was less than fantastic...cars everywhere. Stop and go. Stop and go. We remained postive in hopes that it would be better once we got a couple hours out of Houston. Not so. About 2 hours into our trip, Hudson woke up...very upset. He is all about his schedule and when it is disrupted he is not happy about it. We decided it would be a good idea to break down and purchase a portable DVD player! This would have been a great idea if it had not envolved getting him out of his carseat and then trying to stuff him back in. Eventually we got him settled down by turning on some Christmas music and singing. Because of the traffic and a few other delays, it was already 10:00pm or so by the time we made it to Idabel, OK. Since we had both gotten up early that morning to go to work, we were too exhausted to go any further. We got a hotel for the night and made our way to Wister the next morning.

Poor Eli got stuck in the very back because he got into our fresh mulch and was very stinky! We still love him though! He got to ride up with Hudson on the return trip. Hudson thinks its so funny when Eli rides in the car.

This is Hudson in our hotel bed. He woke up as we were unpacking for the night and got a 2nd wind. Daddy raided the vending machine and found some cheese-its to snack on. That is what he is showing me in the picture.