the big d

the little one and i survived our road trip to dallas...not only did we make it back in one piece, we had the best time! like i said in a previous post, tiffany and kate were our traveling partners...kate and beckett are 10 months old- and exactly 1 week apart. they are bffs for sure. we stayed for 2 nights with the lesher fam...elizabeth has a 3 yr old (allen) and a 14 month old (luke)...you now understand why ellis stayed home. 4 kids were enough!! crazy times...but if you are all raising babies, why not do it together for a few days...misery loves company ya know?? i am only kidding...they all did great and played together so good!! we pulled into dallas around noon on tuesday...next thing we know, it's 6:30 and time for bath, bottle & bed. after a triple sigh of relief (babies are down), we opened the wine...okay... maybe that was our second bottle :) and after staying up way too late and drinking more than anyone who has a kid to take care of the next day should, we were down too. the next morning, we couldn't figure out where the case of beer went. we were in denial.

here is kate- do you like the fancy sun shade tiffany rigged up for our road trip?

here is allen talking to beckett and kate...i am pretty sure he was thinking "as long as neither of you touch any of my sh*t, we will get along just fine" :) not really...he was great w/ them...

and here is luke...so cute and so sweet...beckett LOVED him! 

the weather the was beautiful on wednesday...after a cheeseburger and big diet cokes, we were off to the arboretum. SUCH a pretty place. the kids were so happy just playing in the grass...we played in the grass too...or maybe more like laid in the grass...wishing we could take naps. i want to go back in the spring when all the flowers and trees are in full bloom...

rolling in the maclarens...pls, don't tell ellis that beckett was in her pink stroller...

free at last! c'mon babies...let's go eat grass...

when they finally got bored, a shoe became the best toy ever...thanks pediped :)


we finally decided it was time to head home for naps...somebody got a head start :)

after all babies awoke, we headed to mi cocina for margaritas...we needed a little something to get us through the evening :)  there's a reason they call it happy hour!...the kids ate dinner there and i am pretty sure the waitstaff is still picking rice up off the ground...fun times. thanks again elizabeth (and clay, luke, & allen)...we loved every minute!