We're at Matt's parents! Maddy was so excited to see grandma and grandpa when we arrived! She's been having a blast running through their house and around in circles in and out of rooms.
The car ride down was SOOOOOOOOOOOO LONG. Our three hour drive turned into 5! We were on the road by 1 and 95 was a parking lot out of DC all the way to Fredricksburg. It was just miserable. I gave Maddy some Benedryl right before we got on the freeway and she slept for about 45 minutes, if that. I didn't want to give it to her before we were going to be moving at a constant rate of speed because all the stop and go wakes her up. Well, I didn't know that 95 was a parking lot at 1:30 in the afternoon!!! All I can say is, THANK GOD FOR MY TIVO'D NOGGIN' AND PBS BURNED TO MY COMPUTER! I held it in the back seat for Maddy while she watched TV and sucked her thumb.
I felt bad though, because this morning while we were running around and packing, Maddy could feel the excitement in the air and it worried her. So one of us had to sit with her and keep her occupied while the other got ready and packed. But even that didn't keep her mind off what was going on, so we watched TV with her and snuggled to make her feel more comfortable and less worried. So she sat a lot this morning and watched TV and then barely napped the 5 hour drive in the car and watched TV there, too.
But she is a really trooper! She never once really cried all the way down. Once or twice she threw a little bit of a fuss, but no flat out crying or whining. We never stopped, although we should have to change her diaper since she was ALL WET when we got here. But I knew better than to let her out of the carseat and then trying to get her back in. It was better (since she wasn't fussing anyway) to try to drive straight though.
We never did hit really decent traffic. It was almost always backed up with one thing or another.
She's had a blast already being here. A ton of fun! Pre-bedtime tonight was hard for her, though. She was definitely done and worn out from the day and she showed it. Once her and I were in the bedroom and I rocked her and sang her song, she relaxed in my arms and after a few minutes she was ready for bed. She fell asleep without issue! She hasn't woken up since (yet)!
I did run into her room once tonight! Matt and his parents were watching videos of her on the computer from our gallery upstairs in their family room. Well, they had it loud enough that when I was walking through the living room I heard her calling Dada and I ran in! Turns out she was sound asleep (and thank God didn't wake up when I ran in)! I knew I heard her though!
Well, it's late and I slept very poorly last night. I worked out on my elliptical machine at 8:30 and then wasn't tired for a LONG time afterward. Then Matt snored just horribly last night so I went to sleep on the couch (so I'd hear her if she woke up) and tossed and turned there, too. Matt did let me go back to bed this morning after Maddy woke up at 7. So I was able to get a bit of extra rest until 8:15.
Goodnight! Have a great weekend! Don't think about breaking into my house since the alarm system is on! :)
Tea of the day: COFFEE! A big glass
WO of the day: Saving my sanity during the drive down. My hardest workout this week, yet!