(Our life if we had triplets)
Our good friends the Riels just had their second baby at the end of 2009 and Jill and I had been trying to figure out a good time to traverse through the snow down to see them. Since Jill and Megan both had President's Day off, we went last weekend to see them.
The last time we took Megan on a long car ride, the results were terrible. We were hoping that another six months of growth on her part would aid us in our quest to make the six hour journey with a little more understanding, and a little less shrieking. In retrospect, Megan was better this time around, but that's like saying our economy is better now than it was last year. Nothing to rave about. And so far we've made it without caving in and buying a travel tv/dvd player for her to watch cartoons on and such, but I fear the day may be fast approaching. It's just too hard on our sanity.
(Todd actually interacting with a toddler)
(Megan enjoys jumping high ... with some assistance)
BUT that doesn't mean once we arrived in Cincy, things weren't outstanding. We had an absolute blast. Of course, even with the extra travel day on Monday, the days go by too fast. We made it to several friends' houses to visit and have playdates for Megan (George family ... we'll see you in a few weeks. Don't be mad.).
Megan got to hold a real baby in her lap after hours of practice with her baby doll at home. She spent the better part of the weekend walking up to the Riels' baby and saying, "Hey Baby!" and patting her on the head. In fact she repeated that phrase so much, that Reva, the Riels' two-year-old daughter, turned to Megan and said, "Don't talk." I tried not to laugh but it was too funny. But Reva and Megan got along great and even played dress up together. Let the record show that Megan's first steps in 'high heels' came with the help of Reva's dress-up box. Meg was a bit clumsy in them but she stayed upright and didn't break an ankle. Win win.
(Dress up time!)
We also found out Megan has a love for the piano. Several times she climbed up on the piano bench and banged on the keys in an effort to make music. I'm fine with it as long as piano lessons don't interfere with her tennis lessons. Kidding. Sort of.
But by far, the best part of the trip was leaving Megan with a sitter for a few hours and spending Valentine's Day with friends and enjoying some wine and fabulous food at a little wine bar in Milford. For a few brief moments it felt like Jillian and I had never left Cincinnati and that our lives of the past year hadn't been altered.
On the way back home we talked about when we could come back again to see our friends. And then Megan started wailing from the back seat and tempered our plans. Maybe they can pencil us in for 2014.
2 comments:
Sounds fun!
Unfortunately, we know your pain with the car trips. For us, it isn't just screaming (although that happens), it's carsickness, with guaranteed puke on any trip over about 15 minutes (sometimes less!). Miserable. So yeah, we don't travel much in the car anymore! But we'll fly anywhere - great success (so far - knock on wood) with Maggie and airplanes!
We broke down but just use our laptop when we travel. We bought this great tray from One Step Ahead that attaches around the car seat and then put the laptop with some Dora episodes on it...good to go! It makes long trips a little more bearable!
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