Cleveland, OH

We made it to Cleveland last night at about 7pm EST on Tuesday, 7/1. RJ and Daddy took a nap in the car from 3 - 4pm which was good. When we arrived at the hotel, we parked the car and had to wind our way through the downtown Cleveland construction to get to the front door, but we made it. We got checked in and our room is right next door to Aunt Elaine's rooms (she has one for her son and her boyfriend, and one for her and her daughter) which are connected.

We walked to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner and it was very delicious, however RJ was really tired and didn't do so well. So after we paid the bill, while everyone was wandering and looking at all the stuff on the walls, I sent Andy on ahead to the hotel to start getting RJ settled. About 10 minutes later the rest of us had made just about made it to the hotel and Andy called to say they were lost! They actually weren't too far from the hotel, and so we were able to give them directions (or rather, Elaine was). The kids and I went back to the car to get the rest of our suitcases and then I went into their rooms while Andy put RJ down to bed, which ended up being a trial and a half. I could hear through the walls, and ended up coming over once to help out and then finally at 10:45 came and took over. RJ was just so overtired that he was beyond reasoning. At any rate, he ended up falling asleep around 11pm EST and slept till 8am which was great.

The guys are already dressed and so I need to get off of here and get myself dressed as well so we can get moving for the day. After breakfast, we are headed for the zoo.