Todd Goes to Indiana

Todd left at 10:30 this morning to go to Anderson, Indiana to buy two used garbage trucks. This is a ten-hour trip that Adam and I took with him in February and March 2009 (we spent a romantic Valentine's Day with two of his drivers :)...but this time, we knew it would be too much to take restless curious Adam and newborn Abigail on such a trip when at least two other drivers would have to go, too.

Besides the hospital, this is the first night we've spent a apart since we started shacking up and one of only four since our second date! I know, we are sappy, but I miss him. But I know it's for the best he go...when he had some broken trucks while I was in the hospital, it was very stressful as he didn't have any back-ups. And without trucks, there's no business. And the family business keeps the family going!

This morning, Todd took us to breakfast at Wade's before he left...it was nice to spend some time together before he had to go It was the first time I loaded both kids up and got in the car...I took it all in stride.

After we said good-bye in the parking lot (me taking a 'big-girl' pill), I didn't want to go home...so I decided to take my kids to Babies-r-us as our first 'outing'. Hey, if either one loses it, it's the ideal store. Abbey slept all the way through breakfast and all the way there and right until we went through the line. So...I ended up nursing in the parking lot. Yep. Classy. Adam kept laughing the backseat...could he know what was going on??

Adam was so tired...he fights sleep as you all know...but on the way back...he was calmly staring at Abbey with his heavy, sleep leaded eyes. Really taking her in for the first time...without his frantic attempts to tough her, grab her, tickle her. I was really touched by how intense he was about it...and then he fell asleep...his head cocked to the side like when he was a baby, his curls wild from his happy trip OUT of the house.

So...I just juggled the evening which is hard around here as it is the only time of day that Abbey wants a lot of attention and Adam has a schedule that helps him relax. He just cried going to sleep, which made me feel bad. I know he's overtired as he only napped just a bit in the car...so I didn't go get him right away. It's hard. But I did it.