We just got back yesterday from a trip to Spokane for Hoopfest. Not only do you have to take along a crapload of stuff when you have a baby, but a normally 4 1/2 hour trip turns into a six hour trip. Actually, she was pretty good. She had a nap, then awake time, then she got sick of it, then we had a break, then she got sick of being in the car again but kind of fussed herself to sleep. So not too bad. That was on the way there. On the way back I90 was closed because of an accident and we basically were parked on the freeway for over an hour. This during her precious nap/happy time! So on the way back it took us almost eight hours. Can you believe it? Halfway up the pass she decided she just couldn't take it anymore. Usually she might fuss and complain, but she's not really crying. Well, this was crying, no mistaking it. She just cried her little heart out, hiccoughing with tears streaming down her cheeks, for about three minutes, and then she hiccoughed herself to sleep, poor thing. By the time we got to an exit she was fast asleep so we just kept driving, hoping we'd make it home before she woke up.

She had a pretty good time at the festival though. Besides watching her daddy play basketball, she got to scope out the baby competition. There were soooo many babies there. Big babies, little babies, happy babies, cranky babies. Babies, babies, babies!! So that part was fun. I told Bob that next year it's my turn and we'll be going to the World Knitting and Spinning convention and he can watch me card wool or something for a weekend. whee!