1st car trip and all that comes with it

we made the long car trip from dallas to el paso to attend grandma's services and so glad we did.

the only way we all survived was splitting the drive in two trips, so this is tomas outside of the hotel in odessa we made a stop on the way to el paso and another on the return to dfw

you all know how much trouble tomas has sleeping on his own during the day, while in el paso we did get him to take a couple of naps in his pack-n-play but only with his boppy - hope this works at home too

our baby girl was so sad when we were leaving and i think she continued to miss us - her yaya sent this to us while staying the night with her and jet

even though tomas' first mass service was a funeral it is actually a special event. as sad as funerals are and how difficult it is knowing that you will never physically see this person again - there is also a peaceful quality about them, about the continuing of life in a new place, somewhere they will be watching over us for all of eternity.

this is a first photo of the three of us since tomas was in mama's tummy - we need to start taking more of these.