Emmy's first road trip

We headed up to Greenville this past weekend for our first visit since Emmy was born. Both of my grandmothers are still living and they were itching to get their hands on her! So, we packed up the car and hit the road around 6:30 Friday evening.

I should have taken a photo of the car, especially the ride home. The stroller alone took up half the back of the car. We tried to limit the clothes we took, but oh, wait, you need extra because you are just as likely to need multiple outfits for the same reasons Emmy is. I have two words for you - spit up. Then on the way home we had a few gifts and things that inevitably wind up returning home with you. We'll have to be come better packers when we have a 2nd baby because I refuse to get a much bigger car!

Emmy slept the whole way up, which was great. It was very carefully timed so we fed her right before we got on the road. Any longer and we would have had to stop and feed her, I'm sure. My Uncle Mike was at Mom and Dad's when we arrived so he could see Emmy. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture and he was off to a wedding on Saturday so we'll have to take pictures next time.

Saturday morning my cousin Joanna and her boyfriend wanted to have breakfast so they came by the house before they also left for the wedding. We had a nice morning in pjs and Carolyn, one of Emmy's "other" grandmothers came by to dote on her.

We had lunch with some of "Da Group" Saturday so Emmy got to meet Uncle Justin (who wishes to be called Uncle Awesome) and Aunt Lindsay (who decided that therefore she should be Princess Fantastic) and see Lucas, Lisa and Baby Will again. After lunch, we headed back to Mom and Dad's. We had decided to have a drop-in and invite friends to come by because we knew there was no way we'd make it around to see everyone! So Emmy got to meet Amanda, Jonas, and Hannah, Carolyn (again) and John, Mr. and Mrs. Way, Mrs. Mardre, Cathy and Rafal, Meg and Jamie, Mrs. Hutchins and Mrs. Raney (more Greenville Grandmas), and our neighbor Debbie. I think that was everyone! I forgot

After the drop-in, we headed to Anderson to see Grandma, my Mom's mom. She came down to Augusta with my aunts the day after Emmy was born, but she hadn't seen her since and of course she hadn't held her! Grandma was so happy to see her! Mr. Hall came over to have dinner with us and we had a good evening.

Sunday we took her to my home church to meet lots of our church family. It was so good to be back and to meet their new minister. Trinity has struggled the last few years, and I hope and pray this is truly a new beginning for them. Mom and Dad were happily showing her off. She got fussy during church and there was no nursery, so she and I hung out in the nursery for a while. Fortunately the speaker was on in there so I knew when to go back. Ha! The minister, Charlie, said he loves baby noises, though, and I didn't need to leave! However, I think he might have disagreed when she really got cranked up.

We had lunch at Pete's and saw lots of people we know there and so Mom was showing her around some more. Then we went to meet Grandmommie, Dad's mom. She was hungry at first, but then she was happy to pose for some photos with Grandmommie.

In the afternoon we went to meet Baby Stella! She was born Friday the 24th so she was just a week old. So sweet! Oddly enough they were about the same size...haha. Eric and Erin are doing great and we're so happy for them! They struggled like we did to get pregnant and we couldn't be more delighted that Stella and Emmy will grow up together, and probably give Will a run for his money.

Of course we left Spartanburg way later than we planned (we were having too much fun) so we had dinner with Mom, Dad, and two of their friends before we headed home. It was a late night and were all pooped, but it was a great trip.

Plenty more photos are posted in Picasa. Enjoy!