Road Trip Days 3, 4, 5, and 6

OK, so it's been a few days since I last updated. But we've been a little busy. Wednesday we left El Paso, TX and made our way to San Angelo, TX. One wonderful thing about being an army family is that we've made life long friendships with fellow military families no matter where our duties take us. Mike and Kassy are two such people. Garrett met them way back in the Monterey days when none of us were married, fast forward to the present, they just moved to San Angelo and since we hadn't actually seen them (Kassy and I are on the phone ALL the time) in two years, it was a must to veer off our course and make an extended pit stop.

Kayla was SUPER excited to meet their dogs, Jersey and Pele, and was stoked when Mike broke out the treats to feed them. When we ran out of treats she tried feeding them rocks. They weren't falling for it.

Let me just say that, no I do not feed my child to rabid dogs. I had to include this photo because it was so hilarious! Pele is the most kindest, gentlest dog ever and unfortunately this shot was taken perfectly mid-chew so it is very misleading!

Such a loving and adoring couple!

On the road again to our next nightly pit stop, Tyler, TX. Kayla watching the ever so loved by ALL of us Baby Einstein video.

A few more lessons learned on the road:

#2- Kayla's sleepy music also works on Garrett.

#3- Texans LOVE their Dairy Queen and Sonic Drive Thru, they also seem to love McCain/Palin

#4- Texas is WAY to big

#5 - Louisiana has the WORST drivers. PEOPLE! If it's a two-lane highway the left is for passing ONLY. You may think you're driving fast enough to just stay in it, but you're NOT!

#6- Surprisingly, the big truck stop travel centers like Pilot or Loves make great pit stops for changing diapers, they always seem to have changing stations.

Today we made it to Jackson, MS. The driving has been going VERY well. I guess having Kayla be a normally scheduled baby has made life pretty easy on the road. Her nap times (morning and afternoon) have pretty much stayed on track. I give her a paci and her blankie, say nap time, and she goes to sleep. Last night we hit a MAJOR wall and she totally went crazy at bedtime and cried/screamed for about two hours before finally passing out. I'm not sure what was going on, but today and tonight everything seems back to normal. For lunch we stopped in Monroe, LA and met Pastor Tom from Christ Church at the Chick-fil-a. We asked him where the nearest park was to eat our lunch and let Kayla stretch her legs and after starting to give us directions he said 'let's just get in our cars and follow me.' I guess that's that southern hospitality! Thanks Pastor Tom!

On to Atlanta, GA.