Journey with Julia

Still on the go


Sorry no pics yet, we have been taking quite a few but no chance yet to load them. I just wanted to take a moment and check in. The trip has been going great and yes we are loving the space in the van! A much more comfortable ride for all of us! If you have ever traveled with us (excluding our trip to China where we actually managed the minimum!) you will know how my hubby loads the car down, so this has been a much better experience!

We stayed with our friends in TN the first night of our trip, it was so good to see them again and catch up! We hadn't seen them in almost 5 years, so it was their first time meeting Julia. Boy did she put on a show for them. I'm not sure they'll have us back! LOL. Tearing around the house, squeals of laughter which turned to tears when she collided with a door knob. We had told her to stop running countless times but she told me later she was trying to scare their daddy (our friends have 3 older girls), Julia also told me "he looks like a dinosaur" LOL! So Mr. John not sure what she meant by that, but she was sure having fun! Thanks so much for opening your home, it was a great way to start our trip!

We had a great time in CT. I'll write more about that after we get home and I have pictures to post.

We are now settled in with friends in SC and enjoying our time here. Julia is having a blast with the kids and I think we are going to have a hard time separating two little girls come Sunday. Julia and my friend's daughter Miss D we'll call her are only a year apart in age and into the same things. Very much alike, so they are having lots of fun. I felt bad for Miss D last night though, she was trying to get Julia to go play with her but her older brother had gotten his cars out and Julia wanted to play with him instead. They spent almost an hour playing with the cars and blocks. Familiar territory for Julia I think but the look on Miss D's face when Julia told her she would rather play cars. Let's just say Miss D was a bit confused and I think disappointed. But they were together again by dinner time and had a hard time saying good night to each other. LOL

One other funny little thing from our stay in the hotel. Daddy was trying to make sure I had some peace our last night in CT since I ended up sick that night. Well Julia had received a moose/deer blanket (to Julia it naturally looked like a moose pattern) from my aunt that she quickly attached to and wanted to walk around in, so her Daddy tied it on her like a cape. This concept was not lost on Julia, she picked up her moose and tucked him under the blanket with her and says "look Mama, he's super Moosey, I'm super too" but it gets better. Daddy drew an imaginary line on the floor and told Julia not to cross it, remember he's trying to give me some peace, but that line kept moving, as I was in another part of the room I didn't know where the "line" actually was, Julia gets to the doorway of the room to talk to me so I asked her where the line was.. she drew a line with her foot along the door frame and said "here" I said "oh okay" thinking okay that's logical I guess, then she moves a little closer draws another line and says "here" I said "I thought it was back there" she giggles and says "I think it's here, but Mama that line was surely heavy" LOL I found out later the line was actually the previous door frame, apparently Julia had been picking it up and moving it closer and closer til she could get to me! She is too, too funny sometimes!