Thursday, May 6//South Carolina IHOP

We left Atlanta around 10am...Todd still wanted a good breakfast (yeah, Tammy, looking for a Denny's!). But somehow both our kids fell asleep right away so we didn't stop..not that we saw a Denny's. We were on our way to see Todd's sister Bonnie, her husband Joe, her daughter April and son Travis. And Travis's son Peyton and baby mama Jordan in Belton, South Carolina. Travis called about two hours into the three hour ride and ended up convincing Todd to forgo Denny's and go to IHOP. Him, Jordan and Peyton (who is two months older than Adam met us there. Abbey wanted to be fed as they got there, but it was OK as service was Molasses slow! And Peyton has a way of taking over a table. Last summer when they visited and he was 11 months old, we soon learned that Peyton Lane Purdy had a very special and unique screech! This thing pierced the sound barrier! Bonnie said that as a baby, Jordan and her mother would give Peyton whatever he wanted when he did it, so of course he kept it up. And he still does this. Hey, I don't judge as being a mom is hard enough, let alone an 18 year old mama. But Oh my, it's ear splitting. The good news is, he does it a lot less! But Adam was eyeing him and wanting to stand up in the booth like Peyton. I informed him in the best impression of my mother that if he did that, I would have no problem taking him to the car and sitting there with him. It seemed to work after a couple of times!!

But Adam and Peyton had a lot of fun together the previous summer so I hoped he would again.

Abbey was still fussy when I brought her in, but Jordan was able to calm her down...she was in her heaven as she wanted a little girl and still wants one :) I love this photo of Jordan giving Peyton her MOM face while cuddling Abbey.

After a so-so breakfast (sorry Todd!), we followed Travis to his Mama's house 40 minutes away.