We decided we would try to do the drive in two 24 hours days and doing a few day stop in TX at Charlie's sister's house. Well we must not be as young as we were when we did this before because it was a LOT harder then we remember it being! We did do the straight drive though, stopping to eat and let Johnson run around some rest stops and what not. At about 4:30 or 5 we were starting to loose it and decided to pull over at a rest stop and try to sleep...or so we thought. I almost fell asleep immediately (neither of us were comfortable going to sleep while the other was driving) but as soon as that AC turned of Johnson began with the incessant panting. Really making it difficult to sleep, so Charlie walked him around a bit and I slept for maybe twenty minutes. Then he had a second wind and decided to drive. He made it three hours before needing to switch. Long story short we made it to Spring, TX (Once you cross into TX on the West by Juarez it is easily a 12 hour drive to the opposite side which is where is Jess lives). By the time we got there it was probably 2 or 3pm and we had been up about 30 hours and believe it or not we actually stayed up! The kids were so excited so we didn't have the heart to just crash even though we could have slept right next to Pebbles (her dog) and been out like babies. We made it to dinner at Papasito's (yum, worth staying up for) and after a 36 hour day went to bed around 8pm and slept for about 14 hours. It was soooo good! The next few days were filled with pool sessions, good food and playtime.
Colt was loving this!
And of course since Colt had a turn Olivia had to get her's in too.
But she had a little more trouble balancing..
I love that she used his head..
Oh boy do these kids love their Uncle Chuck!
A little bit of Ipad play and TV time.
These two had an opportunity to become friends. Johnson took some time to warm up i think still coming down from nerves on the drive but Pebbles was so excited to have him around. Towards the end of the trip they would play and it was pretty cute.
We attempted a FaceTime with Grandma and Hannah one night and oh man was that a challenge. Everyone is everywhere except in front of the IPad and then the are holding it and doing 360's with the screen. Finally the smart Mom Jess just said I will hold it while you sit and talk..
Trying to get all three posing and looking at the camera for a picture.
This one was pretty good!
Sleepy dog pals.
Ellie Bellie
These two were really good together and played a lot with each other! Didn't see this so much in NY so it was cute to catch them running off and playing something together.
On our last night Jess brought out a bunch of Johnson baby pictures and we all just about died..Charlie and I decided that we were going to need a new puppy soon..hahaha..
It was sad to leave but we needed to finish the trip. On our way to TX we were both worried a little bit about Johnson overheating so from TX to NY we kept 2 full ziploc bags of ice for him to lay down and within minutes he was passed out..Pretty cute.
We ended up stopping at a motel in Tennessee and it was a good call. We got into NY late in the evening but Johnson was so stinking excited to see Kathy it was adorable. He was jumping all around in circles and wouldn't stop licking her.
That's it for now. We've made it to NY and will see what happens next..
