We spent the last two weeks at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio where my husband was having surgery. Since we just got home, I'm still catching up on emails and trying frantically to get things ready for Christmas. I can't wait to tell you more about the Fisher House where we stayed and show you the pictures - it was gorgeous!
But I wanted to write a little first about our road trip there. It is an 11 hour drive, which we split into two days by stopping at my parents' house each way. Our time at my parents' was short, but we did have time to take Hadden sledding for the first time! We requested a toddler sled for a Christmas gift, and my mom found this one at Target. Hadden had such a good time! We don't usually post videos of him on my blog, but I had to share this one. So here's a video of him going down the little hill by himself. :)
Now about Iowa. Have you ever driven through it? Man. I'll tell you. I grew up doing road trips and I usually love them! But there's something about driving through Iowa to get home that seems ENDLESS. It's the same view the whole time (flat farmland) and there aren't great options to eat along the way. I told my husband that I will only drive through Iowa once more in my life and that will be when we're moving away from Nebraska! Of course, that won't be true - we'll probably be doing that drive this spring. But I'm trying to not think about it right now.
Other than Iowa's dullness (and our son throwing up on the way home - another thing I'm trying to forget), the road trip was good. My husband and I have great conversations along the way and I love that uninterrupted time to talk and pick his brain. The best times are when the baby falls asleep and it's just the two of us passing ideas back and forth, planning for the future and learning more about each other.
It seems like most people I know fall into one of two camps: love road trips or hate road trips. I've also noticed that the people who love them usually grew up road tripping with their family and have good memories of it. Which camp do you fall into?
Sorry for this scattered post - we're off to look at Christmas lights and I don't have time to edit (as usual)!
