July 30th, 2011

Here is an account of our trip across the country with two kids under two and a Nick and Carrie.

Thursday July 28th
12:20pm Left Phoenix
1:00pm Two sleeping boys
1:48pm Stopped at McDonald's in Payson, Arizona. Kellan awake playing with Minnesota duck. Kinda crabby. Camden still sleeping.
2:04pm Kellan will only sleep if I hold the pacifier in his mouth and rub between his eyes.
3:10pm Camden is eating Kix by the handful and scowling when I smile at Kellan.
3:30pm Kellan sucked down a bottle. Camden is yelling truck at the top of his lungs after every truck we pass. Keep in mind we're on the I-40.
3:48pm Listened to Camden's Mickey Mouse CD for the 1st time.
4:22pm Felt Kellan's soft spot pulsing. Almost passed out.
Crossed New Mexico border.
4:52pm Potty/ snack break in Gallup, New Mexico.
5:03pm Both boys are babbling. Babbly and chatty.
5:04pm Camden had had blood drawn and pointed at his boo boo until I said oh Poor Camden has a boo boo! This went on for several minutes.
5:29pm Kellan is reading the warning label on his car seat. It's a little too close. He is cross eyed now.
5:33pm Mom and Dad are taking a nap in the back. Kellan's pushing the pedals and Camden is steering.
6:03pm Camden realizes Mom's phone can play OSO and Mickey Mouse club video's.
6:40pm Stopped just outside Albuquerque. Got Camden fries and apple juice. Kellan got formula.
7:11pm Two sleeping boyfriends. Camden keeps waking up and whining when the sippy cup falls out of his mouth.
10:16pm Entered Texas. Realized that Kellan stinks to high Heaven. Not a stinky diaper, his whole head and body stinks.
11:34pm Nick explains to me that his Spidy sense is tingling.
11:38 Oklahoma
Friday July 29th
12:40am Kansas. Nick says he already knows what he's going to say when we leave this state. (I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.) Bwa a a a
4:18am Dad finally lets Mom drive
5:19am Dad takes a 6 minute nap.
5:53am Now in Nebraska
6:35am just passed a woman driving with a goat in her car. No joke!
6:49am Kellan is devising a plan to steal Minnesota duck back from Camden. He realizes laughing hysterically isn't helping.
7:43am Mom asked Camden if he wanted to watch OSO. Camden said please and thank you!
8:03am Kellan's ears are sticky.
8:16am Heard Don't Stop Believing on the 80's channel.
8:34am Nick passed a student driver and used his left blinker to get in the right lane.
8:47am Tried to hand Camden a fry by reaching over Kellan. Kellan grabbed the fry.
9:16am Entered Iowa. AC broke
10:03am Tornado siren went off. Nick's trying to tell me it's a test... we'll see.
10:10am I coughed. Now Camden's fake coughing.
11:43am Nick is flipping through the radio stations and actually leaves "Believe" by Cher playing and whistles along! Ugh!
12:04pm None of the things the boys are doing now seem as cute as they did at the beginning of the trip.
1:14pm Did I mention at this point Camden has on a sloppy t-shirt and diaper only?
1:19pm MINNESOTA!
1:46pm Camden is sticking Kix up his nose.
2:25pm Kellan let out a huge toot!
2:33pm Kellan lifted his leg to get a more powerful toot out.
2:34pm We all rolled down our windows.
2:55pm Arrived in Le Sueur, Minnesota safe and sound. Thank God!

Here are the states the Tilley family has been to together.

Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota