On the Road

We made it to Chicago! It was a long couple of days but our whole family made it here. Since our trip spanned several days and we have a bunch of photos, I'm going to tell you about it in multiple posts.

On Tuesday and Wednesday the movers came and packed up our whole house. Mom & Dad were kind of sad when we had to leave the house. It was the house where they lived when they were married and when I was born. Even though they were sad, Mom & Dad had fun reminiscing over some funny times they had in the house--like the time they tried to get the bird out of the chimney!

We spent Wednesday night at Yia Yia's house and then set out early Thursday morning. At first, Mom & Dad didn't think we'd all make it to Chicago in one piece. For the first 20 minutes of the drive I was crying and Bushie Cat was meowing so they weren't hopeful. Eventually things settled down; until we made our first stop, at least. Here's are some pictures and a video of the chaos that happened when we stopped in Chiefland

Of course I was okay because I was getting my bottle...

Bushie Cat was hopped up on sedatives but he still wreaked havoc when Dad let him out of his crate...

Mom was feeling a little frazzled....

I'm not sure if Dad was standing outside because there wasn't room for him or if he just didn't want to be in there!

But when Dad went inside to get lunch things really got out of hand...

Mom & Dad soon figured out how to streamline our stops, however, and things started going a lot better. All total we drove through five states and we did our first two on Thursday before we stopped in Birmingham for the night with Grandude. That was our longest day and Mom & Dad both agreed it was a beautiful thing when we made it to Alabama!

We spent about 9 hours in the car that first day. I think I had the best seat in the place.

Check back in soon for more on our trip!