'Whoop, Whoop, Graduation!'

A couple weeks ago Titus got to go on his first road trip. Leading up to it I was pretty anxious; how would he do in the car? How would he do at night? What if I forgot something important, like diapers? Well I definitely didn't forget anything; Titus had the most luggage out of the three of us!

The whole trip from start to finish was a grand total of 48 hours, short but sweet. Eric and Joey both had to work but Cole was able to get the time off which I was so thankful for; the trip wouldn't have gone nearly as smooth without her help. After work on Wednesday we loaded up the car, stopped at Moxie for a couple peach Redbulls, then hit the road. We made pretty good time considering we stopped five times and Titus did fairly well in the car. He was very cranky and ready for bed by the time we made it to our dad's house but so was I so
I couldn't really hold it against him. The next morning Chantelle had graduation practice, which is why we went to Utah by the way; Chantelle's high school graduation! So Cole, Tiffany, and I all did our hair and make up together while we talked about school and boys, it was a lot of fun catching up with her and learning more about
 the wonderful woman she is becoming. The rest of the day was pretty busy; we ran some errands, helped Chantelle do her hair and makeup for the night, decorated the house for the after party and I somehow even snuck in a little nap since there were plenty of people just itching to hold the little man for a while.

The graduation ceremony was nice; Chantelle is in choir and they sang some very beautiful pieces, the band played of course, and the speeches from the students were entertaining as always. Unfortunately I hadn't really thought about all the noise and how Titus would feel about it. Let's just say he was not a happy camper; about ten minutes in he was done and pretty much cried for the next four hours straight. Poor little guy. We hung out in the hall until the 'W's started being announced. I popped my head in just long enough to see Chantelle get her diploma and snap a couple pictures. The rest of the night was a lot of fun. A bunch of Chantelle's friends came over for a little party and cake. She looked like she was having a lot of fun and so did everyone else. It was great seeing her so happy! 

The next morning Cole and I packed up pretty early and headed out around 9am. We drove 20 minutes in the wrong direction to grab some Starbucks from the only coffee shop in a 60 miles radius! It kind of blew our minds since there is a coffee shop on almost every corner in Boise but it made for a fun mini adventure. Nichole's birthday was the next day so we both thought it would be fun to hit up an awesome mall in Salt Lake City on the way home to do some pre-birthday shopping. The mall had a lot of stores that we don't have here and we basically spent all our money in H&M. I think we went back into that store three separate times, each time leaving with yet another bag. Titus did great in the stroller; he was pretty drowsy most of the time but when he did wake up he was pretty content just staring at all the pretty lights. After a few hours of shopping and some lunch we finally heading back to the 'home land.' We listened to the same seven songs on repeat the entire way home. 'Call Me Maybe' and 'Payphone' were played the most. Titus slept from
Salt Lake until Mountain Home and was relatively happy till we made it back to Boise.

All in all it was a great trip; Titus did wonderful, it was so much fun seeing our family in Utah, and the best part was spending a straight 48 hours with Nichole. Literally, there was one bathroom break and one time that she ran back inside a store for a minute that we were apart, other than that we were together the entire time. And I loved it! I'm so glad our first trip with the little man went so smoothly and it makes me that much more excited for any trips to come.