Whew.
I called it last year! I said that we would have a family by our 11th anniversary, and looky looky what came true! We usually go on some crazy unplanned road trip to a far away land every year, but we were perfectly content just chillin' with our homies. Well, it started out that way. Then, my parents offered to watch them while Andy and I went on a date! Sounds easy enough, right?
We might as well have hired a crane to lift our house up and set it down in my parent's backyard.
We started packing all of their things up the night before. And kept packing.
...and kept packing.
Sixteen hours later. Yep. Still packing.
Two-of-everything-stuffed-in-our-car-later, we hit the road Saturday afternoon to drive ten miles to my parents house. We dropped the boys off and made sure that we handed my parents an entire page of instructions on how to take care of our babies...as if they didn't raise four kids already.
An hour later they finally convinced us to put the babies down and leave.
We planned it out. We were going to stuff our faces, see an afternoon matinee, stuff our faces again, then partake in an evening of adult beverages. We would then take a cab back to my parents house and crash there for the night.
All started as planned...first stop, Mexican. Ole! Or whatever you say in Spanish. It was a mild and beautiful day, so we sat outside on the veranda and showed the cheese dip and margaritas who's boss. I'm so glad that I had on maternity jeans. I don't think I'll ever be able to give those bad boys up. Muffin-top be gone.
It all went downhill from there.
Next stop, Target. We got our Starbucks fix, then hit up the clearance section. I was so excited that I found the Dove lotion that I've been searching for...cucumber and green tea. I LOVE the smell of it. Not to get off track, but I just realized (nearly a month later) that it was body wash. I've been putting BODY WASH on my legs for the past month. I was wondering why it sucked. Blame sleep deprivation.
After our Target shopping experience, we pulled to the back of the parking lot and I hopped in the back seat of my car and...haha. Not what you're thinking. I plugged in the Medela and pumped away. Ahhhhh. The life of a breastfeeding mommy. It's a full time job in itself.
By this time, it was already too late to see a matinee, so we just went on to dinner. We decided on the Ale House so that we could try out some new drafts and catch some games. We basically talked about the boys the ENTIRE time, flipped through pictures of them on our phones, ate, and were back at my parents house by 10:30. I ran upstairs to their pack n' play to give them some kisses and make sure they were still breathing. Then I pumped again.
~~~ Happyyyyy. Anniversary. ~~~
Since the boys were out of their element, they were confused and ended up staying up ALL night. We tried to mimic their cribs with the pack n' play, but that was a lost cause. Thankfully mom brought them downstairs the next morning so that we could get a little cat nap.
Moral of story...stay home where your camp is already set up, buy some fancy beer, cook, and cuddle with babies!
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| A & B on our anniversary...they wanted to be dressed for the occasion! |
I'm pretty certain that the ten mile drive to my parents house was the best anniversary road trip we have ever taken in our eleven years together. All because we finally had our babies with us. With a little practice and a moving van, we'll be good to go come this time next year.
P.S. Look like lotion. Smell like lotion. Not lotion.
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