Well, the Amigos went on their first road trip! John was on vacation last week, so we decided to "stop guessin' and start messin'" and get on the road. John and I have always liked road trips, but we've been nervous about taking the boys. There are so many reasons, but then we decided we could do it and we did! John's Grandma Britt lives in Tucson, and we haven't seen her for a few months. Also, he has a great friend Kevin who we haven't seen in a while either, so we called them up and they were all willing to have us invade for an afternoon.
We (mostly I, because I'm a nut) spent the day before making lists and determining the best way to pack everything so that it would be easy to get to everything we needed. Nine bottles, a gallon of purified water, a container of formula, 15 diapers, 3 extra outfits, 9 billion toys... you get the picture. So we started off right before the babies' first nap time, around 8:30. The trip down was great - they slept for part of the time, then I gave them bottles while the van was zipping down the road. Amazingly, that wasn't too bad! Eli is holding his bottle almost all on his own, so I wedged myself between the other two in the back - presto!
We got to Britt's place and spent about 2 hours there. The boys did great - at first! They played around, didn't throw up on anything, generally behaved themselves. But then they got tired, and they only nap at home in their cribs. We put them in their seats, but only Eli would sleep. So we took off, thinking they would sleep on the way to Kevin's. Not so much...
We (mostly I, because I'm a nut) spent the day before making lists and determining the best way to pack everything so that it would be easy to get to everything we needed. Nine bottles, a gallon of purified water, a container of formula, 15 diapers, 3 extra outfits, 9 billion toys... you get the picture. So we started off right before the babies' first nap time, around 8:30. The trip down was great - they slept for part of the time, then I gave them bottles while the van was zipping down the road. Amazingly, that wasn't too bad! Eli is holding his bottle almost all on his own, so I wedged myself between the other two in the back - presto!
We got to Britt's place and spent about 2 hours there. The boys did great - at first! They played around, didn't throw up on anything, generally behaved themselves. But then they got tired, and they only nap at home in their cribs. We put them in their seats, but only Eli would sleep. So we took off, thinking they would sleep on the way to Kevin's. Not so much...
John, Britt, Zach, Eli and Luke in the lobby
When we got to Kevin's though, it was fine. The boys ate again, and played with Kevin and Sondra's three amazing kids. Some of Sondra's family was visiting too, and they just loved the boys as well. They boys did really great and we were able to have a super nice visit. We left at nap time again, thinking (again) that the boys would be soooo tired they'd probably sleep the 2-1/2 hours back to Phoenix. Again, not so much. They slept a little, then got cranky and really were not happy for about the last 1-1/2 hours. I sat back in the back with them and played, sang and read to them til I was almost hoarse, and we finally made it home.
Zach may very well have his first crush!
All in all, it was great! We had such a nice time visiting, and now we know that, although it wasn't "easy squeezy" (as I like to hope) we know we can do it now! And it only gets easier, right? (I can almost hear the people with 2 year-olds laughing out loud!) Here are some more pics from our first adventure...
The adults were eating lunch, and I glanced over to find this!
Zach, what's so interesting under there?
Eli can't decide which beautiful lady should get to hold him!
Luke was showing off his teeth!
