Road Trip-Ohio Bound

Check out my moves now that I have a clean diaper and am fed!



 On the night of December 16th, we left our house for "Christmas Vacation."   The first leg of the trip would take us to Lexington, SC for the night.  We stopped in at my parents house (JRS & Cici) to drop off 1/2 the car load of Christmas gifts, shave two hours off our drive, and to get a good night's rest before traveling to Nick's mom's house (Mimi) in Dayton, OH (9 hr drive from Lexington).

Tillman making a high pitched squelling sound

We got on the road at 5:30AM to head to Ohio.  Tillman does really well in the AM and is generally a little "sleepy head."  We've learned from our other road trip to VA it is best to get on the road as soon as possible.

Tillman kickin' it in the SMKW's parking lot

Nick was hoping he'd make it to the Smokey Mountain Knife Works exit...this is in TN (exit 407 off I-40-Kodak, TN...in case you're curious)!  I had my doubts, and really thought we'd have a hungry boy on our hands before we got there.  Tillman granted Nick's wish and lasted until we got to SMKW.  Nick is a Case Knife collector and enjoys stopping in to SMKW to see what is new.  Tillman and I hung out in the car.  We fed, did a diaper change, and got Tillman some out of the car seat time!  As you can tell by the photos, he was loving being out of the seat and enjoyed kicking around.

Bubble Machine

 As expected, Tillman got cranky about an hour after we got back on the road.  He really wanted some attention!  We pulled off the interstate!  We did a little shuffling around of stuff, and Nick was offically our chauffeur!  Tillman summons me to the back seat for the remainder of the trip!

After that stop, we didn't stop the rest of the trip!  I over came my fear of feeding Tillman in the car seat...not completely...I still think it could be dangerous, but I try to be smart about it.  I've found that if he is really hungry, he doesn't mess around with the bottle and sucks it down!  If he is not totally hungry and using the bottle as a passifier, that is when he tends to choke on the milk (scairy when a child is bucked in the car seat, and the car is going 70 MPH plus!)

"Maybe if I smile at Momma, she'll let me drive?"

Nick and I were listening to his new book on tape, Decision Points by George W Bush, for the drive.  Whether you like "W" or not, I think it is a great book, and really helps one understand him and the tough decisions of The President.  I also really enjoyed that he was the voice of the book (authors aren't always the voice).

Nick is a huge book on tape fan (his lovely wife purchased him this book on tape...CD).  The thought of the word, "book," about puts me into a coma (not much of a reader beyond blogs), but this one kept me awake and interested!

We arrived in Dayton around 3:30pm.  Snow was on the ground (6 in or so).