Thursday evening we headed out of town with little Colin in the backseat. He did a great job and slept all the way to Joplin. We stopped there and had some dinner at Cheddar's. If you don't know about Cheddar's it is a fantastic little family dining place with super low prices. Chad had the chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes and I had the fish tacos. Both were yummy. I think Chad's favorite part was the crescent roll. They have these hot, flaky crescents drizzled with warm honey butter. They melt in your mouth! Colin had some babyfood and sat in a big boy high chair. It was kind of nice to have dinner out. Chad and I hadn't really done that since our anniversary when Colin threw an unholy fit at dinner at Kona on the Plaza. We agreed not to take him out again until we thought he could handle it because it was so miserable.
After dinner we hit the road again. I'd like to tell you about the drive through the mountains but I was asleep with Colin in the backseat for the rest of the way to Alma, Arkansas. We stopped at the Days Inn to spend the night. Colin can't really travel for more than four hours at a time without getting really mad. In the morning we made our way into Chickasaw, Arkansas where we stayed with Chad's uncle and aunt. The whole family was there and it was pretty crazy. Everyone was meeting Colin for the first time. I don't think I got to hold Colin again for most of the weekend.
On Saturday we took a trip to Mississippi, which is really close to where we were. This was Colin's first time in Mississippi. He thought it was pretty exciting.
While driving through Greenville, MS (pronounced GreenVull) we saw a watermelon truck. Unfortunately, none of them fell off.
We stopped to check out the riverboat museum. Colin was still sleeping in the car, so we just hopped out and took a couple of pictures while he slept. Next time I want to go inside and look around.
On Saturday evening Uncle Kenny's church group came to the house for a Harvest party. There were kids in costumes and fun games, a hay ride, bonfire, and cookout. It was good clean fun, but Colin didn't want to stay outside for very long.
He did stay outside long enough to let Cousin Allie paint some whiskers on his cheeks to complete the Tigger costume.
On Sunday it was time to start heading home, but since it was Halloween, we put Colin in his costume to go trick-or-treat at Great Grandma's house.
It was going to be a long trip home. Colin slept right through Little Rock and woke up only 20 minutes from our stopping point. He woke up hungry and mad. He also wanted to drive.
Don't worry. We're not really moving. We stopped in an Ozark Mountain Wal-Mart parking lot to feed Colin and let him stretch for a minute before he had to get back in his carseat. I love this picture because it looks like he got caught doing something naughty.
We were so happy to get to the hotel room and rest for the night. Colin is so close to crawling, I think it will happen any day now. This is one of his favorite moves. He might bear crawl before he crawls for real.
