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July 02, 2005
Road trip!
Daddy broke a cardinal personal rule and agreed to travel over the July 4th weekend.
We bugged out early this morning in the VUE, headed for Old Fort and Asheville to visit assorted grandparents. Once we got past the Pilot station and the to-do over fueling (both the car and the parents...the Subway there serves breakfast), Emma got right into the swing of car travel.
Which is to say she fell asleep.
The trip to Meemaw and Pompaw's house in Old Fort is about two and a half hours. A little less in good traffic. Emma was zonked for 85% of that trip and, in fact, had to be awakened shortly before arrival.
This kid takes a real shine to grandparents, let me tell you. So far, she loves them all. She seems to reserve special love for her great-grandparents, though. Papa (Lara's grandfather) is a huge favorite, and today that list of favorites grew to include Meemaw (Brian's grandmother) and Pompaw (grandfather).
Personally, I'm thinking Pompaw got special props for his stripey train-engineer overalls.
Aside from a minor episode wherein Emma nearly whacked her head on the rocking chair -- thanks to Dad -- everything went well. She spent time on all available laps, and ate a good lunch at Meemaw's compact kitchen table. After a couple of hours, we bailed out for Mom's.
As before, Emma was good to go with both Grandjohn and Banana. We sat and talked in the cool back part of the house, and Banana played with Emma on the bed. Banana seemed to take a little more getting used to than the other grandparents so far, but was none the less popular for that.
On the return trip, Emma slept again. We stopped for dinner, which woke her up, but she was still murder to get to bed that evening.
Posted by brlittle at July 2, 2005 02:06 AM