Easter in Owensboro

We made our first real road trip last weekend when we traveled to Owensboro for the first time since Joshua's arrival. We were racing against the clock on our journey since it takes about 2 hours and 45 minutes to get from our house to Andy's parents...and Joshua eats about every 3 hours. We fed him, then raced to the car hoping he wouldn't throw a hungry fit before our arrival. Joshua did wonderfully and slept almost the entire way there and the entire way back. As you can see from this picture, the angle of a safe car seat is not so conducive to a newborn's head placement. This is how he slept the entire way to Owensboro. When I reached over to try to prop his head up a little, he fussed at me. So, I left him alone. It didn't look very comfortable to me, but I guess he was fine. About 30 minutes into our return trip, he figured it out and lifted his head into the infant head rest and kept it there for the rest of the way. We were so proud of his good travelling...and very relieved we did not have any elongated crying fits :).

When we arrived Friday night, both of his great-grandmothers were able to come over and meet him. Also, Andy's uncle Don and aunt Nancy had come in from Atlanta to visit with Mamaw as well as see Joshua for the first time.
Since they are on Central time, we tried to put him to bed around 8:30 their time, since that's close to when he'd start sleeping at home. But, that also meant that his first morning feeding came at about 4:30am. By 6:30, Joshua and I both were back asleep in the living room...where Andy caught us.

We spent lots of family time on Saturday. Andy and others watched Joshua while I did a little cooking and even got to go shopping for an hour or so. Here's a picture of Andy and Joshua watching the Masters on Saturday afternoon. With all the activity around the house, it seemed like Joshua just couldn't quite get a good nap. We went to visit Melody Brooks that afternoon, and she had a wonderful rocker...much like the one in our living room. Once he hit her arms in the rocker, he was out. And I was able to talk her into holding him there for almost an hour until his next feeding (it was a very hard sell :). Also, on our visit, we were able to meet Melody's new little puppy, Lilly, who was just too cute!

Easter morning, the family headed to church, and Joshua and I stayed at the house (since he's not supposed to go out in public until he's 6 weeks or so). Here's a picture of Mimi and Pops (Lee & Denny) with Joshua on Sunday morning before church. He is wearing the onesie that we wrapped up for Lee when we told her and Denny we were going to have a baby back in July. It says, "My heart belongs to Grandma."

Here are a few more pictures from Easter morning. By about 12:15, Joshua could not keep his eyes open, so he slept through Easter lunch with the family...which was actually pretty convenient for Andy and I. He's asleep in the Easter pictures, but we did have two shots with four generations, as well as some other good ones. He ate promptly after I finished lunch, and we raced back to the car for the trip home. We arrived just in time to feed him again and for all of us to watch the end of the Masters golf tournament.