over the river and through the woods

We did go over some rivers...but not really through any woods...but it was a L-O-N-G drive back yesterday. We left around 1:00, heading from Grandma's to Granny's (about a half hour drive). Our little one fell asleep as soon as she got in the car--her cousins wore her out yesterday morning, I guess. She slept until we got to Granny's, and woke up as soon as Daddy stopped the car. A half hour nap....not ideal. We were going to stay in the car while Daddy picked up something from his dad, but she saw Granny and Papa outside and wanted to get out, so we did. We ended up staying awhile. She rubbed her eyes the whole time so we figured she'd fall asleep again once we got started in the car. No such luck. Instead she cried her really tired, "there's no satisfying me" cry pretty much the entire two hours back. We stopped along the way to try and break up the trip, which was fine while it lasted, but as soon as we got in the car she started up again. We couldn't do anything to make her happy....except get home. She was so happy to get in the house and ran for her toys! Mommy and Daddy couldn't have been happier to see home, either. It was almost 7:00 when we got back--that's a very long afternoon of driving (and fussing).

Grandma got a name this trip home....up until now she wasn't called anything, but while we were home our little one started calling her "Dee Dah." It was so cute--she was Dee Dah's shadow, and whenever she couldn't find her she'd yell, "Deeeeeee Dah?!"

And last night in the tub she came up with another new word. She likes it when I blow bubbles for her with the soap and was trying to get me to do it last night while she was in the bathtub. I told her, "Say 'bubbles.'" So she finally said, "ubbs!!" So now bubbles are "ubbs."