I haven't made any updates on here in a little while. We've been busy, busy, busy! The kids and I were fortunate enough to be able to make a trip to Indiana to visit with my family(pics to follow later). It's been an adventure, to say the least. I was very apprehensive to travel solo with our three kids, and came to find that my anxiety was justified. Our oldest two did really pretty well during the 3-1/2 hour flight, but Noah is much more mobile and super-stubborn, to top it off. The majority of our luggage were all carry-ons and I had a stroller. In my mind it was an ideal plan: take stroller, use stroller to transport 1-year-old, and utilize the back part of the stroller to transport the carry-on bags. That was a great plan, though it failed miserably. The reality: took stroller, carried 1-year-old when he decided that he absolutely was not going to ride in the stroller, had to push the stroller while carrying said 1-year-old, pushed carry-on bags in stroller until we got to security or to the plane(where I had to break down the stroller, take off shoes[at security], hold baby, carry bags, load carry-ons to conveyor belt or onto plane). That was not a great way to start a long trip; pre-exhausted. We got to Indiana after what seemed like an eternity of travel. We were so very happy to see the excited and smiling faces of family members waiting for us in the terminal. We made it to church the next day and were able to visit with many of our old friends from the South Bend Ward. It seemed as though it was just in the knick of time before most of them leave Notre Dame to pursue new ventures.
Wednesday was my birthday and we celebrated with my Dad, brother, and his family for lunch and then followed up with a trip to the park with everyone where the kids all played for quite a while. Then I finished up the day with a nice dinner back at my Mom's. Thursday was Leah's birthday and that was such a fun-filled day! We started out the day with some amazing friends and Leah was treated with a beautiful birthday cake. We are so grateful for our loving friendship with them! We then rushed over to meet my Dad at a home of one of his friends. Their home was INCREDIBLE! They had a small lake, a swimming pool, hot tub, and numerous farm animals for the kids to play with and ride on. It was sooo much fun! We then finished up the day eating dinner with my mom and made it to McDonald's for McFlurries. Nearly every day has been fun-filled and I can't wait to update when our trip is all said and done. I haven't felt well over the past few days but I'll hopefully be bounced back to enjoy the rest of our time here.
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