Afghan down!!! Toddler bed training: Night #1

This past week, we were on vacation in Northeastern Arizona. MAN, was it nice! The temps were at least 30 degrees cooler!!! I had NO IDEA that we would pack SO MUCH!! Granted, we're traveling with two kids ... but it's like we loaded EVERYTHING but the kitchen sink up!! It was an enjoyable time for the most part though. As usual, I got on my mom's nerves, and she got on mine. I won't dwell on that though, otherwise I'll just start hating the whole vacation trip altogether.

I didnt take any pictures WHILE on vacation, but TONS while we drove home, and when we went to Greer on our day trips. Friday, after lunch, Bryan and I put the girls down for naps, then we left for Greer. We went to Greer on our honeymoon, and we both fell in love with the town. Greer is like, the dead end town/spot on this state highway. The end of the road takes to you a trailhead. The main reason for going to Greer, was for us t enjoy some of Molly Butler's Apple pie. However, we arrived at 2:00, and we weren't really hungry. We decided to go to the trailhead, and hike for a little bit, to build up an appetite. We planned on just floating around the trailhead, since there's a streak right next to the trail, but we hiked about a mile in, and then turned around. it was 3:30 when we got back to the truck. We made our way back to Molly Butler's Lodge, and found out the dining room was closed from 3-5. Aww man! The bar was open though, and we could order appetizers and desserts there. WOOHOO!! We ended up getting their mozzarrella sticks and the prime rib quesadilla. Talk about GOOD food!!! I ended up ordering thre drinks, I asked for virgin (no alcohol) but they apparently didnt hear me. THey were SOOO good either way though. I HATE how I was acting after them though. I guess you could say I was a bit tipsy? We headed back to the lodge, and I ended up going to bed early.

Today, we got up and packed the remining things we didnt pack last night, then loaded up. We took our usual family pictures, and took off. Bryan and I went to Greer to take a few more shots, since my camera battery died Friday as we were trying to get our shots. Once there, Bryan said we were going to hav ebreakfast there. However, when we got there t 10:15, we saw Molly Butler's Lodge didnt open until 11. Argh! Soo .. we went to the trailhead, and jut sat in the truck, and watch a few vacationers play in the stream. We went back, and had our lunch ... Bryan had a burger that he said was "to die for" and I had the prime rib dip. Basically, the french dip sub. SOO good. And we finished our meal with ... APPLE PIE!!! Emily ate the ice cream with Bryan, while I devoured the appl pie. Ohh man, it tasted even BETTER than three year ago, when my taste buds first wrapped around it!! We ended up hitting the road at 12:30. We made it to Payson around 3:00, which isn't that bad. The road between Payson and the Valley though, is a tid bit windy. The turns, if taken too fast, can make you sick to your stomach. I, having done this drive over 20 times in my lifetime (lots of roadtrips, family reunions and moves!) have gotten used to the 45 minute "roller coaster" feeling. However, This being EMily's first (outside the womb) trip where she was actually awake, she got sick. We were halfway "down the hill" and she lost her lunch from about 3 hours earlier. We pulled off to the side, and Bryan emptied half the truck on the side of the highwayto geta change of clothes and more importantly, wipes, to clean EMily up. When he loaded everything back up, and put the tarp back on, we didnt realize we forgot my afghan! We got home, unloaded, and I noticed my infamous diaper box wasn't in the living room. I checked the side storage room and the truck, and still didnt find it. After talking things over with Bryan, we reailized we left it on the side of the road!!! It's a good 60 miles outside of town now ... at least. Argh!!! We stopped right next to one of those consruction office type things, so I'm hoping I can get a chance tomorrow to drive up there, and still get it. My binder is in there too, which has ALLLL of my patterns! I'm so frustrated over this matter ... but it's no one's fault really. We both thought the other one packed up back up. I was almost done with it too ... so proud of the progress I made. If I stuck to working on it an hour a day, it'd be done by this weekend for sure. I guess we'll just see if it's there tomorrow. IF I can manage to get up there, too.

On a side note, we're trying Emily out in her toddler bed now. When we came home, I took the front of her crib off and turned it into a toddler daybed. It' one of those convertable cribs. After her bath, I came in here and put her down. I even got her a new tinkerbell toddler bed set!! matching sheet, comforter and pillowcase!! The bedrail we have is missing a few pieces (gotta love hand-me-downs sometimes) so we are using two levels tonight, until one of us can get to the store to get a new one. After about 45 minutes of sitting up and trying to escape out of her bed, she finally realized she was tired and stopped fighting it. She's been asleep for the las 35 minutes, and I'm a bit nervous to leave her alone. When she was winding down, she leaned against the bedrail, and bascially pushed it away, and fell out--twice. She's sleeping in the middle of her bed now, but asthe night progresses, she'll move around and flop onto her belly. I only hope she favors the backside of the crib, instead of the front, just so she doesnt risk falling out of bed. It's only about a foot to fall, but still .. when you're dead asleep, that fall can eally scare the jeepers out of you!! Woow .. speaking of fall, she just rolled over to her side .. to the FRONT of he bed. Well, time to move on to my room, once I readjust her. We'll see how Toddler bed training goes over the next few days and weeks.