We have begun our Christmas journey to Florida. We left on Saturday morning at around 10:30 a.m. after emily spent the week packing and cleaning and finishing up christmas gifts. Piper took a good nap for a couple of hours and around columbia we found a great McDonalds and stopped off for lunch and stretching.
From there we traveled to Jacksonville with one stop in Georgia at exit one for gas. BTW - anyone reading this and traveling on 95 through Georgia - the difference in gas between exit 1 and 3 was about 20 cents (with exit one being the cheapest). I had gone on trip advisor the night before we left and checked out Jacksonville hotels. I landed at Country Inn and Suites b/c they had a great room offered with a separate sitting area and bedroom that you could shut the door to. This, to us, is much better than a studio setting where we are putting Piper down and then doing our best to keep Sophia quiet for hours. I know that people have done it for years - but we are just not that good - so we need the added help. We arrived in Jacksonville at about 6 o' clock and checked in.
After a bit of a rough night with Sophia sleeping like a log on the pull out couch and Piper waking up every hour crying we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel (another perk of the country inn and suites). We got going at about 10:30 and made it to Lakeland at 1:40.
All in all - a good start. Spending time with Papa Cows and Grammy has been fun and Piper and Sophia slept well last night...IN THE SAME ROOM! Truly a Christmas miracle. Sophia is convinced that she will be getting into her grandparents pool at some point - which is absolutely freezing. Anyone want to come down and swim with her?
We'll check back in later.
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My Christmas gifts arrived early! Socks,ties,tools,gift cards $$$$ all nice. FAMILY PRICELESS!
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