Weekend in Oklahoma

This past weekend we went to Oklahoma to visit my dad, my stepmother, my Auntie Terri, my cousins Maria and Michael, my Auntie Marilyn, my cousin Ryan, Grandma and Grandpa, and little baby Ethan. While it was a brief visit we really did enjoy seeing everyone. It's very rare for me to get to visit with my cousins since they are all the way on the West Coast. It's the same for my Auntie Terri who is all the way on the East Coast. It is extremely hard to get everyone together at the same time. (not to mention a tad bit stressful)

The trip went with out a hitch. However, of course Miss Sophia got sick the night before. She did that at Thanksgiving as well. At least time it wasn't strep. Just a simple cold with a fever. We went to the minute clinic to get her ears, lungs and throat checked out just in case. The next day Tata took off so that he could keep her out of daycare in case the fever came back. It never did. Then we left Dallas around 1:00 p.m. Sophia surprised us and did well. We stopped at Cracker Barrel on the way up there. Luckily they had Tutu dresses for sale. She was so happy to get a new dress that it pretty much kept her content the entire day.

It was a great visit. Of course Sophia was in the mood to test us as like she had done all week. Only in a entirely different element. She REFUSED nap time on Saturday. We had to basically force her to rest. She was way to over stimulated. She started to have tantrum after tantrum and just would not go down. Finally about 3:00 p.m. she went down. She slept until 5. Just in time for us to go to dinner at my Grandma's house. She actually did great the rest of the night. With the exception of a time out that was necessary for hitting mama after being warned. The the next morning at breakfast she had yet another meltdown at IHop. I am not sure why on this one. I think she did it because she wanted attention or maybe it was the food. Who knows. All I know was that I was worn out by this point.

It was great seeing everyone and I really enjoyed the trip with the exception of the meltdowns. I think anything that gets Sophia off her normal routine puts her in a mood. As soon as we got home she was happy again. I do think the timeouts are increasing over all and she still continues to test us. But it so much easier to discipline at home than it is in public. Maybe it was this aspect that was stressing me out.