Road Trip!!

 The weekend of April 12th was my God Son 1st and his brother's 3rd birthday party. Since Maddi had never met any of my Minnesota family, and I just HAD to be at my God son's first b-day, we thought it was a perfect trip for us to take! We decided to leave early in the morning (4am) so Maddi would sleep for most of the ride, and we could get to their house early enough to play and visit for the day. Here is our trip up in a nutshell:

7am Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed!

Breakfast and Potty Break!

And she was asleep again

And... she's awake again! 

Almost to Hollie and George's house

(AKA Jorge) LOL

 She traveled really well! All she wanted to do was sit in the back and sing songs, barely touched her leap pad (usually her favorite thing to do on longer car rides), and sleep!? We only had one "are we there yet?" questions, that was actually right outside Mason City... so over half way we made it without one! LOL
We got out and walked around Cabela's to stretched our legs and potty. We stopped for lunch quick, and we were there!!!

Once we got to our cousin's house, all their boys were napping, so she played quietly in their toy room while we stretched our legs and visited with other extend members of the family that drove from Illinois.
Once the boys were up, she was in seventh heaven! She tends to gravitate towards boys at school, so this was no surprise to me that she LOVED them all! We hung out, we went swimming at our hotel, ate pizza, and went to sleep.

 

 Dominic already calling dibs on Maddi... such a sweetie.

When we woke up the next day, Daddy took Maddi to Dominic's Hockey game while Mommy and Hollie setup for the B-day party. Daddy took Maddi back to the hotel for nap and a quick swim. When he came back to "the party house" (LOL) he had a surprise for me.... DADDY'S FIRST PONY TAIL!!!!

A++ For Effort Daddy!!!

 PARTY TIME!!

 Happy Birthday to Jake and Tyler!!! We had cake...LOTS of cake, thanks to me!!! (LOL)
The kids all played and the b-day boys opened presents! Maddi and Matthew (Mattie) got a long the best... however Dominic looked out for Maddi (just like he does with all his little brothers). They were all so sweet to each other, and really liked playing together.

Book given to Maddi from her Great-Great Aunt Shirley

Cake given to Maddi from George (Jorge) 

 We had a blast! Maddi talked about the boys and the fun she had with them for over a week. She is dying to go back already. I said "you don't mind that we have to drive a long time to see them?"
"Um, no... we go back right now?" LOL
Her not even being phased by the long trip, tells me she belongs in our family... because we don't care how long the drive is to see each other... we drive it! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER & JAKE!!!