Our trip to Pennsylvania

I wish I was able to get on here and update my blog sooner, but the last 2 weeks are a blur :) So I will start at the beginning of the PA trip. We got to the airport and I had to check in 2 car seats and 1 large suitcase for the girls and I. This took a while, so Grant watched the girls while I did this. Then we had to go through security and we had to take off their shoes, get one of them out of the stroller and put all our carry on items through. By the time we got done with all that we were boarding. I hadn't yet figured out how to juggle both girls, a diaper bag, a back pack, the stroller, and the girls each had a little bag. So we managed to get on the plane. The girls did pretty good and slept about 1/2 the time, as we flew to Newark. The most eventful thing on the way there was that Delaney had terrible gas (really stinky), and every 5 minutes she would toot and with the plane being so small and warm, it just lingered. I felt sick from it being so warm and that made me have to concentrate on not gagging. When we arrived at Newark, we had a really long walk to our next terminal. The girls were hungry and getting cranky. I put Averey in a Moby wrap on me and Delaney in the stroller. I felt like I walked a mile (I think at each layover I had to walk forever), while carrying 24 lbs. and pushing the stroller. The next plane ride was short to Philadelphia.

It was really good to see Amy and Andrew! We had so much fun with them! The girls adore them!  We then drove about an hour away to where they lived. We were all up until 12:30 and the girls and I shared a comfortable (not really) bed - pull out couch. The next day we got ready and went to Chick-fil-a for lunch - Yum, they also had a play area (I had to keep crawling in it to help Averey - I am sure that was quite the site). Then we were off to Lancaster County, where a lot of Amish people live. They have some fun shops and restaurants in Intercourse, PA (weird name). It was really fun to get a glimpse of that way of life. Then we ate at an Amish Restaurant - It was basically a complete disaster. Both girls, we sleep deprived and uncooperative. Averey dumped her food everywhere and then dumped all her ice cream on the table. The table we were at was right in the middle of everything, so people were staring. Amy was gone half of the meal (I will leave out her where abouts, haha). Then Delaney said super loud, so everyone could here, "OH MY GOSH, AVEREY HAS GOT REALLY BAD DIARRHEA!"Of course everyone laughed.

The next day we went to church, out to lunch, and then hung out in their apartment and watched Bambi and ate popcorn. Then Monday, was the day of my sisters ultrasound, and the person who was suppose to watch the girls cancelled. Thankfully, we had a good friend of Amy and Andrews watch the girls and I got to go with them. They found out they were having a boy, so excited for them! That night we went to babies r us and ihop for dinner. Another dinner disaster as Averey soaked any sugar packet/substitute. I sat between the 2 car seats in the back for the trip, and for some reason I really struggled with car sickness. So they had to pull over for me, not pleasant.  

Tuesday was really fun, Andrew watched the girls while my sister and I went to coffee and shopping. So fun! It was so nice to spend one on one with my sister. Then they had a birthday party for Aves that night. My flight was suppose to leave at 12:30 p.m. the next day, well at 12:30 a.m. I found out it got moved up to 9:45.

The girls did pretty good traveling on the way home. It was still crazy though J 2 times at the Chicago airport I’d be right in middle of going to the bathroom and Delaney would open the door all the way (and she wouldn’t close it), and one time this woman was just staring at me saying I remember those days. That kind of stuff happened constantly J Makes life exciting I guess. The girls ate food off the ground at the airports and Delaney found chewed gum on her seat and was eating that. Gross! Since our flight was moved up, we ended up having a 4 hour layover in Chicago. Everyone thought the girls were twins too. I had so many comments like “you have your hands full”, “you’re traveling solo with them?”, etc. It was such a relief to get home! I felt like I needed a vacation to recover from the vacation! Throughout the whole trip, we all prayed for baby Olivia, she passed away, but will never be forgotten.

About 5 days after we got back Averey got so sick and had a 106.6 temperature. We took her to the ER and then to her PCP, then Delaney got sick, and they both had to go back Friday b/c they were so sick. Fevers/Viruses/Ear infections. They are on antibiotics, steroids, breathing treatments, and pain meds and doing much better today. Thank you, Jesus! I got so much cuddling time with the girls though, while snuggled up on the couch watching movies this past week. Love my little girls!