Road Trip!

Yesterday we set out as a family of three in our loaded down Ford Escape to head North to Syracuse, New York.  I woke up at 4 am to feed Marissa, fixed Danny and I breakfast, finished loading up the car and we hit the road.  We were on the road around 7:30 am and had to make a quick stop to fill up on gas.  There's something about going to a new place that gets me excited like a kid on Christmas morning.  What can I say, I like road trips. 

Our first stop was Baltimore, Maryland to pick up Capitals tickets for the game on Columbus Day.  Danny is going to have a guys night out, which I think is well deserved after being such a great husband and father.  I was going to try and go to the game but I'm not ready to leave Marissa with anyone yet, and I don't think that drunk men screaming at a hockey game is exactly my cup of tea with a one month old baby in tow.

The drive up was pretty uneventful.  We stopped a few times to feed Marissa, gas up and of course we had to refuel ourselves with some Starbucks coffee.  Danny had a pumpkin spice coffee and I got an iced vanilla latte, yum!

Here's a few shots from the drive up:

As most people know, Danny and I are huge fans of "The Office."  Remember this picture from last Halloween?  Yep, Danny got this costume idea from the show, sporting his Dunder Mifflin shirt like a true fan. 

How 'bout those Redskins last night?  But I digress... =)

Anyway, we stopped in Scranton, Pennsylvania to take some photos of the Paper Supply Company that is featured in the opening scenes of The Office.  We also got a shot of Mulberry Street.  We tacked on about 45 minutes to our trip by driving around Scranton, but we weren't in a rush so we had a little fun!

Yes, we are dorks.

After cruising around Scranton we got back on 81 to head to Syracuse.  Marissa slept the rest of the trip which was great! 

We arrived around 4:30 pm, so it was about a 9 hour drive.  We were originally thinking it would take us about 10 hours so it was nice that we had actually goofed off for a bit and still made it in decent time.  We unpacked the car and headed to Ruby Tuesday's to watch the Skins beat the Eagles!  Afterwords we went grocery shopping and then headed back to the hotel to call it a night.  Danny and I were both in bed by 9:00 and lights were out by 9:30.  Even though Marissa slept most of the day she only got up at 1:00, 3:00 and again at 7:30 this morning.  I guess the trip took a lot out of her, too.

Today we are just relaxing in the hotel while Danny is at work.  Marissa is 5 weeks old today.  My little girl is growing up!