1. We put our stuff in moving pods so that Mike and I could each drive a car.
2. With mike and I driving a car we could divide the boys. Mike took Daniel and I took Liam. This we hoped would keep the whining to a minimum because at least the boys wouldn't be fighting in the back seat.
3. We also went to the store to buy some new toys to give the boys at random times during the drive. My mom also sent the boys some books on cd that they loved.
4. Last we decided to stop at some church history sites on our way through.
Day 1- Brunswick, ME to Mansfield, OH with a stop in Palmyra, NY: 837 miles(ish)
Our first day started early. I didn't get much sleep the night before since I was so anxious about driving across country by myself and I was also excited. We got the boys up at 5am and we were out the door by 5:30am. Daniel was up on his own before 5am. He was jumping all over the house saying how excited he was about moving to Vegas. Liam was not thrilled about getting up and kept saying he wanted to go back to sleep.
The funny part was that Liam didn't go back to sleep but Daniel did. Liam was quite cranky all morning since he was so tired. He finally crashed around 12pm which I was nervous about because I didn't want him to end up taking. a super late nap after Palmyra and then not wanting to go to sleep that night. I let him sleep for about 45 minutes though and then woke him to eat lunch before Palymyra.
We got to Palmyra around 2pm and it was amazing! I'll do it in a separate post but it was so worth the stop!
We left around 4 with an eta of 8pm in Mansfield. As we drove I tried to keep Liam awake with toys and talking to him. When he started to get tired I gave him dinner which was around 6:30pm. Around 7 our eta had increased because of stops and now it was 9pm. Then we started to hit rain. I don't mean light rain, I mean heavy and visibility reducing rain! Suddenly I was barely doing 60 mph and I couldn't see Mike well, it was getting dark, Liam was super cranky and tired and I was freaking out. I called Mike to tell him not to lose me and that I was giving my phone to Liam to watch a movie because by this point our eta was 10pm and Liam was just throwing everything I gave him on the floor and then asking me to get it back which I couldn't do in the conditions. The rain didn't let up at all and for about 3 hours we just drove in silence and I prayed we would make it because I was exhausted and I knew everyone else was too.
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| Happier time of the day...Dan wanted to drive and I wanted to let him |
We made it to the hotel around 10pm and in less than an hour we got everything into the room, the boys cleaned up, I organized everything we would need for the early morning, Mike and I showered and we put the boys to bed. Liam was out cold in about 5 minutes but Dan wouldn't go to sleep until Mike and I were in bed. This was around 11pm and Mike and I hadn't had dinner so we sat on the floor and ate pb&j sandwiches and then finally we all went to sleep.
The only problem that first night was realizing that both of my boys are noisy sleepers and they snore so we had to move Liam because he was keeping me up and we had to crank up the fan in the room so I wouldn't hear Daniel. I was reminded why I moved them to their own rooms so soon after they were born but thankfully we all got the rest we needed :)
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