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Since Miles has turned in to such a great little sleeper, we decided that we would make the trip to Oklahoma in the evening, when he would normally be sleeping. We fed, bathed, massaged and placed him in pj's, just as we always do except next he went into the car seat. I vaguely remember trying this with Oliver and I think it failed miserably because it was summer and since it was light outside he wanted to be awake, but it actually worked really well with Miles. He was fascinated by all the lights from cars so it took him about 30 minutes to fall asleep, but he did really well after that. And I have to say I was incredibly impressed by Oliver's great efforts to stay really quiet for 3 1/2 hours since he didn't fall asleep until about 15 minutes before we arrived. It was Oliver's first time sleeping in a big boy bed with Daddy and Clayton said he did really well, and Miles was quick to fall asleep in his portacrib after we got him set up too. Clayton's parents haven't seen Miles since he was about a month old, so it was fun for them to see how big he has gotten. Oliver had a great time digging in Grandpa's pile of dirt, playing t-ball, and "messin" with Grandpa. The boys were angels and we had a very nice trip! Thanks for the gifts Grandpa & Grandma Royal; it was so good to see you!
Grandpa Royal with Miles and Oliver
This is about the time when Miles started smiling every time I took my camera out
Grandma Royal, Oliver and Miles
LOVE this picture of both Grandma Royal and Miles
Grandma feeding Miles
Grandpa feeding the rest of us
Oliver digging...this may have been his favorite part of the entire trip (the second day we were there he dug a tunnel through the pile only we didn't get a picture)
Peek-a-boo Oliver, where are you in that hat?
Oliver & Miles in front of the Christmas tree
Miles with his stool Uncle Hank handmade for him, so nice!
Oliver concentrating really hard on opening the box
I didn't do a very good job of capturing the excitement of his present opening...he couldn't do it fast enough and I had to help him
I think Oliver opened EVERYONE'S presents! Here he is opening Daddy's gift card
Now his own awesome t-ball stand
Showing Miles his rattles and onesies that he opened
LOVE the kiss!
Showing Miles his learning table that he opened
And now even opening Grandpa's gift
Grandma enjoying her gardening book
Grandpa checking out his exercise bands
Oliver running the bases
Check out that game face and t-ball stance
Too funny! This face reminds me of something Uncle Steven might pull! :)
That night before bed, Oliver and Grandpa were playing at the table. They would growl at each other and say "Are you messin' with me?" It was really fun to watch them play together and Oliver had a great time!
The following afternoon, Miles got in some more time with Grandpa and Grandma as we packed up to go
This time Oliver was asleep within 30 minutes of hitting the road
It only took Miles about 5 minutes to fall asleep
We ran into some traffic on the way home and what is normally a 3.5 hour trip, turned into about a 6 hour trip, but they both did phenomenal! So proud of my boys!
