Taking to the Car

Annelise had her first big road trip over New Year's weekend. We were visiting Mark's aunt and cousin in San Antonio, which is about a 4 hour drive away for us. Which is just barely longer than the amount of time between her meals during the day. So we anticipated her getting cranky near the end of our trip.

Well, Friday morning I went to work as usual, and then after lunch we got everything ready to go for the big adventure. I fed Annelise while Mark finished up packing the car. We changed her diaper just before heading out, and then we were off!

For the most part, Annelise handled the car ride very well. She slept sometimes, and was awake for others. You could definitely see it in her face that she doesn't like sitting in one spot for extended periods of time. She likes moving and wiggling around! But she tolerated the ride, as you can see... (yay pictures!)

When we got into San Antonio, she was so hungry and needed a changing! The wailing cry began about 15 minutes before we got to the house, but once we were there, we quickly got her fed and she was happy to be with new people, and to see new things.

On the way back, we didn't have the timing worked out quite as perfectly as when we left, so I think it was about an hour or so after she had eaten when we finally hit the road. Of course, she got hungry about half way through, so we fed her what was left from her bottle from earlier. Then, of course, to make our experience as parents more exciting, she had a blow-out diaper. Luckily, we were already stopped at a gas station getting snacks and a bathroom break for us adults. Apparently Annelise needed a potty break, too! So, I took her into the bathroom and changed her outfit, and several sympathetic women walked by and said how cute she was, or how funny it was that babies always seem to make the most mess at the most inopportune times.

The rest of the trip was fairly uneventful, except for the fact that Annelise was more hungry after clearing out her digestive tract... and got cranky about 30 minutes before we got home. Lots of attempts to console her for short periods of time were performed, and eventually we got home, fed her, and everybody was happy. She slept almost all of Monday after that crazy weekend trip experience.