THE "CLAMPETS" ARE HEADED TO ALABAMA!

Sunday Night ~ I feel like the Beverly hillbillies whenever we are packing up our car for the trip to Alabama :)  With four girls we have so much stuff to bring and with Madison, we are packing everything we can think of to keep her occupied and to give her some sense of "normal" while we are away in what is another brand new place for her.

Monday morning at 7 am ~ We are well on our way to Alabama now. As you can tell by their faces in the pictures below they are all very excited to go see grandparents & cousins.

Madison has been asking the last two days to see Nana & Pawpaw and she kept bringing me her tooth brush, cup & towel ( the ones that came with her from China) to pack. She uses her little cup & hand towel every day.

She doesn't really get the concept of having to drive 10 hours to see them, so she has asked , Oh, some 10,000 times if we are there!!! Its going to be a LONG day for us:) David has already put in his earphones & is listening to ESPN talk radio:) 

Monday 12:30 pm ~ we have stopped at our Lord's favorite fast food restaurant , Chick fil A (in Perry, Ga.) to eat lunch & let the two littles play in the play area & get out some energy. 

This is what Morgan has done for the last 4 hrs!

Something I don't think I've shared  here yet that Madison does, ever since we got home with her when she needs to share something, put something up etc we will say " 1 more time" and that is how she has learned that she needs to give something up or stop doing something. Well when we are out shopping, running errands etc and she has had enough she will look at me & hold 1 finger up & say " mommy, 1 more time" and that is how I know she is DONE with whatever it is we are doing, So about 3 hrs into our trip she started saying " 1 more time " luckily, I have distracted her with coloring books & crafts , Im not so sure she will be as excited to go see Nana & Pawpaw at Christmas now that she knows it means being in a car seat for 10 hrs:) 

6 hours down…..4 to go!!

Oh, and one last thing… HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my OLDER sister, Amanda!

I love you & your present this year is getting to see me :) HA!