Canche Chronicles: Traveling to PA!

Tuesday David had to work and the girls and I spent most of the day getting ready and packing. We ran some errands in the morning, ate lunch, and then packed in the afternoon. I was hoping that Haley would nap on the way to Dallas so I tried to keep her awake while I was packing. Unfortunately she started getting pretty ornery so I put her on a time out on our bed and she ended up falling asleep after about two minutes. David got home around 3 and we were on our way to Dallas by 4:15. Haley did not fall asleep but she was pretty good for most of the way. Emily was a champ, she slept almost the whole way and never made a peep. We met David's roommate from college, Austin, and his wife Sarah, at a Mexican restaurant about fifteen minutes from their house. Haley ate a bunch of chips and then watched the Ipad while we ate and talked. Emily was wide awake after sleeping in the car so we took turns holding her.

After dinner we went to the Mertz's house and Sarah made rice krispies treats for dessert. The Mertz's have a little toy poodle and Haley was completely captivated by it. Her name is Lila and she is super small, I think that's why Haley liked her so much. She kept following her around, Lila did not care for Haley very much. We put Haley to bed after a bit and then stayed up and talked until almost midnight. It was really nice to catch up with them.

We had to wake up around 5:30 on Wednesday morning so we could leave the house by 6:15. Sarah had a bunch of food out for breakfast, it was super nice. We made it to the airport by 7:15 (we didn't end up leaving the house until 6:30). I got a little nervous when we were checking in because I remembered that I didn't have any identification information for Emily and I only had a battered old shot record for Haley. The battered old shot record ended up being enough for Haley and Emily was obviously under 2 years old so they were okay with her. We made it through security without any hiccups and had enough time to grab some McDonalds before we got on our flight.

The McDonalds was actually food we saved to eat on the plane to count as our lunch because we didn't get in to Philly until 2:30 and they don't serve real food on the plane. It ended up working out because Haley ate a bunch of biscuit and hashbrown. Emily slept most of the flight and Haley only slept the last thirty minutes. She was super happy to play around with the magazines behind the seats and put stickers on the throw-ups bags. We also spent a lot of time eating snacks, those Southwest flights give out a lot of snacks. She ate a bunch of pretzels and peanuts.

We landed at 2:30 and Mimi and Pops were there to pick us up. Haley was pretty excited to see them. We drove home from Philadelphia and a couple minutes later Kelly and Clark came and visited! Haley played with toys and we unpacked and put Emily to sleep for a while. Haley did not eat much for dinner, I think she was still full from all the snacks. After dinner Pops played with Haley in the basement for a long time and then Kimi came over with cousin Ellie. We had so much fun laying Ellie and Emily together on a blanket and watching them interact. To be honest, they did not interact with eachother very much but it was still fun. David put Haley to bed pretty early because she was so tired and then Dad, David, and I played Settlers. Dad won.

Haleyism:

When we got to Mimi's house Haley immediately started asking for Calla, Kelsey, and Jay-bird.

Emilyism:

Emily's voice is a little lower than Ellie's and she is a little shorter.