1st night away

Tonight is Michaela's first overnight stay away without me.  Despite being anxious about it DH and I have been building her up for it and she's been quite excited about going to see her cousins.

My sister came and picked her up and she just left.  She was fine while I put her seat in the car and strapped her in.  She happily waved goodbye to her daddy.  Then I got out of the car and she realised I wasn't going over too and she started crying and screaming "mum...mum...mum" and trying to grab for me she got worked up really quickly, and because we have quite a tricky driveway I heard her calling and screaming for me for ages before Debs got on the road and drove off. 

I'm hoping she'll fall asleep soon and be fine once she gets over the hill and sees her cousins, and I really hope that the Rimutakas are open tomorrow when I go over to pick her up (my helpful MIL keeps telling me about all the snow throughout the country and warning me the road might get closed due to snow).

Edited by MrsMojo

I remember Caitlyn going with her dad for a weekend and when she was buckled in she started bawling her eyes out ,....it was all i could do to stop running after the car...but , half an hour later i rang and she didnt even want to come "babble" to me on the phone, she was having that much fun

Enjoy your night, and you know what the best part is ? the reunion , when she sees you again and her little face lights up

Aww that must have been hard - but yeah I bet she'll have a fab time!! Enjoy the time for you and DH to have as *just you*. What's the bet that when she sees you tomorrow she'll either
a) be having so much fun she won't even notice you arrive or
b) give you the biggest grin and cuddles you've ever had
Or maybe both!! a then b! Lol enjoy your night off

How was your night Jo?
I hope you and DH enjoyed that wine and rugby!

mmmm 8:30 would be a dream sleep-in for me, too! Good work!
5am seems to be the norm, here.

I'm glad you had a good night
Has Michaela got enough stuff for a second night, just in case?
I hope you do get her back today, though!!

Jo, update? Did you manage to pick up Miss M?

Hey

Sorry for the lack of update.  It was a mission but we were reunited yesterday.

I decided that the best way to get back to Michaela was to catch the train to Featherston from Upper Hutt.  I made the decision at 9:30am and the train was scheduled to leave U.Hutt at 10:29am so it was a mad dash, I skipped breakfast and just had a quick shower, got dressed and jumped in my car and dashed over the Haywards.  On my way over I heard on the news that although the rimutakas were open a bus had slipped on ice and was blocking both lanes so there's no way I could of got over there (plus I'm not all that keen on driving that road when it's icy - the sheer drop off to the left side puts me off). 

I got to Upper Hutt without a minute to spare.  Rushed to the train platform and ended up waiting around in the cold for about 30 minutes before finding out that (due to large waves covered the tracks between Wellington and Petone) the train was delayed until 11:45am.  Luckily I had my car parked close by and went and waited in there, out of the elements.

When I got to Featherston my Dad was waiting for me at the station with a thermos of hot chai latte (God bless him) and he drove me back to their house where Michaela was happily playing.  She saw me and for a split second she looked as if she couldn't believe her eyes, then she clung to me for the next 10 minutes.

By late afternoon the snow had stopped, the sun had come out and the roads were open so my parents drove us over the rimutakas back to my car.

Edited by MrsMojo