Day 87...Road trip!

Apr 17

Normally, the rain on the metal roof at the grandparents house puts me right to sleep, but I just couldn't get comfy last night.

Martyn slept ok, and Eli slept really well so that's good. I got up with Martyn about 6:15 or so. I decided I may has well just get up and get coffee going and stuff because it probably wouldn't be long until Mary Jane was up.

We had decided we were going to try to leave a little early, like around 8 or so, so we could get up to Kennewick with plenty of time to tool around and visit a few people before the shower at 2. It was kind of nice to get up and spend a little time with Martyn early in the morning too. I sure do love to snuggle and hug that little boy!

I got his diaper all changed, and put clean clothes on him, and once again he was all smiles. That really does make mornings easier, when you see smiling boy.

Mary Jane came down just a little while after me, I guess she was up in the office.

We had a little time together with the boy before Walt came down and then I went upstairs and got Eli up too. We all had breakfast together and visited and then Mary Jane and I left around 10....so much for leaving early, ha!

It was cloudy, and a little misty but not bad driving at all. I drove. As we got past The Dalles, it started clearing up and the sun came out...it was a really nice drive. Martyn just went right to sleep. I figured we would need to stop and give him a break at some point...and give me a break too because I was going to be super full on both sides before we got all the way to Kennewick, which is about three hours from Carson where we were.

What a beautiful drive! I really enjoyed myself. Mary Jane worked on some of her knitting and talked with me and Martyn just slept. We stopped in Umatilla, which is the last little town you go through before crossing back over the Columbia river, and only about 40 min or so away from Kennewick. We got a sub sandwich and I nursed and changed the boy, and we took off with Mary Jane driving.

We deiced to go stop by Maressa's house before heading to the shower, but we got a little turned around and lost, and had to call and get more directions. We had planned to stop by her house, then head over to her dads house, then head to the shower, but our getting lost delayed us a little too much to do that. So we only stopped by her house, and then followed her to the shower.

As always, it was fun to show Martyn off at the shower. Always the little charmer, and such a good boy. He was just quiet and observant, but very alert. Maressa's little girl Kaelyn was cute....at one point Maressa was holding Martyn, and Kaelyn goes "I want to pat the baby...." very sweet.

I drove again on the way home, we stopped in Umatilla again to get gas. Martyn woke up, but not enough for me to get him out of the car seat...and as soon as we got past Umatilla and got back on the free way, he fell right back to sleep.

I didn't mean to do this, but I was cruising on the way home. We had planned to meet Eli and Walt in Cascade Locks so that Eli and I could just leave straight from there and head home since he had to work the next day and it would be about 7 when we got there. It was such a nice drive, and weather was great, even though a little windy....but I was totally flying. Big ole' lead foot.

We called the guys when we got to the Dalles, and still beat them by about ten minutes...oops. Oh well.

We had dinner at Char burger in Cascade Locks, which is right under the Bridge and next to the river....a fantastic view of the river actually. I really enjoyed it. Walt took the boy and held onto him while Eli and I had dinner, and passed him to Mary Jane so he could eat his dinner too. They sure do love that grand son....it's so fun to see.

It was a good road trip. I really enjoyed getting to spend the time with Mary Jane, especially on the way home we had really good conversation. I am blessed to have such a wonderful Mother in law, and even more so to have such a good relationship with her. It feels good, and I like knowing that when Martyn is old enough to understand, he will see that we have a good relationship with each other and hopefully that will carry on to when he is a young man and married....it's just sweet to have good relationships with the people around you, and the people in your family especially.