Tulip festival: Ryann

This girl was all about pictures this day.  She was also a huge helper. She actually got interviewed by a local tv station as well.  

This silly girl also refused to wear regular shoes so she ended up totally muddy. Oh well. It was vacation. 

Trip home and 24 week bump

Our last night of the trip the kids had a blast in our hotel room. We ate at Denny's, swam in the hotel pool, I was able to work out, and the girls got to watch as many cartoons as they possibly could. 

We drove past mount Shasta on the way home so ryann wanted to take a picture. 

Then we stopped at Logan's roadhouse on the way home which meant I avoided McDonald's the entire trip (except for a nighttime ice cream run) 

We were happy to have a fun trip but happy to make it home to see daddy. 

Portland. Spring break day 4

Little Mac spent most of the trip tired. He always wanted his blanket and to suck his thumb. He was a pretty good sport even though he never got a real nap on the trip. 

After we checked out of our hotel we took the air tram in Portland to see the city from a distance. Mac loved it and the girls also had fun. 

Despite cara's face she did have a good time. 

Before leaving Portland we stopped at a toy store and bought some Easter basket toys. 

Second half of day 3

I took too many pictures to not blog more about the trip. Here are the kids at the outlets. It was cold and rainy while we were there but we had fun. 

I took a picture of myself to prove I was there. (24 weeks!)

After the outlets we drove up to Portland to our hotel. It was getting late so I asked the hotel the closest restaurant and it was the spaghetti factory. Sold. 

Mac loved his cup because there was a train on it. He ended up spilling it all over, but it was still a good dinner. 

Second half of road trip

The road trip wasn't so bad, unless you focus on the part where I let Cara eat almost an entire can of Pringles and then she barfed it up a couple hours later and rich had to hold the barf bag closed for another hour until we stopped to eat.

Other than that it was great.

The kids were good, we played at rest stops, Cara enjoyed her new guy guy that she got for her birthday since we lost the last 2, Mac hardly fussed, and we had an awesome dinner with uncle Paul when we arrived in Modesto.

Road trip

On the road again... heading to rich's cousin's wedding. Wish us luck. Only 8 hours left...

Road Trip

I am not sure who takes their 2 week old on a 12+ hour road trip?

I guess we do. In my defense it is stinking hot in Arizona and I am not going to be able to take any time off for probably the rest of the year! We also split the trip into 2 days to make it tolerable. 

We talked about going to California on Saturday. I didn't feel good about leaving on Sunday for some reason, but then on Monday I felt like it was a great idea. We packed Monday morning and headed out Monday afternoon. 

 We told Cara to bring a box of toys and she seriously brought like 3 stuffed animals is all. Nothing to color, or anything else to play with. Thankfully we had the DVD player.  Ryann on the otherhand is a little better at packing for herself and she brought a lot of things to entertain her. Especially since she was in the way back seat and we couldn't interact much with her. 

 Baby Mac did pretty well. I sat between him and Cara for part of the trip. I would pump and feed him a bottle (which he did excellent with) or I would nurse him when we made a stop for food or gas. 

 This stellar man drove the whole way and I even got a couple naps because of his quick thinking to bring a pillow for me!

 Cara obviously didn't need a pillow. Wow. Not sure how that is comfortable, but whatever. I think we need to invest in some neck pillows for these kiddos.