T Minus 72 hours....

Today is Monday. We'll be leavin' on a jet plane in 3 days. In exactly one week, I'll be holding Laney in my arms! The wait will be over. The journey ~ just begun...

The next three days are going to be spent cleaning, shopping and packing.

Troy did a *masterful* job cleaning out our van yesterday. Three kids really do a number on an otherwise lovely Honda Odyssey. LOL! But it's shiny-sparkling clean now. And....drumroll please.... Laney's car seat is installed!

We decided we should do that now before we go, since Troy is a certified car seat installer and he wants to make sure it's perfect. Also, I thought it would be good for Landry to see the 2nd car seat and get used to the idea a little bit while we're gone. Troy did install it rear-facing even though Laney is 18 months old. She is just way too tiny to be safe facing forward. I told Colby, "You'll have to make funny faces and get her to giggle. She'll be looking right at you!" He said he would happily take the job of "keeping Laney happy."

Today I'm going to clean bathrooms, dust, review the packing list, make a shopping list and work on some last minute office projects.