A Long Trip + Meeting the Great Grandparents

We made our first trip home to Minnesota to visit over Memorial Day weekend. This trip was a big deal for a few reasons. First of all, this would be our first long trip with Amelia in the car. Second, this would be our first long trip in the car with two kids to entertain. Third, this was our first trip after our car accident after Christmas. So, a lot to contend with. But, we were ready. Or as ready as we were going to be.

Amelia is dressed and ready to go...until she spit up all over her outfit. Note the color differences between the left and right side of the overalls. Yes, we have a spitter.
How are you supposed to entertain a 7 week old baby for 6 hours? Carseat toys worked for awhile.
Amelia studies her toys hard
Amelia is so tired
William had the whole backseat to himself. He did a GREAT job! I was so proud of him! He did a wonderful job keeping himself entertained for most of the trip which was good because he was just about out of reach from mama.
William is tired too
So handsome
And here is what John was doing.

With this being our first trip north, we had a lot of people excited to meet Amelia. They were practically lining up and down the street. I think we could have made a bundle by charging admission. So, here are the new family members Amelia met, in no particular order (can't be playing favorites)

Great Grandpa Budd is always a favorite with the M&M's in his shirt pocket
Great Grandpa Budd snuggles in with Amelia. A special note about Amelia's outfit. This is an outfit given to me when I was a baby by my grandparent's friends, the Gravdahls.
These two look mighty comfy together here!

Great Grandpa with his Great Grandchildren

Amelia charms Great Grandma Nona
Such a precious moment. Great Grandpa takes pictures.
Great Grandma Nona works to get a smile
Our first attempt with Great Grandpa Tom didn't work out so well. For the record, this was bad timing on my part. Amelia was tired AND hungry...not the best time to get a great picture.
Now that is better! Amelia works her charms on Great Grandpa Tom
She loved looking at Great Grandpa. I could have gone away for a long time and I don't think either one of them would have noticed.

Great Grandma Gerry finally gets her hands on that baby!
The Great Grandparents McGarry admire Amelia while she works her charm on them. I think it is working!
So sweet! Remind me to tell you a not so sweet story about these two later. Hint: It involves poop.
Look at how happy they are!

All smiles for the Great Grangerry

And Auntie Kaye...
What attitude from the peanut!

And a few other pictures with family:

Snoozing with Daddy

Snoozing with Uncle Mike

So tired!

But, it isn't always easy to get your hands on her with our resident baby hog around: Grandma!

Being cute with Grandma! Amelia the Lamb!

And finally, William was so in love with this truck, he took it to bed. He didn't want it out of his sight for even a moment! Thanks for sharing your trucks Uncle Mike!