About a month or so ago, my husband told me that he would more than likely being going to new mexico for six weeks. I didn't really know how to react. I didn't want to be away from him that long. I didn't want our children to be away from him that long! Tay is at the age where he misses his daddy and always asks about him and lottie dottie is only three months old so I was afraid she wouldn't even know him when he would return. O.K. now I want to be honest and admit something....... I am a huge mamas girl. There I said it! LOL No but really, I'm very close to my mama and my children are very close to my mama. I was worried about her (because I knew how badly she would miss us) I was worried about Tay (cause I knew how badly he would miss her) and I was worried about myself cause, of course, Id miss her too. When I went to her about it, did she beg me not to go? no. being the wonderful person she is, she urged me to jump at this opportunity. O.K. I'm gonna admit something else....... I am not a independent person. I really really wish I was though and daily I am getting there (it's a learning process, o.k.? ) She told me it would do me good and deep down I knew she was right. Jed and I had talked about me coming out a couple of weeks after he left for the trip but after that talk I told him I wanted to go the whole time. So the planning began! I started pinning things on pinterest for road trips and things to do around where we'd be staying. I started making lists upon lists and I started mentally preparing myself. It was time for me to be a big girl. I mean lets get real here I am 23 and I have two kids and I have been married for going on six years..... I think its time. So we got a rental car and we made the two day drive to new mexico. I'll admit I was a little nervous to make the cross country journey with two small children, one of them being an infant might I add, but it went surprisingly smooth. We made really good time and didn't really have any major problems. Jed's work paid for us to stay in a nice town home and i'm close to town where there's lots of shopping and good eating. We plan to have several outings and see lots of sights. Last night we went out to eat at a steakhouse after Jed's first day of work. When i crawled out of the backseat (i was giving lotti dottie a bottle) I was greeted by a slightly crazy Hispanic man who informed me he used to be in the armed services and was a Sargent or something like that. First he asked if i spoke English. Ha! kinda funny :-) then he started asking me for money (from what i could make out of his crazy rambling or if i had change for a dollar) I think he realized he scared me because when i started backing up he said he wasn't dangerous lol the car he was standing in front of was trying to back out but he was in there way i tried to tell him but i don't know if it fully registered. I think he had smoked one too many for him to understand much of anything. Jed had to give him a firm no before we went in to eat . So big girl lesson # 1; Don't talk to strangers. Especially the ones roaming around a steakhouse parking lot wearing an army jacket asking for money. To all my friends and family back home, i miss ya'll and ill be back before you know it! But I'm having a good time and enjoying myself!
See ya'll soon!
Rebecca
p.s. here's some pics from the trip
Thes trays from hobby lobby are great for road trips! Tay was able to play with pal dough while riding!
Lottie dottie did this most of the trip
Lots and lots of mountains out here! its absolutely beautiful!
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