Andrew and I have had a wild and busy past couple of days. There is lots to share so I thought I would break it down into separate posts. I'm not sure how many parts there will be, but I know it is going to end with a giveaway. I know that you probably just received more stuff than you know what to do with (we did) but this is something I hope will help you start off 2010 on a positive note.
Anyways... Our wild Christmas adventures really started Wednesday night with our rescuing a dog. You can read about that in the post below.
Thursday (Christmas Eve) morning we got up and packed everything up to head north to my Mommom's for lunch.
We drove the two miles from our house to the interstate only to find that it was closed due to flooding. We went over to an old highway only to discover that it too was flooded.
Me, being directionally challenged, had no idea how we would make it to Mommom's without this particular interstate and highway. I immediately had flashbacks to our first Christmas together as a married couple. It snowed/ice that year and we didn't make it to Christmas Eve at Mommom's or Christmas Morning with my parents and brother. It was the first time I had ever missed these events and it wasn't pretty. I cried and cried and cried. Andrew, bless his heart, did everything he could to make me happy. Of course, I saw my parents the day after Christmas and all was fine in the end.
Apparently, Andrew had these flashbacks at the same time, because he looked at me and asked if I was going to cry if we couldn't make it. I assured him that I wouldn't cry this time.
Thankfully Andrew is not directionally challenged as I am. He managed to figure out a way around all flooded words. Our route felt like we were driving in a very zig zagged line, but we made it. Of course the trip to Mommom's is normally an 1.5 trip. Christmas Eve, it was a 3.5 hour trip.
We missed lunch and walked in right as they were opening the last of the gifts. I sort of feel like I didn't have Christmas at Mommom's because we missed it all, but we still got to visit with the fam.
Now... let me back up just a moment to say that the dogs were with us on this trip. Liberty Belle hates to ride in the car and I mean HATES. It stresses her out. Thursday was even worse because the roads were yet and she could feel it every time we drove through some water. She was also in the car for 3.5 hours instead of 1.5 after being up all night because a strange dog was in her backyard. By the time we got to Mommom's, my poor girl was just ready to be out of the car and have some peace. No such luck, there was a ton of people there, one of which is my little cousin who loves dogs. He immediately began chasing Lib and Liam which scared them to death. Liberty jumped in Ben's lap (my cousin's husband). A couple minutes later, Ben announces that my dog pooped in his lap. Andrew told me to clean it up and I told him too. I really thought Ben was joking because that is just how Ben is. But no.. Liberty really did poop in his lap. She was that stressed. I was so embarrassed. She has never done that before. Thankfully Ben is a good guy who just rolls with the punches. And thankfully it wasn't runny. HA HA! I know... TMI.
Here is a pic of everyone at Mommom's.
And that is our Christmas Eve adventure. Christmas Day...coming soon!
what a day!
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