Sunday, January 11, 2009

Chattanooga-Roanoke Visit


















We arrived home safely yesterday after many hours of driving. Coleman is used to highway driving now. He'll look for big trucks, and wait patiently to arrive at the next bookstore with a train table. I would stop every 2 hours at a bookstore to divide up the drive. Coleman was a great traveler. In the top picture he is studying a pamphlet for Thomas trains. He can look at the that for 30 minutes or more.

We had a lot of fun at Julie and Mark's. Elise and Coleman both love trains so they played together very well. They liked playing a simpler version of hide and seek, more like run up and down the long hall-way. Evan would join in when he could. He is already walking and starting to talk! We went to visit Shauna, Seth and Abel one morning, and also the afternoon before I left. Adam and Josiah were there as well. Aunt Laurel made Coleman a train quilt out of pillow shams that were a great deal at a local store spotted by Shauna. Coleman is hugging his new pillow in the above picture. We will use this quilt for his 'big boy bed' that he will transition into when the baby comes.

At Hopeful's Coleman bonded with Hopeful's grandson, Tyler. They are sitting in a chair together playing video games while I crashed out for nap #1 of the day. Since I arrived home I've been sleeping non-stop. It was a busy but blessed week with friends and family.

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