Juliana and Olivia's First Weekend Trip

This past weekend we traveled to Douglasville, GA. Some really good friends of ours were getting married and had asked Mike and I to be a part of the music. On Friday, We packed our bags, and half the house. No, really. It felt like we packed the entire baby room. When packing the girls' clothes. I had to pack for 3 days. Three outfits for each day for two girls. That is much more than I would pack for myself! In addition to the clothes, there were burp cloths, diapers,wipes, blankets, two pack-n-plays, two bumbo chairs, two boppy pillows, bottles and formula. Along with all the girls' things we packed our two suitcases, the camera, computer bag and guitar. We really had half of the house in the back of our SUV.

On our way down, a 5 hour trip, I managed to change two diapers and bottle feed two 6 month old girls. They slept about 3 hours out of the 5. Once we arrived, we played with the girls a bit before putting them to bed. We were totally exhausted, not to forget that their daddy was terribly sick with a severe sore throat. That night the girls went to bed around 11:30PM to 12:00AM. They slept all the way until 6:30AM. At that time, I got up and nursed both and then bottle fed them. We got help from our friend Kristie the early AM. Even though the girls slept through the night, Mike and I did not. Mike's sore throat was so bad and swollen, that he was having a hard time breathing in the middle of the night. He remembered from several hours before that the IB profin helped keep the swelling down, even though it was severely painful. There was no IB profin in the house except children's Motrin. Mike ended up taking the whole bottle. Within 20 minutes he was sleeping.

The next morning, Saturday, we had breakfast and got the girls ready to go to church. They were about to have a really big day. Once we arrived we were greeted in the lobby by several friends. It was so great to see everyone. It had been so long and it made it really special to be able to share our little ones with them. After church, we dropped by the gym where I used to work. There we met up with some more friends. It again was so special to have the people that are the closest to me hold my little ones and love on them. So awesome and great memories made. That evening our friends Kristie and Ed watched our little ones as we drove to GCA for rehearsal. They were able to get a bath and spend some quality time with our friends. It was nice to be able to leave them so they could go to bed.


On Sunday, we loaded up all of our things, said our goodbyes, and drove to GCA for the wedding. When we got there, I immediately put the girls in the mother's room. Since Mike and I were working with the music, some more friends stepped in to help us again. First, it was Jeff and Kelly and then Annette and Alyssa. I don't know how we would be able to manage without their help. Once the wedding was over, we said our goodbyes again and packed up the girls and headed for home. I ended riding in the back seat the whole time. They were so tired. Once I got one baby down, the other would start crying and we did this process until it was dark. Once we were home, we fed the girls one last time and put them in their cribs for the remainder of the night. Wow, we made it! Our weekend has come to a close and now our week has begun and I feel like I have been going since last weekend. Mike is now starting to feel a little better and we hope that he will recoup soon as we need "the daddy."

So, the girls' first weekend trip was a hit. They did very well despite all the work their mother had to put into it. Now, mama needs a weekend vacation. Well, at least a warm bath and a book.

Olivia and Juliana in their dresses ready for the wedding.