We're finally back from our weekend visiting my parents. We were going to leave Friday morning but decided to take off Thursday evening after Cory came home from work and told me what the weather forecast was for the next day - freezing rain turning into snow. So we ran around packing up the rest of our stuff in a half hour and took off. It's a good thing we did, too, because I doubt we would have made it if we left Friday as planned.

I will be so, so happy when Cole enjoys his car seat a little more. Accalia was the same way, but I don't remember when she became more content. The ride to Mankato was not fun. Cole slept about an hour at first. Then we had to stop so he could nurse and hang out in my lap. Unlike Accalia as an infant, he doesn't necessarily want to nurse every time we stop - he just wants to be in our arms. He fell back asleep after that, but then Accalia had to stop a half hour down the road to pee. After that it was an hour or so of driving with numerous stops and starts and a cranky little boy. Finally he fell asleep and stayed asleep until Mankato.

The ride back yesterday was SO much better. I think it helped that he was exhausted from the weekend and that it was during the day so he could see things better. And with our dog, Lucy, sitting behind Cole, he just laughs and laughs every time Lucy moves. And Accalia helps out, too, by entertaining Cole with her laughs and funny faces.

Accalia's a great traveler now. She'll usually sleep for a portion of the trip and then amuses herself with books or toys or just looking out the window. And now she absolutely loves books on tape/cd. We checked out a couple from the library, and we have a Disney book on cd that Accalia got for Christmas. This weekend at my parents, she discovered all of these old books on records (Disney) that my brothers and I listened to when we were little. Of course she constantly referred to the records as cds, but who can blame her for not understanding technology :)