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Hello again, writing to you from our hotel room in Yreka, CA. 

What. A. Whirlwind.

Yesterday we were frantically clearing out our apartment and tetris-packing our cars, today we're nearly 500 miles from Seattle.  Needless to say, we're tired.  Our cats, however, are probably going to be chalk-full of energy all night long as they slept like, 10 hours straight today.  They're so lazy. 




We didn't leave Seattle until 10:00am today.  Not that we slept in, we were up before 6:30.  That's just how long it took us to get ready.  As you might guess, we're still working on being efficient parents (is that a real thing?).  We missed Seattle traffic but hit a little in Tacoma and then Portland really slowed down.  The rest of the drive was fairly easy.



Quentin did surprisingly well in the car today, he's such a little trooper!  He only had two big crying fits while we were driving, and otherwise he slept or was trying to make me laugh.  He is such a jokester (much like his Dada, albeit less puns).  I will say thank you universe--aka Amazon--for Creative Galaxy.  That show came in clutch when we were 30 miles out from Yreka and Q decided he was going to lose his shit.  Yes, our newly 7-month-old watches TV sometimes.  For shame!  *insert eyeroll here* 



Oh by the way Q is 7-months-old today.  I know.  It's weird.  We asked him to remain a baby forever but I'm not sure he took us very seriously.

We had to make extra stops on the drive of course, so it only took oh, an extra 3 hours to get to our hotel.  Also we fed Quentin his first bites of french fry and then he immediately spit them up.  He's so healthy.


Comments

Anonymous said…
This is Aunt Danni. We love you all! ☀️☀️☀️
Jim said…
Dad here
Great recap!
Like the updates.
Nana said…
Stay safe. Hug Q!! :)
Jennifer Vandiver said…
The blog was a great idea. I’m keepin’ up with ya’ll. I know I hadn’t seen much of you in the last year, but you’re very much family to me and I think of you often! Safe travels!!!
Jim Strong said…
Fun times. Thanks for sharing. Love y'all. Papa
Anonymous said…
Smooches to Q and love to all! ❤️☀️Love, Aunt Danni
Nana said…
Don't stress about the cats. They'll figure it out and be fine. And they have to do it in their own time. One dog we had hid behind the couch and barely ate for a month when she moved in.

And you know you did well by going in to assure Q you are still there. :)

Hugs for you all!
Nana said…
PS: Continuous AC about does me in .... even here with all our humidity. Try running a humidifier ... it should help with the dry air problem.
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