We flew to Utah the Thursday before Easter (note to self: flying with twins is HARD) to see the twin's grandparents and great-grandparents, and to attend a wedding in Idaho. Parker and Penelope LOVED hanging out at grandpa and grandma's house - they have the funnest toys as evidenced in the following picture:
At the dinner the night before the wedding, the twins met A LOT of relatives. It was a little overwhelming, especially for Penelope who is suffering from a little stranger anxiety these days (ok, she's been dealing with it since birth). Penelope did eventually stop crying, although she never really cheered up:
Parker, on the other hand, found comfort in potato salad:
The highlight(s) of the weekend were the many dogs with which the twins got to interact; they both love dogs. In the following picture, Parker is watching Tory's Aunt Kathy's dog play catch; he thought it was the greatest thing:
In this picture, Penelope is chasing after Tory's grandparents dog "Lady". She just crawled and crawled after her. It was one of the only times she did not mind being around people she did not know (frankly, she just ignored them and focused on Lady):
All in all it was a successful trip with only some small issues with sleeping, and driving, and the last 15 minutes of the flight home when Parker just fell apart. As for the driving issues, I am afraid we are pinning all our hopes on when we can turn around the kids in their car seats. Life would be so much easier if they did not hate the car so much.
Fortunately he is still as cute as ever!!
Penelope is entertaining us by looking beautiful in her little Sunday dress:
Sean and his dad enjoying the beautiful weather in our backyard:
Penelope and I playing in our newly-laid sod (you can see Sean's mom's legs and her darling new shoes):
Just in case you wanted to see Penelope's teeth:
Parker keeping busy by playing with the back door:
I'm really diggin' our new house!!
Of course Sean's mom came as well so I could have a friend at the beach. The kids had a good time playing in the sand and water:
We are still struggling with Penelope's love of the taste of sand. Parker also began to enjoy the taste as well. We finally put their pacifiers in to keep them from eating it. I'm not sure what else to do.
We just went to Target and got swimwear for the kids so next time at the beach, the kids will be in more appropriate attire so stay tuned!!
At the dinner the night before the wedding, the twins met A LOT of relatives. It was a little overwhelming, especially for Penelope who is suffering from a little stranger anxiety these days (ok, she's been dealing with it since birth). Penelope did eventually stop crying, although she never really cheered up:
The highlight(s) of the weekend were the many dogs with which the twins got to interact; they both love dogs. In the following picture, Parker is watching Tory's Aunt Kathy's dog play catch; he thought it was the greatest thing:
In this picture, Penelope is chasing after Tory's grandparents dog "Lady". She just crawled and crawled after her. It was one of the only times she did not mind being around people she did not know (frankly, she just ignored them and focused on Lady):
All in all it was a successful trip with only some small issues with sleeping, and driving, and the last 15 minutes of the flight home when Parker just fell apart. As for the driving issues, I am afraid we are pinning all our hopes on when we can turn around the kids in their car seats. Life would be so much easier if they did not hate the car so much.
