Girls Only Road Trip

This past week, Hannah and I went on a little driving trip...alright, alright...Hannah says it was a big driving trip...especially when you think about how much time she spent in her carseat. This trip really shows me what an awesome baby I have...not that I didn't already know!

I had planned on waking up early (6:30) Wednesday morning and getting on the road to Birmingham, AL. The reason I had planned on leaving at this time is that Hannah usually wakes up at 6:00 in the morning, takes a bottle, then goes back to sleep for 3 hours. Since a trip to Birmingham from Memphis usually takes about 4 hours, I thought this would be prefect. Well...Hannah decided to make my game plan a little more interesting by waking up at 4:30 AM. Fun times are had by all when you decide to drive 4 hours at 5:00 AM!

When we got to Birmingham, we made a trip to my mother's office so she could show off her new grandbaby. We did not take any pictures, but Hannah did get lots of attention! Hannah rewarded all of the ladies with a few smiles.

Afterwards, we stopped by my grandparents' (Mamaw & Papaw) place for a little visit.

Papaw & Hannah

My mother and Hannah singing to one another. If American Idol does a duet competition, then watch out America!

After the visit with Mamaw & Papaw, Hannah decided it was time to see her grandfather, so we went to his house. It was also time to watch off some of the dirt from the road trip. I will spare you guys the picture of me...BUT Hannah really is cute!

Hannah: "I'm so fresh and so clean clean!"

Thursday and Friday we went to Mobile, AL to see my other grandmother (Granmere) and Aunt Elaine and Uncle Ralph. On the way down, we stopped by Durbin Farms off of I-65 for some ice cream. I got some strawberry ice cream and my mother got some peach ice cream. Hannah was lucky to be able to try both.

Granmere feeding Hannah.

Aunt Ely talking to Hannah before our walk Friday morning. Elaine is where we got Hannah's middle name from (Laine). After our walk, we visited with Granmere for a little bit longer and hit the road back to Birmingham early that evening.

The rest of the weekend was very low-key because we had to rest from our big road trip adventures! On Sunday, we made one last trip to Mamaw & Papaw's house for some Hannah holding time.

Papaw, Mamaw, and Hannah

Mamaw even let Hannah sit in her reclining chair for a little bit!

We decided to turn in early Sunday night because Hannah and I would be making the trip back to Memphis early Monday morning...but before we could turn in, Hannah demanded some talking time with her grandfather.

All in all, it was a great trip and I can't wait to go back to Birmingham for Easter weekend, but Hannah sure did miss her daddy and I missed the Memphis barbaque...I mean I missed Daniel (and the barbaque). We also missed the dogs. Atticus was sure happy to see us when we got back, but we haven't seen Oliver yet. Atticus and Oliver got in a fight early this morning. Daniel had to take Oliver to the vet to have surgery on his ear. We hope Oliver feels better real soon!