Myrtle Beach

Traveling with twin babies is quite the adventure. I was very leary of the plane rides as I have been on numerous flights with crying babies and I just did not want to be "that mom" -- let alone with TWO babies. Thankfully, the boys did great on both flights and slept pretty much the whole time. Our stroller system that allows the car seats to snap right in is probably one of the nicest baby pieces we own (at least right up there with the exersaucers) and performed beautifully in the airports and in Myrtle Beach. It is quite interesting to watch people's faces as they notice the two babies -- from the "aww, there's two!" to averting the eyes as if twins is contagious.

Our vacation with my parents and the Raredons was fantastic, however, it sure is different having kids on a vacation. Funny enough, it's not quite as relaxing as it used to be! The boys did get their first experience with the ocean, beach, pools, sunshine and sunscreen and as a whole, I think they loved it. All of the stimulation led to some great naps! Jack and my dad played a few rounds of golf and even won a scramble tournament shooting a 76 and winning a three day vacation + three rounds of golf prize (... which we're not so sure what to do with). We played Marco Polo with Ashley one afternoon, which was a total riot (haven't played that in a good 15 years). That girl is a water rat! Jack and I both watched her play with her daddy in the pool and couldn't help but wonder if life gets much better than that -- pure joy. I can't wait to sit and watch my boys and Jack some day.

Traveling with twin babies was definitely quite the adventure but it was well worth it. We had a great trip, made some great memories and took tons of pictures of our first vacay with our boys.