To Georgia in an RV

Monday morning we left around 6:00 for Georgia in an RV with 9 people (Mom, Kevin, Randi, Katie, Noah, Taylor, Hannah, Zach and myself) and Bella the dog.  I tried to transfer Noah to the RV and keep him asleep but he woke up as soon as I set him in there.  Pretty much everyone else went back to sleep but him.  He did this on the way there and back.  The way back was much worse we left at 4:30 (which would of been 3:30 am Illinois time) and he stayed awake then as well.  The trip usually takes about 10 hours but in an RV and hitting traffic in Atlanta due to Monday night football it took us over 12 hours.  Lets just say we were all so ready to be there.  The RV made the trip so much nicer though being able to have so much room and to be able to move around a little more and made it easier to keep Noah entertained since he could watch everyone.  On the way down towards the end Noah was done and we were doing everything we could, we sang kid songs for probably the last 30-40 minutes it seemed like anyway.  Overall though he did great for that long of a ride and being so active these days.  I felt so bad though when he just reached out for me to take him out and I couldn't.  On the way back we were getting desperate again and we did So Big and the wave for him over and over and someone  caught a picture.

Heading out Monday morning

The wave

Noah watching us entertain him

Once we got to Georgia our grandparents were waiting for us.  It was so nice to see them, it had been since June since we had seen them last and that was a quick visit.  Noah has changed so much since they last saw him.  So we hung out for a little bit before putting Noah to bed way past his bedtime.  Poor guy was messed up the whole time between having to sleep somewhere besides his house, the time change and his schedule being off from traveling. 

Our aunt and uncles came over as well and visited for a little bit.  Over the next few days we had fun playing games, hanging out, eating and having another Christmas dinner and gift exchange.  

All the girls playing Yahtzee

 One night we went to look at lights and grandma insisted she was going to stay with Noah and put him to bed.  He went down for her pretty good too, well thats what she told me anyway, haha. 

 For some reason Noah was grandma Shelley's buddy this week. Everytime he saw her he wanted to go to her.  One day mom took him on the screened in porch where there was music and they danced, clapped and had all sorts of fun.  He loves music so much and usually claps, moves his head, or taps his foot when he hears it, so cute!

Grandma and Noah dancing and looking at the dog inside

After they danced for awhile standing up he just sat on her lap for so long clapping and moving his head to the music, I caught the cutest smile.  Look at those teeth, his top ones crack me up so far apart, haha!

 

 Later on we got a group girl picture.  Still missing some people but a lot were there

 Noah with his great grandma and great grandpa Weeks

 Randi and Kate gelled his hair, so cute and funny!  Can't get over how cute he is!

  Overall we had a great trip but it sure was nice to get home yesterday, unpack, do laundry and relax and spend time at our house.  Noah was so funny when we got here.  I had never seen him so full of energy.  He was all over the place crawling to every room and checking everything out.  He was moving from room to room and toy to toy.  I think he is a homebody and loves being at his house.  I loved seeing him so happy.  Then after we had been home for awhile his daddy got home and he hadn't seen his daddy in 4 days.  When Matthew walked in, he said his name and he looked up trying to figure out where he was and once he saw him he smiled so big, moved his head around, clapped and started tapping his foot.  He loves his daddy so much and you could tell he was excited to see him.  I love seeing things like that in our little boy!