PA Trip

Well we headed for PA on Thursday the 18th and my friend Meredith rode with us, she was heading to AL! It was nice to visit with her and see each other off.

As we boarded the plane, the pilot took a liking to Gabe and swooped him up and showed him all the buttons and where she sat, that was pretty neat! Before we even got of the ground, Gabe took a sip of Todd's Spit cup!!!!! ooooooo YUCK! Poor baby....he immediately tuned pale. Todd & I looked at each other and new it was a matter of time, so we made sure we had barf bags! He got sleepy and about 30 minutes before we landed, up it came! Poor thing, he had no idea what was going on. Todd was basically using his hands to catch it, we couldn't get the bags quick enough. We just reassured Gabe that he was ok and then Todd stripped him down...luckily mommy packed an extra pair of clothes in Seth's bag...I just had a felling that I may need them for Gabe! :) Besides that, the boys did wonderful on the plane. Once we arrived and got our rent car we then drove about 2 hours to his Moms! The GPS Todd brought thinking it would be great, turned out to not help, it was taking forever to boot up and kept losing figuration...we both wanted to throw it out the window! Anyway we got there safely.

When we arrived it was dark, but there was a light coming from Todd's moms house and she was looking out the window as we pulled up. Gabe ran to her and gave her BIG hugs! It was so nice to finally see her.We had such a wonderful time vi sting with everybody, it was so nice to see Todd's Grama, I haven;t seen her in several years! She was meeting Gabe & Seth for the first time and Gabe was very lovable to her, which she loved!

During our stay we went to Beth Ann (todd's cousin) & Kevin's house for lunch...we were going to have a picnic, but the weather was yucky. They have a beautiful new home and we had a great time vi sting and playing Rock Star...Good TIMES!

Todd's mom & Step dad have a great place right on LILY lake...it is beautiful! Gabe loved playing with their two dogs DeeDa and Happy..Happy reminds us of MARLY, ya know that movie? Gabe was being pretty "playful" and got a good little scratch on him from Happy. ;) already healing good! It was sweet to hear Grama McElroy reading stories to Gabe, playing with him at the breakfast table and giggling while I was feeding Seth or getting ready for our day. He really enjoyed himself! Granpa gave Gabe rides on his wheelchair, he thought that was cool! Anything with wheels right?!!!!

Fathers Day was AWESOME! We went to Knobles, a Theme Park in PA....it was amazing! What a beautiful nostalgic park! We thought it was going to rain, because when we first got there we had some sprinkles...but luckily it cleared up and it was a beautiful day! It was so neat to see Gabe, he had the time of his life as we did too! Todd's Aunt Teri, Uncle Scott, cousin BethAnn & her husband Kevin, cousin Brian and his mom were all there! We had a blast...wish Jake & Zach could have been there! It was fun being a kid for the day...the rollacoasters were AWESOME! I'm so glad that Todd had a wonderful Fathers Day...he deserved it! He is such a wonderful Father....I dreamed of having a Father to my children as he is to ours! You can see his love in his eyes and how he shows it melts my heart. I love watching him LOVE our boys! AND he is a wonderful husband...he helps me so much at home, even after he works all day. Poor thing, he doesn't get much rest time, from the moment he steps in the door...Gabe is ready and & waiting for him to play. Once he hears that Garage door open, he is getting his shoes on and running thru the house! Not just Fathers Day, but Husbands day too....thank you God for giving me Todd! ;) I am living my dream!!!!!!

Ok so I must tell you about our trip home.....Aghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! So we left the little town where Todd's mom lives around 12:00pm and heading for the airport. We had to have the car back two hours in advance...our flight was departing at 5:25pm. As we drove along and Todd followed the GPS we were no longer on a main highway, but back roads...no city in site (Philly)!long story short....the kids were crying and both had pooed in their diapers and we were were pressed for time! Talk about intense....so our destination ended up in someones DRIVEWAY!!!!!! we were now lost and had wasted about an hour of drive time. Then once we got on the right track we were in TRAFFIC! When we finally got to the airport I took Seth and Todd took Gabe to change....when we met up in the hallway...neither one had pooped, just a bunch of tooters!! LOL The boys did wonderful on the plane, Gabe acted sleepy a few times, but never slept. Once we were in Austin and got our bags, I stayed with the boys while Todd got the jeep.....I waited & waited, and waited...then I started to worry!!!! It was extremely hot and after the day we had I was hoping Todd didn't pass out or something...finally I asked someone to use their phone and they called Todd...he was ok he said he was on his way! Poor thing said he was running allover the parking lot to find the car...he had parked faraway and was holding the panic button down to locate our jeep! Out of breath, he said it's good to be home! Literally the minute we put Gabe in his seat, he was OUT!!!!!!!!!!

So glad we made the trip though, because we had a wonderful time with everyone! miss you guys!!!