This past weekend Jack and I hopped our a plane and headed down to NC to see the girls! This was Jack's first airplane ride and he did great! I am not a great flier (a little nervousness + a LOT motion sickness = not a fun time for me!). Jack was a pro. He fell asleep as soon as we took off and slept until we landed. Made my job pretty easy! We arrived in Norfolk, VA on Thursday afternoon and Colby picked us up at the airport, we picked up her daughter Sydney (age 1) and then we were off to the Outer Banks of NC. It took us about 2 hours (a great time for some catching up). We met up with Camilla and Marissa and we employed their empty hands to help us unload a SUV full of baby gear! Marissa set us up with a great condo on the beach in Kill Devil Hills. We settled in for the night with a fridge of groceries (thanks to Camilla and Marissa), two full and clean babies! On Friday, Lauren arrived just after the morning naps and we all headed down to the beach. I don't think the other girls were prepared for what it is like to go to the beach with 2 babies. Ris and Lauren did a phenomenal job setting up the beach tent, amidst the gusting winds! It was overcast, but in the 80's. A good introduction of the beach for Jack. Colby also brought a little travel swing that we put in the tent and Jack took a great nap while the girls all chatted and caught up! Friday night we stayed in and made dinner. Jack was completely mesmerized by Sydney. He loved watching her crawl and walk around. They would get real close to one another and try and figure each other out. TOO CUTE! Colby and I shared one of the bedrooms with the babies. They were great roomies and both slept through the night every night! In the mornings we would bring them into bed with us and they would snuggle together! Again, TOO CUTE! Saturday we headed down to the beach again after the morning naps...it was a little too hot, sunny and windy for the babies so we moved our party to the pool which had a lot of shade, no sand and a nice breeze. Jack and I even ventured into the pool. He loved it! I started with just his feet on the first step and eventually had him about waist deep. After his "swim" he took a nice snooze in the swing. We headed out to dinner on Saturday night to a restaurant called Goombays. Delicious fish tacos all around with more great conversations!
Sunday came too quick and we were already packing up, saying goodbye and heading out! Jack treated me to a nice snooze for mother's day and slept until 8am! He was partied out :). I am always so sad at how quick my visits with my best friends go by. We definitely try to make the best and most of all the moments we have together because we know they are not as frequent as we would like. I will give us all credit that we started to talk about planning this weekend and actually saw it through. I miss them all so much day to day. I love that we can make the time in all our busy schedules to get together. I know now how hard it will continue to be as our families get bigger and bigger.
Jack and I made it home safely and we were greeted by a very excited Daddy who missed us both VERY MUCH! We were both happy to be home and sleeping in our own beds. Daddy treated me to a very nice mother's day surprise! Tickets to see Jersey Boys in NYC in the fall. I can't wait! WHAT A NICE TREAT! I also received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from my brother Chris....what a sweetie to think of me on my FIRST MOTHER'S DAY!
A quick thank you to all the girls for their help with Jack and all his equipment all weekend, I couldn't have done it without all your support.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Sunday came too quick and we were already packing up, saying goodbye and heading out! Jack treated me to a nice snooze for mother's day and slept until 8am! He was partied out :). I am always so sad at how quick my visits with my best friends go by. We definitely try to make the best and most of all the moments we have together because we know they are not as frequent as we would like. I will give us all credit that we started to talk about planning this weekend and actually saw it through. I miss them all so much day to day. I love that we can make the time in all our busy schedules to get together. I know now how hard it will continue to be as our families get bigger and bigger.
Jack and I made it home safely and we were greeted by a very excited Daddy who missed us both VERY MUCH! We were both happy to be home and sleeping in our own beds. Daddy treated me to a very nice mother's day surprise! Tickets to see Jersey Boys in NYC in the fall. I can't wait! WHAT A NICE TREAT! I also received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from my brother Chris....what a sweetie to think of me on my FIRST MOTHER'S DAY!
A quick thank you to all the girls for their help with Jack and all his equipment all weekend, I couldn't have done it without all your support.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
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