Fort Wayne!

Scott was heading up to Fort Wayne to put up siding and change some windows for friends of ours and thought that it would be great if the kids and I drove seperately to be with him those 3 days. I would be able to visit with friends and have a short getaway with the kiddos. The day before I was really certain it would be a rough trip knowing Caleb was beginning horrible stranger anxiety and knowing that 3 kids are hard enough to take care of on my own at home let alone away from home. I really did want to see friends and Scott insisted I try it and leave early if need be. I will say it was a rough rough trip! The drive up (2 whinny girls and screaming baby), the crying Caleb every time I left the room, the wetting of Ryan's panties every hour, the nastiest hotel ever (carpet was so nasty we wouldnt let the girls out of bed), Scott backing into our friend's truck with our van, invading our friend's home the 2nd night so as not to have to keep the kids off of the carpet, getting little sleep, almost falling asleep on the drive home the first hour, a total drive home time of 3 hrs and 45 min when it shouldve only taken 2 hrs, and 3 screaming kids the last 2 hrs. But at the same time I think it was a good trip! I got to have lots of adult conversation, Scott made some money, we got to see and visit with friends, the girls loved playing with someone else's toys, they have amazing parks in Fort wayne that we visited, I didnt have to cook for 3 days, I learned a lot from a good friend/good mom, Girls got to go to vbs one night at our friends church bc they allow 2 and 3 yr olds at theirs and it was AWESOME, and oh yes I was able to hold my Caleb man a lot and bond with him! If we only look at the work and frustration of a trip we can easily miss what we did enjoy. If was really that bad I wouldnt have stayed the whole time. I talked about leaving early many occasions but everytime decided to stay so as not to disapoint the kids and Im glad I did! I survived. I also saw a lot I feel like I do right as a mom and a some things I would like to change! Here I am almost unpacked and feel pretty good after having one amazing day with all 3 kids! Im now ready to celebrate Ryan's 4th bday tomorrow with friends and family!