Our Mini-Vacation

So we survived our first road trip and made it down to Wilmington last Friday.  The babies were wonderful in the car!  We fed them right before our departure and they made it 3.5 hours until we had to stop.  We wanted a restaurant that would have a clean changing station and that would serve us while we fed them.  We ended up at Cracker Barrel -- really nice changing area in case you were curious:)  Even in the men's room!  I was surprised the men's room had a changing station. I mean, it should, but I didn't think it would. I changed both of them and of course, they both ended up needing to be changed again before we left.  Jack did the second round and let's just say he was very unlucky:)

We've had a nice couple days at my parent's beach house and have gotten out quite a bit with the babies.  With the nice weather, we've been able to walk around and even ate out with them a couple times.  It has been so good for us all to get some fresh air!  They've also gotten to meet some important people in our lives.  My cousins came down to see them and one of my best friends from college came all the way up from Charleston to meet us.  We also spent the day today with a family friend.  We've been "in hiding" so long that it feels so weird to be in public and around people.  We still are avoiding crowded places and I leave the hoods down on the stroller so strangers don't get in their faces or try to touch them, but the warm weather has enabled us to be a little more social.  And I will admit that it's fun to finally show them off a little bit:)

Jack left on Monday since he had work this week and my mom is taking over the night shifts with me.  I will say that we ALL truly miss Daddy.  He is great with the babies and such a HUGE help to me.  I am definitely feeling more of the weight with him not around and we'll be anxious to see him when we get home on Thursday.  The babies have been wonderful though.  They really are easy babies and I can't complain too much.  Andrew is definitely more needy and we joke that if Paige were an only child, life would be a piece of cake! But he really isn't bad.  We cut his calories and are trying to space their feeds a little bit since the NICU clinic thinks they are getting a little too fat (they can't win, right?!?).  Poor guy is hungry though.  And he is waking up every two and a half hours on the dot.  We are hoping that we will eventually get used to it and will make it four hours at night.  That would make such a big difference!

Here are a few pictures to show you how big they are getting.  Can you believe they will be three months on Saturday?!?

Andrew hanging out in the swing at Nana and Papa's house!

Andrew's smirk:)

Paige with her blue hearts

Visiting with Aunt Ashley!