Sisters!- Part 1

This past weekend Caylee and I headed up to St. Louis to visit my sister!  This is the first time Caylee has ever been to St. Louis... not that she'll remember, I realize that.

According to mapquest it is a 5 1/2 hour drive.  Going up there I turned it into a 6 1/2 hour drive... how?  I got lost.  Here is how the conversation went....

Me: Cass, we're gonna be later than I thought because I took about a 20 minute detour.
Cass: Detour?
Me:  Ya, I got a little turned around...
Cass: How?  There is only one highway the entire way...??
Me:  That was the problem, I couldn't find the highway :) 

So... Caylee and I took a scenic route through some small Kentucky towns until we got back on track- thank goodness for GPS on the iphone!  Due to the short detour I had to stop twice for Caylee to eat.  Other than that she did great!

We stopped at 2 of these.... 

Yes, it is a truck stop.  Here's my theory though...  Pilot's are very nice truck stops and truckers themselves are usually very nice people.  Trust me, I talked to MANY of them on our stops!  I heard about all their own kids and grandkids and they told me where the next nice Pilot stop would be.  You might think I would stop at those rest areas that every state has.  NO WAY!  Never, by myself will I EVER stop at a rest stop....  I have watched too many Primtime's and Dateline's to stop there by myself with a baby and risk getting murdered in the middle of no where... :)  You will never convince me to stop at those without Matt, even with Matt I get a little nervous and make him wait outside the bathroom.  Once it was very late and there was one man there and no one else, so I made Matt come into the bathroom with me... yep, those pretty rest stops freak me out!  I much prefer Pilot's!

Anyways, we travelled through Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and finally made it to Missouri. 

Like I said, Caylee did very well on the trip.  She didn't sleep as much as I thought she would, so she did fuss a little.  I think she was more aggravated that she couldn't grasp her feet though!  Every time I looked back she was pulling herself up to get to her feet, they are so entertaining these days!  We listened to a TON of music, of course we had lots of variety...  her favorite (the cd she was most calm through) was an Allison Krause and Robert Plant cd... it was very mellow music. 

Going home we made GREAT time (I found the highway this time).  We only stopped once and made it in 5 hours and 45 minutes.