Donohoe Family Blog: 2010-02-28

Great Grandma and Grandpa Kennedy

Four Generations.

Today after we got settled in at mom and dad's we headed out to Buckeye to see Kennedy's Great Grandma and Grandpa Kennedy. We spent a few hours over their and they were just so excited to finally meet her. Kennedy had a good time snuggling and playing with them.

She slid around pretty easy from one to another on the table. She had fun stretching and kicking.

Great Grandma feeding Kennedy her bottle. She is so hungry!

Bye-oh, Bye-oh, rock-a-bye...

So Cute!

A long, long day...

Yesterday was something else... wow. We ended up leaving the house around 5:45am. Kennedy got her bottle from daddy about 4:15 while I took a shower, pumped and finished packing. It took just over an hour to get out of the house but once we got on the road it went really smooth. Kennedy slept until I woke her up when I had to stop for gas and to use the bathroom at 9:00. We had a 45 min pit stop to feed her and change her diaper and then we were back off. We had one more small stop before we got to Alan's around 2:00. Alan watched Kennedy for me while I ran to Wal-Mart, pumped, washed the bottles and then it was back on the road around 4:30. We made a quick stop in Brimfield to pick up Joey and to see Kim and then we were on the road again at 6:00. We then made a stop in Davenport to see Drew and Kendra that was perfect timing because Kennedy was having a meltdown just before we got to their apartment. We got Kennedy fed and her diaper changed and let her stretch out a little more and then we were off again; on the final stretch to get to Grandma and Grandpa's house. She did pretty good the rest of the way considering how long she has been in that silly car seat! We finally got to Grandma and Grandpa's house at midnight! How many hours is that???? I lost count. She fell asleep around 11:00 in the car and slept until 6:00 this morning. She was wore out!

Kennedy and her Uncle Alan at Cate's apartment in Peoria. HALF WAY!

Snuggling with Kim after a little snack before heading back on the road.

All rested up after a good nights sleep. She loves her new toy that Grandma and Grandpa got her!

Ahhh, Grandpa's girl!

Leaning to organize...

This week I learned that I have some work to do in the organization skill. It all takes on a new meaning when you are trying to get ready to take a baby on her first long road trip. I spent most of the weekend and this week doing laundry and cleaning up and trying to figure out what I was going to pack to take with us to Iowa. Tom was working over time this week so Kennedy and I were home by ourselves a lot this weekend. I did a little at a time all week long and it got done, but just in time. It seemed like I was packing up until the minute we walked out the door to leave for the weekend.

Tom took Kennedy and me to lunch on Saturday to get us out of the house for a little bit and to hang out since we wouldn't be seeing much of each other until next week. Kennedy was such a good girl at the restaurant. She slept like a baby most of the time. She just woke up to drink a little of her bottle and then back off to sleep.