Summary of a long trip

On August 30th, Daddy and Mommy and I left North Pole so we could drive down to our new home in Wyoming. It was a long drive, lasting three weeks. We crossed into Canada the first day.

I slept quite a bit in the car seat.

We brought Rista with us. Sometimes she helped Daddy drive.

I didn't sleep all the time, though. Mommy and Daddy would talk and sing to me to keep me entertained.

In a couple spots there were bison along the side of the road.

Just a cute close up of me.

We stopped in hotels every night.

We stopped to take pictures of a giant beaver in Beaver Lodge. It was windy and chilly that day.

A little mirror provided some entertainment for me.

Rista Cat often stayed in her kennel. The kennel was in the front passenger seat and either Mommy or Daddy got to sit in the back with me.

Daddy and Mommy became really good at changing my diaper in the car.

In the car seat, I would hug Mommy's hand to keep her close because she couldn't pick me up and hold me.

I liked it when I could get out of my car seat.

Rista Cat wasn't very fond of traveling. She would sit beside me, sometimes, though.

Along our route, we drove through Jasper and Banff National Parks. Mommy managed to get a picture of me with the mountains in the background, through the window shade.

There were some mountain goats along the side of the road.

We got a family portrait taken in front of a pretty waterfall in Jasper National Park. The sound of the waterfall was very soothing. I slept the entire time.

Closer picture of the waterfall.

Unfortunately all the pretty mountains in Jasper and Banff National Parks were clouded in and we couldn't see the peaks. The clouds created some unique pictures, though.


Back in the car seat again...

That car seat just gets tiring after a while.

Of course, there were toys to play with, too.

And after sleeping most of the day in the car seat, I would "sleep" at night. (I woke up every hour, just to make sure Mommy knew I was tired of traveling.)


The first person we saw when we got back to the states was Auntie Liz!

Then we stopped to see Gramama and Grampa and all the Huntington Aunts and Uncle.







Still more time in the car seat...

Then we arrived in Colorado and saw Papa Steve and Mama Lynn.


Next we stopped to see Aunt Becky and Uncle Brandon and the cousins, but Mommy didn't get any pictures except for this one with Abby!

Wyoming is a lot closer than Alaska, so hopefully we can see relatives more often. Mommy doesn't want to do a trip like that again, though, for a LONG, long time.

When we arrived at our new house, Mommy decided to start me on some baby cereal.

I can do it all by myself, Mommy!

Mmmmm! Yummy!

Giggles

Hadassah has learned how to laugh!

2 1/2 Months!

Time is passing so quickly! It's almost time for us to leave Alaska, and Dassah is already almost 3 months old!

She loves to be outside. If she's fussy, going outside will immediately calm her down.

"Splish-splash I was taking a bath..."

Hadassah is so pretty.

Michael was helping Dassah pet Rista. Rista was not exactly enjoying this attention. Of course, no one forced her to get on Michael's lap with the baby.

Dassah's helping Daddy play on his computer.

How many fingers can you get in YOUR mouth?

"Keeping Mommy up all night sure wore me out."

The cat stretched out here after I placed Dassah in the Bumbo seat. Maybe she's getting used to the baby?

Pray without ceasing

During a sermon on prayer, we noticed Dassah holding her hands like she was praying, so Michael took a quick picture with his phone.

Videos and Pictures

I loaded the pictures backwards... grrr. If you want to see them in order, scroll to the bottom and then back up.


Michael's favorite critter at the Anchorage zoo.

Dassah's first trip to the zoo.

Such pretty blue eyes.

She's not mad, she's just stretching after waking up in the morning.

Daddy's girl

"What's over there?"

Sleeping on the car ride down to Anchorage. (Coming back from Anchorage, she fussed for over half the trip.)

Hadassah does not like her car seat.

A pretty girl with some pretty flowers.

Mommy loves her baby.

Daddy loves his baby.

When Michael went down to Wyoming, he took the little camera with him. Fortunately, I found our video camera, but unfortunately, it took me until now to figure out how to load the videos to my computer so I could put them on here.

Her first day to roll over!!!

She will respond to us talking to her.

Dassah can hold her head up for a long time now!

She's a little chatter box sometimes.