We had some things to take to our parents before Christmas, so today we decided to drive to Buffalo and drop it off. Thank goodness it took longer than planned (big surprise) for us to get out the door because there was a huge accident on the Thruway, backing up traffic for several miles before they eventually just closed it between Batavia and Pembroke.
So, we moved less than a mile in about three hours’ time. That was QUITE the adventure with a two-year-old and an almost-twelve-week-old! Thankfully, Ryan slept for about the first two hours, but when he woke up, he was hungry! Chuck pulled him out of his carseat and I nursed him in the front seat while we sat there with the car off. We had just enough time to change his diaper on my lap (!) before traffic started up again, and we were rerouted back to Batavia. We finally arrived after almost FIVE HOURS of travel – we could have gone to visit Marcie in Columbus for that!
Chuck and I are beyond blessed with our family – not only are we all safe, most importantly, but Nicky and Ryan were such good little boys! Thankfully, we had plenty of food and water in the car, and we also had our iPhones and plenty of things to keep Nicky occupied on our long trip. I think that if we can get through this, we can get through lots of things!