Weekend Update

Cooper and I hit the road this past weekend for a road trip to Martins Ferry, OH for my Great Aunt Marlene & Great Uncle Larry's 50th wedding anniversary celebration (Cooper's Great Great Aunt & Uncle). This was Cooper's first time out of the state of Virginia. To get to Ohio we had to go through Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He is now an experienced traveler visiting 5 states at the age of 2 months.


To break up the trip and to pick up MawMaw and Nana we spent the night at Nana and Gramp's house in Grafton, WV on Friday. It usually takes roughly 4 hours to get from our house to Grafton. Cooper slept the first 3 1/2 hours but then woke up ready for lunch and a quick diaper change. So I pulled over on the side of the road and fed the little man and changed his diaper. Which made our 4 hour trip turned into a 5 hour trip. Still not too shabby! Cooper did great!

Here is a picture of Cooper and MawMaw. This was the first time Cooper met his MawMaw!


Saturday morning we drove to Martins Ferry, OH which is 2 hours away. This time Nana and MawMaw were in tow with us to help with Cooper. When we arrived to Ohio we met our cousins Donnie and Trish for breakfast at Bob Evans. Yummy strawberry & banana stuffed pancakes!
We also met Ms. Martha - a random 92 year old woman that parked beside us taking up two spots and then left her car running while she was eating breakfast inside.

That night was the 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration for Aunt Marlene & Uncle Larry!The party was very nice! There were 150 family and friends in attendance, tons of yummy food (Great job Susie!) and fantastic entertainment - One-A-Chord. We enjoyed the entertainment so much that we bought all three of their cds.



Also, at the 50th Anniversary Celebration Cooper met a lot of his extended family members:
Great Great Great Aunt Marie

Cousins- Donnie, Trish, Dorthea & Don Don; Terry; Susie, Rick, Caleb, Josh & Cassie; Little Larry & Michelle, Carol & Cecil, and Jimmie & Ruth Ann.

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary Aunt Marlene & Uncle Larry!
Happy 22nd Wedding Anniversary Susie & Rick!


Sunday morning (11 am) we headed home. The first two hours were a breeze (Ohio to Grafton). However, I learned an important lesson - a 6 or 7 hour long drive (no matter how much you try to break it up) in one day is too long for a baby. Once we left Grafton, I had to stop 15 - 20 times in the first 2 hours to comfort Cooper while he was crying in the back seat. We did not get home until 10:30 that night. I was physically and emotionally exhausted!!

If you were wondering where Corey was this weekend...He had boys' weekend in Richmond, VA with Jake, Ant, Wombat, Damian, and Park.