Our Old Kentucky Home

I'm not sure where to begin. We are in Kentucky now and thoroughly enjoying showing Milo all around Bowling Green. The trip down here started out great. Milo slept for the first three hours through the mountains of WV. About 20 miles north of Lexington, we hit traffic. Not just thick traffic... stand still traffic. It took us two hours to go five miles... with a six week old. Milo did OK, but it was not fun. Nathan had to go to the bathroom and our gas tank was VERY low. The biggest problem was when Milo got hungry. I didn't want to take him out of his car seat while we were still in the traffic lanes, but I didn't want to pull off and get out of line. So... I blocked all of the back windows and nursed Milo in his car seat. Seriously. I took off my seat belt and leaned over the car seat and fed him. It worked, but after about two minutes... I decided we just needed to pull off and feed him properly. It was pretty funny.

Yesterday, Milo met his Uncle Austin. I think they hit it off pretty quickly. Austin even played Milo some sleepy time music on his guitar which I thought was very sweet.

I think I could make another post on all the ways in which I miss Kentucky, but the biggest thing is how friendly everyone is. A group of people walked out of Target and smiled at me. I was confused. I thought, "Am I supposed to know them?" Then I realized they were just being friendly. And we stopped for a pit stop and I had two doors held open for me. I didn't even have Milo with me. They were just holding the door for regular old me. And both men did it was a smile. We have certainly met some very wonderful, kind people in Michigan that we love dearly. But you just don't have that kind of kindness and courtesy on a regular basis from strangers in Michigan. I miss the sweet accents, the diversity, and the gentleness of the community here. But... we still are hopeful that this will once again be our home.

This evening we are having a little cookout at my parent's house for our friends to come hang out and meet Milo. We were supposed to have it outside at a park, but the heat is just a bit too intense for Milo to be out in for more than a little bit at a time. This way we'll still be able to do the outside thing, but have the option of coming inside as needed.

Still on the agenda... consignment shopping for Milo, Farmer's Market and breakfast, Jackson's orchard, and Nashville. I love this town!

Oh and while driving by our old place, we got to see our old landlord and friend Tommy. He loves babies and was so happy to meet Milo. We sure miss Tommy. He was a great landlord and really good person.