Nathan's Birthday

Friday around 12:30 we set out in the car for PA. First we had to pick up the dog at the groomers but we were on the highway by 1. By 1:30 we were stopped. Of course the boys had just fallen asleep. We asked Marge for a detour and she took us off the highway at the next exit and had us going about 20 miles out of the way. We thought we knew better than Marge and decided to get back on the highway at an earlier point... at a point where we could not see the highway before we got back on. We promptly stopped again. Slowly we made it to the next exit where Marge said "Are you really going to listen to me this time?" We swore we would so she took us on the back roads of CT. Unfortunately now everyone was doing this and the backroads were clogged as well. We did get a to a point though where we had to cross the CT River which meant we had to get back on the highway as did the 1000 other cars in front of us. Luckily by this point, the accident was behind us. There was no one on the highway as we got on it and a big backup on the opposite side of the road. All told, we wasted about 2 hours trying to go about 20 miles. Of course, the boys woke up after sleeping for only about 45 minutes. Now it's 3:30 and we haven't even hit New Haven yet. Which means we hit traffic at every other point we could possibly hit traffic in down to PA. New Haven, Merritt Parkway, TZ Bridge, 287, 78. All have major traffic. All told we were in the car for 8 hours for what should have been a 4.5 hour trip. The boys were very good and only at the end did they get antsy.

Nathan had a great birthday though. He was so excited about his cakes that he could hardly contain himself. And when everyone sang Happy birthday to him he could hardly keep from jumping around. He loved all his gifts and was so exited just to be opening presents. We had a really good time. I guess it was worth the really long trip down.

Now we are back. Nathan actually WANTED to go to daycare yesterday which is amazing. hopefully that trend will follow today when Daddy drops him off. Have a great day everyone