Olivia Visit

August was a busy month with visits! Olivia (and her mom Jamie) came down from upper Maryland by train and stayed with us for 4 days. It was actually a nice and relaxing time. Jamie got one of my headaches and was out of commission one day. Some event in town sucked up all the rental mini-vans except one that was going to cost us about $600 so we couldn't do much with everyone but we made do. We took a trip out to show Jamie where we were house hunting and she got to meet my teacher Wanda. It was really sad to see the train coming in to pick them back up. Olivia was such a dream baby and really held her own with the boys.

Welcome Olivia Mitchell!!

Olivia was born on Nov. 2!! Her mom, and my best friend ,Jamie had a pretty rough time after the c-section and I really needed to see my friend and make sure she was ok. She refused any pictures but it was so good to see her and get to spend some time with her. It kicked off our week of travel for Thanksgiving and to see John who is home for his R&R from Iraq. I finished up my last class and we drove the 6 hours to the upper most part of Maryland and crashed at a hotel (Coop glued to my back and Bear to my front). I couldn't wait for the sun to come up so I could sleep in the car! Sully found he liked the suitcase as his chariot. Jim forgot his wallet and cell phone at home and I told him not to worry about it as long as I had my wallet we were fine. I then promptly left my wallet at the hotel. We figured it out when we were trying to get some gas! Thankfully they saved it for me with all our cash in it. This leg of our trip was certainly an adventure!