Santa's Reindeer

On the drive home from Georgia, we made it to Birmingham before stopping for lunch. Gavin likes pizza so we decided to find a mall and Sbarro for lunch. Little did we know, there Santa's reindeer would be. After eating, Dave and Gavin got in line. Then discovered they needed a token, had to wait in line to get a token from a machine. It was a long process. But Gavin waited patiently.

And, he was rewarded with a ride on one of Santa's reindeer.

Though the stop was longer than we anticipated, we knew the hours of traveling that lay ahead would still be ahead whenever we were ready to go. We all got to stretch our legs before getting back into the car. Thankfully, Gavin fell asleep at some point; it rained all the way across the state of Louisiana. We did stop in Monroe, Louisiana, where we had dinner and topped off the gas. A quick break at the first rest area in Texas for a PJ change for Gavin was supposed to be our last, but Gavin needed me to hold him around 10pm. So we pulled over, I got into the backseat with Gavin and within 30 seconds he was asleep. We got to our house just at midnight. It was a long day, but Gavin was a trooper.