Voyage Ends

These pictures were taken during the last 30 minutes of our trip.
About the pix...
Simon was either out of it or seriously faking something. We were cracking up at him the last 30 min. or so of the 15 hour trip! He was so mellow. We noticed on the trip that he sometimes preferred having a blanket over his seat all the way to the seat in front of him. He would go 'in and out' at will. It was so funny. I would peek in on him and he would just be sitting there, completely mellow. Just chilling like his daddy or his papa or his uncle owie.

I included the pix so you could see the different stages of alertness.

The return trip home was an adventure. Although we drove the whole trek in one day (compared to two days on the way there as we had stopped midway to visit overnite with the Humble family), it was so much easier! The secret was preparation--leaving at 3 a.m. Texas time so that Simon could sleep some of the van hours away. That sort of worked. Stopping for breakfast at Chick-fil-A and letting Simon play on the playground versus getting drive thru. Lunch was Subway to go and then finding a park to eat/play in. That made all the difference. Plus, we weren't stingy with letting him watch videos. At one point, on the return trip, he watched 3 of his movies in a row. (They are only 30 min. each.) Also, we think giving him fresh fruit instead of Teddy Grahams helped his mood. He also liked having a fresh supply of new books to look at.