Twins' 1st Vacation

After Daddy Daycare

Tayden in the exersaucer

Brooklyn in the exersaucer

Brooklyn riding in Aunt Sara's wagon

Tim posing before driving Uncle Dean's '72 Chevy Corvette

Tim enjoying some of Sara's delicious tea

View from the front porch

Front of the house

Bridge

Beach house in Galveston

View of beach - my lens was foggy

Brooklyn and Daddy - foggy lens again

Brooklyn's first time in the ocean

Tayden's first time in the ocean

Brooklyn was wiped out

Brooklyn in her bikini

Tayden as Gilligan

Where did everybody go?

We stayed in the house to the right of my head

Brooklyn and SueSue

We have been very, very busy!!! I went back to work last week and Tim had his first full week of staying home with Brooklyn and Tayden. He is doing a GREAT job!! His relaxed personality is great for this task. He doesn't get stressed and makes it look quite easy. Tim's real estate business is doing exceptionally well - definitely an answered prayer. Our house is still on the market and it appears more like a daycare with every passing day. I have enjoyed seeing my friends at work, but I do miss the babies terribly during the day, as well as spending time with my mom when she would come over to help me and keep me company. I was so blessed to be able to stay home with them until they were 5 1/2 months old and feel very fortunate that we are not having to take them to daycare.

We recently decided that the twins are old enough to travel and that if we were going to go somewhere it needed to be soon before we "hibernate" during RSV season (October-April).  We left on Saturday and went to Houston to visit my Aunt Sara and Uncle Dean.  I made lists for days to prepare for the trip and then took three evenings to pack up all of the bottles, diapers, clothes, blankets, burp rags, etc.  We recruited my mom to come with us to serve as an extra pair of hands - thank you SueSue for being such a great help!  The babies did great in the car - slept for almost the entire trip.  My cousin Kasey and her husband David came in from Corpus to surprise us and meet the twins.  We were also able to see my cousin Kevin and his wife Megan.  My aunt and uncle are always the perfect host and hostess and pamper us to the point that we don't ever want to come home.  We enjoyed our time at their home so very much - thank you for everything Sara and Dean!!  We stayed in Houston for two nights and then packed up and headed to Galveston to stay at my good friend Jennifer's beach house.  It is on the outside of town on a private strip of beach so we didn't have to mess with crowds.  The house was amazing - especially the view from the porch and the elevator that helped us transport all of the baby gear up and down.  We didn't go out during the day due to the heat, but did go to a few fun restaurants at night (Tim and I had date night thanks to SueSue and Sara)and also took the twins down to the water around 8:00 both nights we were there.  It was so much fun to dress them in their bathing suits and watch their reactions as the waves hit their legs.  They were wiped out both nights and slept quite well.  We got up on Wednesday and headed home - very sad that our vacation had come to an end.  Once again the babies did beautifully in the car.  We had a great time with our family and are ready to go back and visit very soon!