Trip to CT - Part 1

We had grand plans to leave on Sunday Night/Monday Morning around 3am but with the snow we decided we'd never make it in one trip and would be smarter to drive during daylight. So, we took off around noon on Sunday and promptly got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams on I95! Seriously - around 10 miles north of Richmond... Not promising but at least we had some idea of secondary roads and so hopped off the interstate and started toward Baltimore on a side road. The going was fairly good as far as traffic was concerned but there was an awful lot of snow on the roads and it was dicey in many places. Nerve wracking as far as I was concerned. Patrick seemingly managed to stop us 3x in less than an hour for multiple blow out poo's and I felt like we'd never get anywhere and could tell Jame was getting royally PO'd with absolutely no outlet since it was all justified.

We finally made it to the MD/DE line after nearly 6 hours of driving (should be more like 3) and called it quits for the day in a hotel.

Got up bright and shiny early the next day and were off again. This time making much better time and were welcomed to CT around lunch. by naptime we were nicely settled into our hotel and the kiddos were down for the count! It worked out great w/ the gov't discount and the suite style room. Nattie loves her bed and Patrick didn't complain too much since he was out of his seat!

We made it to Gigi's that night and had a really nice time hanging out w/ family. Kept the kids up until 10pm and paid (really paid) for it all night and the next day! turns out Patrick still gets up at 4:30 no matter how much wine his parents drink or how late he stays up...and Nattie is up at 5, fully grouchy for her lack of sleep. Not to mention, due to wild overstimulation, Patrick woke up every 45 minutes all night long. Can't speak for his Dad, but his Mom felt BAD! Here are some of the fun pictures :)