Our Texas Visit

It was a spontaneous decision. In early December, John had a week-long meeting in Albuquerque, and James and I decided to join him. We didn't really have a plan for our stay, except a probable day trip to Santa Fe to visit a friend. After landing in New Mexico (the flight was uneventful... James did great), we took a taxi into town. As we drove under an overpass for Interstate 40, I asked the taxi driver how far we were from Amarillo, TX. He said it'd take around 4.5 hours to drive there.

The next morning I asked the hotel's driver to take me and Munch to the car rental & hopped in a rental car. I called Uncle Jerry on the way. He said he'd coordinate dinner with everyone at Grandma's house.

It was an awesome trip. Too short, but awesome. James did great on the drives to and from Amarillo. We stopped a couple of times on the way so I could nurse him and made pretty good time. (Too good, you might say. I got a speeding ticket on the way back to Albuquerque.)











Here is a video of James meeting Grandma the afternoon we arrived:




And the next morning:




Being with family was amazing. I need to get to Amarillo more often.