The big update

So Harper just took her first vacation. I was extremely nervous about it, as we were driving to Milwaukee, some 650 miles away. Too say it went better than expected would be an understatement. We left Memphis at 10pm, hoping to capitalize on Harper normally sleeping thru the night. And at 530am, we actually had to wake her up to eat, as we were already stopped and didn't want to chance starting back up and her waking up as soon as we hit the highway again. Then she was great the entire weekend - 4 days of meeting great grandparents, aunts & uncles, second cousins, just about everyone on Gina's side of the family. Even disrupting her routine was not a big deal for her. Then we took the same approach to the drive home and made it all the way to West Memphis before Harper made a peep. I would say the first road trip was a huge success. I am still recovering from driving all 11 hours up, and 7.5 of the 9.5 hours it took to get home. A big thanks to my parents for letting us borrow the mini-van. Gina's sister Lesley went with us and was a big help with Harper in the van, and kept joking that it was Harper's future mode of transportation. Uh, NO! Couple of pictures below, and going to try and load the rest to Flickr or some other photohosting site that will be linked later.

Pre-road trip:





Milwaukee pics:
Great grampa Joe


Great Aunt Marcia


Second Cousin Kathleen


Nap time with Great Uncle Tony


Aunt Lesley and Great Gramma Millie


Great Aunt Sue


Yes, we were that tired when we got home ...


Harper's sweet smile