Chattanooga Vacation Day 4: Packin' Up and Lots of Tears

On the last day, Aunt Karla, Uncle Gary, Ally and her boyfriend joined in the fun.  We packed up and headed for home after lunch.  It was a terrible ride home!  Anna cried most of it, it rained, and when it didn't rain, we got hit with some weird wintery mix.  The last 2 hours was driving in the dark with the weird mix.  We only stopped once and Anna had a bad diaper rash, but we MADE it, and we vowed we'd never take a trip again (at least without a van)!  We were so glad to get home, especially with the nice surprise we came home to! -T

Mae slept VERY well at night - you can see why a king-sized bed didn't  necessarily mean we had all the room we wanted when we slept

If I ever build a house for us - our bedroom will have a balcony - I've always liked balconies

Story time: Mae is very routine oriented.  When I didn't have a cup for her after she would brush her teeth at night, I grabbed this soap box that I dumped the soap out of.  It was only supposed to be for the first night, but when I tried to use a real cup the next night - Mae wanted the box.  It leaked everywhere, but it kept her routine. =)

She gave it a thumbs up

Mom and Mae

More story time: The night before this, I brushed Mae’s teeth and then started filling up the Jacuzzi so Lindsey could take a bath after the girls went down, plus Mae liked playing with the nozzles that she could reach.  I pushed the jets to make sure they worked and they did.  So, we waited and waited for it to fill while Mae played with the nozzles (I made sure it was going to be warm).  Once the water was above the jets Mae wanted to push the Jacuzzi jets again.  By this time, Lindsey was getting annoyed and wondered what we were doing.  She came to the bathroom door just as I was pushing the jet button.  I’m not sure what happened but water started spraying EVERYWHERE.  Mae went sprinting out of the bathroom and was terrified.  I was soaked and couldn’t stop laughing.  We'll leave out the part of the story where we started a leak downstairs.  When we took this picture to remember the incident - Mae started to cry as she wanted no part of the Jacuzzi ever again!

The Granddaughters

They all actually did pretty good with these pictures

Then they started to lose it

And once Grandma and Grandpa got in there, the focus was completely gone

This one turned out pretty well though!

Tender moments

This kept Mae happy on the ride home

Staring at herself for 6 1/2 hours didn't make Anna happy

Papa D and Grandma Weez had a GREAT gift waiting for us upon our return!

This closet previously was an absolute disaster to open and close with the two sliding doors that were previously there

As soon as it came in from the car, the Nativity Set instantly came out -  we wished Audrey was here to play with it too!