Madison's Baptism!

Reid and I were honored to be asked to be Madison's Godparents.  We were so excited for an excuse to make the road trip down to Kansas.  I was a bit nervous leading up to it, travel in MN during the winter, you're always hoping for ok roads.  Mason's 1st real roadtrip, how will he do in the car for 7ish hours each way?  and then the big one.  Bringing our six-pack during cold and flu season to meet a new baby.  God delivered, per usual :)

We got snow the day before, they were all cleared in the morning by the time we headed out.  We did drive in to a big snow storm on our way home, but our ETA was 4:15 and the snow started at 3:45, so we only had 30 minutes of it.  The "dusting" in Kansas Sunday morning provided the worst roads, as they aren't pros at plowing snow down there.

And Mason? Oh my goodness, he gets the GOLD medal.  15 hours in the car, round trip and he fussed for MAAAAAAAAybe 35 minutes total.  He slept off and on and just hung out.  We did upgrade his seat to the convertible, just for this trip.  Mama's not ready to get rid of the carrier just yet (too convenient/keeps him contained/no touching things and getting germs...)

Our whole crew traveled fabulously.  Every even slept SUPER awesome!! Thanks to Thomas and Erin's fab set-up of 3 beds!! Not one fever, cough or fuss, we were germ free, thank goodness!!

Makes me SUPER excited for our trip to Florida with the girls.  We're juuuuust beginning to enter a new stage with our crew, the ability to be more adventurous and not so home bound.


Spotting the field of Windmills, one of her favorite things!

There is one windmill near our house and if it's spinning she thinks Reid did it, and if it's not she thinks Reid should go and fix it.  So when she saw all of these she said "Thanks dad for all of those windmills, I love you."

Where the thought all started, 9 years ago.  We were traveling a similar route when we were pregnant with Sally, heading to one of Reid's cousin's wedding.  We played the ABC game using each letter to come up with a Boy name and a Girl name.  M provided Mason...and now we have one :)

Per tradition, Chick-Fil-A stop for lunch!

Everyone needs an Emma in their life...last 5 minutes of our 7 hour drive: [VIDEO]

We barely had the car in park and Emma & Savannah were instant pals

Erin and Thomas were the best host!  Important to note that they welcomed all of us with having just had Madison two weeks prior!!!

Fun pizza party with Kaylee and Colby so we could meet their precious daughter, Mary Grace

Also so wonderful to get together with them!

John and Family were able to make it over later in the evening, they had a busy weekend schedule.  So grateful they were able to squeeze in a quick visit, it's never long enough

It was a great low key weekend with lots of pj time and baby snuggles!  Sally clocked quite a few hours with Miss Madison.

 Madison's baptism was after the 4pm Mass, which was packed because a "dusting" of snow was in the forecast so everyone and their sister came to Mass that night :) It was a good thing we took a few pictures while waiting for the Priest, as he took a bit longer than expected to get the party started :)

 Such a special crew right here! Erin came up with a great name for our weekends together, God Family weekends.  The kids get along so well and it's just so wonderful to be in this life and raising kids together.  They are Emma's Godparents and we are Madisons, so God Weekends will be in our future! ♥

 Erin's sister got a new phone with some fun new camera features!

 The Craigmile Crew!

 Mason adoring Thomas...or trying to figure out why he looks so much like Reid :)

 Always a favorite picture during a baptism! Welcome to the Catholic Church, Sweet Madison Genevieve!

 Precious little Godchild

 Bedtime stories

Soaking up the snuggles before heading back home

 The Big Vikings game was on, and we were ready for it, and hoping and praying our DVR worked (it did!!)

The roads were a little rough getting out of Kansas, but we made it through!

 Bribing her for a nap

 It worked

 A race against the snow storm

 Phew! Glad we left when we did, the last 30 minutes were a little scary

 Quickly filed in the house to begin the Viking game and Sally lost her tooth :)

We made it home with enough time to fast forward commercials, and half time, to catch up to Live TV by the 3rd quarter, otherwise we would have missed the MINNEAPOLIS MIRACLE.  DVR only records for 3 hours, and the game went longer than that.  What a game, holy moly.  So fun to be able to experience it and watch it live!

What a great weekend.  Thank you Thomas and Erin for your extra love and hospitality.  It was such a special weekend honoring Madison's Baptism! We can't wait for a God Family weekend, real soon!!