Home at Last

We made it!

Highlights of our travel day:

1. Lainey got car sick. Before today, she had never thrown up. Well, today she made up for lost time. She got very sick in the car, about halfway between Pagosa Springs and Santa Fe. We think she was car sick, because she was fine afterwards. She kept saying her "bottom hurt" but I think she must have meant her stomach. Anyway, we had to throw away her clothes and her binky. And Tuck and Emmy had the fun job of hosing off the frame of her car seat and washing the cover back at the house in Colorado. Gross, gross, and more gross. Lainey was a pretty good sport about it, thankfully. She was a bit scared and cried some but managed to hold it together while we stripped off her clothes and cleaned her up on the side of a New Mexico highway.

2. Walker cried almost the entire three-hour car ride from Pagosa to Santa Fe. The only time he wasn't crying was when we were dealing with Lainey (bless him for that) and when he managed to take a short nap. He would smile for a second - like when I attempted to sing a few songs or read him a book or play peek-a-boo behind the seat - but he'd quickly go back to crying as soon as I stopped trying to entertain him. I've never known a baby to go from content to sad/mad so quickly. I think - unfortunately - that he just gets bored easily. :( Thankfully, he slept the majority of the flight to Dallas (on our teeny tiny plane) and we were so grateful for that. I am sure that the other passengers were, too.

3. Our luggage took about an hour to arrive at the baggage claim.

4. No naps and no lunch (to speak of) made waiting for the bags a bit interesting. Both kids did pretty well while waiting for the bags to arrive. Ben and I were the ones getting a little cranky. :)

5. It's good to be home. We had a great vacation, but it's always nice to come home. Lainey said she'd like to go back to Colorado. I'm glad that she had such a positive experience. I hope that her memories will stick with her and that she'll talk about it for months to come!