Road Trip to Dayton

This weekend we took our first trip to Dayton with both Ben and Jack. We weren't sure what to expect for the drive, but Ben proved true to his nature and was a ridiculously good traveler. He slept from Holt to Bowling Green, woke up to eat when we ordered our dinner at Panera, and then slept from Bowling Green until Dayton. We couldn't have asked for better! Likewise, Jack was as good as usual: he watched Mary Poppins until Bowling Green, ate his dinner nicely, and then fell asleep until we were five minutes away from his grandparents. Perfect.

While we were there, Nana Joan, Papa Jack, Aunt Sally, Aunt Sharon, and Uncle Mark and Aunt Patty came to visit and to meet Ben. Ben was his charming self and smiled and cooed for everyone (see the photos of Ben charming his Nana Joan). Jack, unfortunately, had a relapse of his cold and had a bad fever and cough all day Saturday, so we dosed him with Tylenol and Benadryl and he slept most of the day (see the ridiculous bed-head in the picture below).

The drive home was just as simple, as far as the boys went -- Ben slept all the way to Ann Arbor and woke up to eat at Zingerman's where Brian, Jack and I ate lunch. The weather, however, was not as cooperative as our little travelers: there was a horrible snow storm that hit us about 10 minutes past Ann Arbor and made the last 60 miles of the trip extremely dicey. But we made it home safely and are enjoying a quiet evening at home.