Driving Miss Shay Shay

The big road trip to get Shay to New England started this morning. Russ loaded the car this morning as he is not making this drive with us. I am thankful for the bigger car this year as I have lots of wedding and Vacation stuff to carry.

Russ put Shay in her new car seat to say good bye. She was not happy he was not going with us. Although she is up higher and can see out the window she stood for almost the whole nine hour drive. I tried to get her to snuggle down and sleep, but she was much too anxious for that.

So I stopped more often than I normally would just to get the calm her down. That worked fine until we were north of Baltimore and a huge storm burst out. The thunder and lightening scared her so much she jumped out of her car seat and sat perched between the two seat. I learned I had to put her tether on the opposite side of the seat and shorten her strap so she can’t do that again.

We arrived at Russ’ Dad’s and Russ’ brother David and wife Tasha and old daughter Bree came over for dinner. Shay was happy for the attention, but was exhausted. She tried to heard me up to bed while everyone was still here. I hope she sleeps well tonight. I might not in a twin bed with her pushed up against me. (And there is a big storm here right now.)

This is the life of being Miss Shay Shay’s driver.