Our friend Meredith got married in Nashville over the weekend so we decided to all go and celebrate an early Christmas with some of my family. It was such a wild/fun/exhausting weekend...
We were debating on what time of day to fly with the girls since there is really no ideal time to be traveling for 5 hrs. We left at 6:30 one night and at 1:00 the next time. We decided that neither of those were great and next time we are going to try a morning flight:) They actually did pretty good on the way there and were such troopers with everything. We are getting much better with all of our travel organization too and learn something new every trip. We have the security check points down to a science and it takes lots of teamwork. Unload all the bags and take out the baby food and bottles so they can do their test on them, take off our jackets and shoes, send the car seat through the belt, take the girls shoes off, each pick up one of the girls out of the double stroller, fold down the stroller and then team lift it up on to the belt while holding squirming babies that want to get down. It is a process! The trip home didn't go as well because we were all so cranky and tired and ready to get home. I will be glad when they can at least "understand" why we have to do all of that and know that its just a trip and we will eventually be home. I think they thought we were never getting off the plane or going home. It's a hard concept to understand when you are just carted around everywhere with no say in anything. Thank goodness for the iPad and Wonder Pets- they were our lifesavers.
Regardless of the traveling part, we had such a great time getting to see everyone and are so glad we made the trip. Ryan and Jenny hosted Christmas and had the most amazing brunch prepared for us including mimosas and yummy spiked eggnog. We opened presents for hours and the girls were so good. It was right in the middle of lunch and nap time too, but they were having so much fun they didn't care. After they had lunch we literally didn't hear a peep out of them the whole time- they just crawled around in all of the bows and wrapping paper and every once in a while actually stopped to play with a new toy. Skylar's favorite present was a baby doll with glasses and I'm pretty sure Savannah's favorite toy was not actually one of hers but was a work bench that Benjamin got that has a power saw on it. She had much more interest in the wrapping paper and tearing it into tiny pieces than in the toys.
Big Ben
Playing with Ben's truck
Eating toys
Presents everywhere!
Savannah and Great Uncle Lee
Feeding baby
Pillow Pet!!
Lost in the wrapping paper...
Christmas madness
The girls after a long day of traveling!
