on our way

eli...
- in nampa, 45 minutes into our 17 hour drive..."is this it? are we in california?"
- in caldwell, 55 minutes into our 17 hour drive..."we've traveled a looooong way from our home."

lyla stayed in her car seat for the whole time...straight through. we stopped 4 times, but i don't think we ever even turned off the car. the kids were pretty amazing, a bit of fussing from lyla, but other than that it was smooth sailing.

we had a really, really great Christmas. presents and breakfast at adam's dad's, presents and dinner at my grandma/pa hobb's.

we are staying with adam's dad and step mom. it has been nice to spend more time with them. eli has been so cute with grandpa scott. this morning we went to this awesome breakfast place in pacific beach called konos. we were walking on the boardwalk to the restaurant and eli kept reaching up and holding scott's hand, it was so sweet.

eli is having the time of his life with his cousins. lyla is a bit overwhelmed by them. on Christmas Eve she would cry every time a new person came in. but it was a fun night for us.

it's been a great trip so far...and we still have a lot more to go, wahoo!