Road Trip

The four of us left Atlanta after dinner last night in hopes of breaking up the long car trip to NOLA. I was pretty confident Eli would not sleep in the car (even if we drove until midnight), but he'd most likely be quiet due to the late hour. Our plan went pretty well: we drove about three hours before stopping somewhere in Alabama at a cheap hotel. Lehr slept in a bed and I slept in the other bed with Eli and Maddux slept in the pack-n-play. This meant I got almost no sleep. We finally got all settled in around 11:30 and it took Eli and I a good thirty minutes or so to get comfortable and get used to all of the outside noises (we were right next to the parking lot). Then Eli fell out of the bed at 12:45 or so...luckily he didn't get hurt, but of course that startled him a bit. From then until 7:45 when we all woke up, I remember going in and out of sleep as Eli rolled around, pulled my hair, and hit me (all in his sleep).

We were back on the road by 9AM and in NOLA by 1PM. The kids were treated to a nice lunch down the street from our hotel before they took an afternoon nap. After they woke up we went to one of our favorite restaurants in New Orleans: Jacques Imo's. We met some local friends there, making our table rather large, but we arrived as they were opening at 5:30, so we didn't anticipate much of a delay. We were seated right away, but the food took a REALLY long time to arrive. Our meal lasted just over two hours. Even though the food was really food, that is a long time for two kids to sit. Eli and Maddux did exceptionally well....I have no idea how we pulled that off!

Back to the hotel for baths and stories and the kids were snoring within minutes of lying down. Tomorrow we head to Jazz Fest, as long as the rain doesn't ruin our plans!