After going to church in the morning and stopping at home for lunch, we got in the car and took at trip up to Alexandria, VA to see Kay and baby Audrey, who were visiting from Arizona for a few days. I knew it was ambitious to drive up there and back in one day, but I didn't know when we might get to see them again, and figured the girls would nap on the way up and go to sleep for the night on our way down. My plan worked pretty well as far the girls were concerned, but not driving-wise. Traffic was terrible, and it took us 4 hours to get up there, and 5 1/2 to get back. I sat still on I-64 from 11 p.m. until 1 a.m. just waiting to get through the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel into Norfolk. Did you ever wonder if and how they clean the tiles on the inside of a tunnel? Well, now I know. They close one lane, get out some pressure washers, and make a lot of people very upset. As soon as we were in the tunnel, people rolled down their windows and started shouting assorted expletives into the night air, and got creative with their horns. I would have been laughing if I wasn't practically crying from exhaustion.
Anyway, aside from the traffic, we had a lovely visit and dinner with Kay and her parents. Audrey is adorable - very observant and interested in people - and Kay looks and sounds great. Nora and Caroline were interested in Audrey, but more interested in chasing Jake the cat up and down the stairs. Caroline kept trying to call Jake a dog, and we soon corrected her and got her to say "gah" (she doesn't put consonants on the ends of words, just the beginnings...so "gah" is cat, "doh" is dog, "bah" is ball, "bah bah" is bottle, "buh" is bear, "Noa" is Nora).
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Why didn't you stay with us?? :(
We are probably going to Richmond this weekend for Homecomming, we will probably go to tailgate, maybe the football game and the children's museum. Any chance you would want to meet us there on Saturday?
Hope all is well - Love the Duba's.
Didn't Nora call Otis a "cat"? Looks like both your girls got caught up in the dog-cat mix-up in opposite ways.
Hey Johan - Sorry I didn't call! I thought about it, but was concerned about how the girls would do staying overnight in yet another new place (since we just did a bunch of travelling that wore me out). So I was anxious to get home - hope you understand!
And Matty - You're right...Alli made the same observation about the cat-dog thing...I totally forgot about how Nora called Otis a "cat." I wonder if it's b/c Nora's old babysitter had a cat, and Caroline got used to us dog-sitting Willy.
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