Our first week in Texas

We made it to Texas!

The flight was about what I expected, Reagan did great ... Riley, not so much. Riley screamed the first 20 minutes and the last 30 minutes. She was not happy unless she was "on her own". We got a lot of "nice" looks from all the other passengers around us. The movie player worked like a charm for the middle of the flight ... thank goodness for technology! The flight was only two hours, so it was nothing we could not handle.

Once we got to Aunt Kimmie's house, we (the adults) started cleaning out the attic, getting all the baby items out and cleaned for the new baby on the way. The entire family room was packed full of boxes, bins, and toys. All the kids had a blast playing in the huge mess. Riley thought is was so cool to have a baby swing ... she climbed into it on her own and sits in it everyday.

Tuesday, we went to a friends house for a play date. It was a nice day when we started out, close to 70 degrees. By the time we finished our play date at lunch, it was in the upper 40's. By dinner time, it was below freezing, and we had a little bit of sleet/snow. Nothing great, but just enough to let you know it was COLD!



Thursday, we went to see Santa Claus. This was Reagan's second time seeing Santa, and both times she asked for the same thing ... then she told me she is going to get two of what she asked for, because she asked Santa for it twice and he said yes, both times! Riley was a little unsure if she wanted to get close to Santa, so I went with her. Then we went to Chili's for a birthday lunch for Aodhan ... he will be three on Dec 14th.




Thursday night, we took the kids to see the lights & decorations in a big neighborhood called Deerfield. This neighborhood has it in their HOA guidelines that you have to decorate your house, so almost every house was decorated to the tee. We saw a couple houses that had their lights choreographed to music, it was really cool and the kids really enjoyed it. We got a really cool video of this one house, hopefully it looks as good to you as it did to us!

We will update more as we go through our second week. Baby Sullivan will be born on Monday, Dec. 15 ... we are spending our last weekend with three kids preparing for next week ... I am sure it will be hectic and crazy with a newborn and all the kids, but it will be so great to see the little one.