The 'Noke

Here we are..."on an adventure"...staying in a hotel, which Olivia says is just a "big house with lots of doors". This is our second night in a hotel with the girls, the first was in Raleigh last month, but tonight we have two separate bedrooms and a common area, so Brad and I are watching TV in the common area and each girl is sound asleep in a pack n play in their respective rooms. Its a little bit of heaven...what wasn't a little bit of heaven was the trip down here. It took us about 2.5 hours and it was quiet for the first hour or so and then it all went down hill from there...Avery woke up, Olivia started blabbing, which continued until we pulled into the hotel. Jeesh.

Traveling with Olivia is exhausting. She doesn't stop talking. Is this normal? Are all 2 year olds painful to travel with? If so, how the heck do people do? Moreover, WHY the heck do people do it? I would rather just lock myself up in my house until the "horrible to travel" phase has passed. And frankly, this phase started long before two in our house. Olivia has been a terrible traveler for almost a year now, it started just after she turned one. She stopped being able to sleep in the car and poof - gone were the peaceful car trips.

How are we going to drive to Disney in November of 2011? Please Lord tell me that this phase will end and by then we will have expert travelers to work with? And in May we are heading to Georgia for a long weekend, good grief, how is that going to go? Is she going to talk the entire 8 hours? If so, maybe she should ride with YaYa and GaGa...GaGa would lose his mind for sure.

Generally speaking Avery is a peach to travel with, she stays quiet, plays by herself...but Olivia, OH Olivia...is anything put quiet.

Avery did have a tough time settling back down tonight for bed, she cried and cried, and actually has been doing a lot of that at home too. Bedtime has been anything put a dream for her lately, lets hope this phases passes quickly.

Brad is falling asleep on the couch so that is my queue to shut it down and hit the hay. Big day planned tomorrow in the 'Noke and then its off to Bassett. I am sooooo hoping we can eat at Zaxby's for Lunch....Delish.

Also, a final thought - my dear friend "M" is out of town visiting family for Thanksgiving, her GPa isn't doing well and the family has made a decision to start the Hospice process (or whatever you call it, program, process, what do you call it when someone starts Hospice?). It is very sad, and I am sad for her and her family. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this holiday season.