Friends, travels, and growing up

After the holiday madness we settled home for a few weeks, Ty and Aidan are really becoming such close siblings. Often times without prompting Aidan will simply exclaim "I love you Twer" in which Ty will respond with reaching over and hugging her. They cause each other to have the biggest belly laughs, often when they are at the table for meals. They both of course still like to own the rights to their own toys and when and if the other may play with them, but they are getting better and solving their disputes calmly. About a week and a half into January I got up the nerve to embark on a trip with just me and the kids to travel four states, stopping three times to visit friends. We had a great journey up to our first stop, when we soon got a lesson in who is in control. We had been there one day and then proceeded to have one of the worst snow and ice storms Atlanta had seen. We were staying with dear friends, so Ty and Aidan had a blast playing with their friends and I enjoyed visiting with mine. However, we were snowed in, with the ice so bad I couldn't drive anywhere for 4 days. We were sad we didn't get to visit with all our other close friends who live there, except for Sunday at services. We also had to let down all our other friends in the other states we were supposed to travel to, making the decision that getting home and out of the dangerous weather was the best idea. Poor Ty cried, it's heartbreaking to let down your babies even when it's best for them. The next stop we were intended to travel was even further north and they had planned a party for us, Ty was so crushed we would not make it. We have promised to try to make the trip again. Ty is constantly talking about his 4th birthday, and Chad and I can't believe our baby turns 4. He has changed his birthday theme about 12 times so we will see what actually sticks come March. They are both growing up too quickly.