Okay so I survived... DH survived... the kids all survived... so I guess our first "family" vacation was a complete success! Seriously though you see those shows like "Raising Sextuplets" or "J&K+8" and they are traipsing all across the country having these great family moments... that is not reality! We only have twins and a tot but they kicked our butt. Just logistics when you eat in the restaurant is a nightmare. The hotel setting up port-a-cribs as far as the eye can see and trying to nap time is a nightmare. The car and all the driving is a nightmare and by the time we were facing full on mutiny. So I guess in a way the trip was a bit of well... a nightmare but nevertheless I feel oddly accomplished. We were so scared to do this but WE DID IT! And honestly we did have a lot of fun... in the middle of the drama.
This whole trip started b/c Chris was invited to go see the Raiders/Cardinals game with my brothers (they are huge Oakland fans and Chris is a big Cards fan). But than Chris' Grandma has never met the twins and that was past due (how many people have a great Gma after all?) so that turned the trip into a family thing. Of course what fun would it be to be stuck in Phoenix w/3 tots by yourself so I did what any girl would do, have her sister in from Las Vegas so we could have a girls day.
So that was the plan. We left at the crack of dawn on Saturday and got to Pheonix by 10 am. The day was great and the kids loved their GG. Chris even let me sneak off to the big fancy mall on my own to do some shopping (yeah first time since the twins came so it was long overdue) while everyone napped... or Chris attempted to nap them. My sister came later that night and we ended up having a good time doing things around town. The guys all had a wonderful time at the game, until the Raiders lost... than Chris was scared for his life. We have great memories, and we will try doing a smaller trip again sometime soon, but man alive it was SOOOO HARD and we are SOOOOO TIRED!
Okay so I survived... DH survived... the kids all survived... so I guess our first "family" vacation was a complete success! Seriously though you see those shows like "Raising Sextuplets" or "J&K+8" and they are traipsing all across the country having these great family moments... that is not reality! We only have twins and a tot but they kicked our butt. Just logistics when you eat in the restaurant is a nightmare. The hotel setting up port-a-cribs as far as the eye can see and trying to nap time is a nightmare. The car and all the driving is a nightmare and by the time we were facing full on mutiny. So I guess in a way the trip was a bit of well... a nightmare but nevertheless I feel oddly accomplished. We were so scared to do this but WE DID IT! And honestly we did have a lot of fun... in the middle of the drama.
This whole trip started b/c Chris was invited to go see the Raiders/Cardinals game with my brothers (they are huge Oakland fans and Chris is a big Cards fan). But than Chris' Grandma has never met the twins and that was past due (how many people have a great Gma after all?) so that turned the trip into a family thing. Of course what fun would it be to be stuck in Phoenix w/3 tots by yourself so I did what any girl would do, have her sister in from Las Vegas so we could have a girls day.
So that was the plan. We left at the crack of dawn on Saturday and got to Pheonix by 10 am. The day was great and the kids loved their GG. Chris even let me sneak off to the big fancy mall on my own to do some shopping (yeah first time since the twins came so it was long overdue) while everyone napped... or Chris attempted to nap them. My sister came later that night and we ended up having a good time doing things around town. The guys all had a wonderful time at the game, until the Raiders lost... than Chris was scared for his life. We have great memories, and we will try doing a smaller trip again sometime soon, but man alive it was SOOOO HARD and we are SOOOOO TIRED!
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Wow, that sounds like quite the trip! I bet Chris' grandmother was overjoyed to see those cute babies of yours. You should feel accomplished. Many women have paled at just the thought of taking one toddler on vacation (okay, maybe just me, but still!). Glad it was fun-ish.
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