We made it to Midland, TX tonight....a few mishaps, including a fender bender (sorry Uncle Chris), some carsickness, some sibling arguing, and some exhausted parents. True to form, I forgot something VERY important...this time is was Steven's harness for the car left hanging on the rack at the old house.
Last night we stayed in Tucson. We arrived about 8:30 pm and Megan and Troy were able to fall asleep pretty quickly. Steven, however, had a HUGE bout of autism last night!!! He didn't like the change of scenery, wanted to go home and didn't understand why Mommy was making him sleep in this strange place! He finally fell asleep about 1:30am....and gave us an early start at 5:30am!
We hit the road about 7am and realized by 9am that we were missing Steven's harness. After spending 8 hours reminding him to "stay buckled", I devised a great alternative......we zip tied his seat belt to the buckle part. I wish we would have figured that out much sooner in the day! He was fascinated with his new freedom to unbuckle and taunt Mommy! But, alas, I WON THIS BATTLE!!!
We are currently relaxing in the beautiful 2 bedroom suite at Residence Inn that Anisa was able to procure for us! I threw in a load of laundry and we are all eating pizza and thinking how nice it's 8pm instead of 6pm (AZ time)!
We'll finish the drive tomorrow and we are all excited to arrive at the new house! Nobody besides me has seen it, so I'm excited to see their reactions!
Thanks for the update! Clever solution for little man in the car. Good luck with the rest of the drive.
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