our crazy, eternity-long roadtrip

This past Thursday, we loaded up the car and the four of us headed to Port Washington, Wisconsin for my cousin Dana's wedding. What I optimistically thought would be "just" a 9 hour drive (7 according to Google Maps with 2 extra hours calculated in for feeding and changing the little ones) turned into an 11 hour drive--each way! We were in the car literally all day long! I forgot to factor in rush hour traffic in Chicago, and we missed the rehearsal dinner.

The boys did extremely well in the car, and they arrived at our hotel with much unexpected energy at 9 PM, which was really fun but not so conducive for all four of us falling asleep in the same room! (I think we all finally fell asleep around midnight!)

A definite highlight of the trip for both Corey and me was watching Ty and Drew play together. Ty would hang onto the pack-n-play (where Drew was) and make a game out of either shaking it or falling down next to Drew, and Drew LOVED it! Laughter was contagious this weekend--it was so great! They would just lay on the floor and laugh with/at each other (I captured just a small sample of one of these moments in the video below). Drew thought it was hilarious when Ty pushed him over!

With no naps on Friday, I was surprised that both Ty and Drew made it through the wedding without us having to take one or both of them out of the sanctuary. They both actually fell asleep in the car on the way to the reception. When we woke them up, so began the biggest joint meltdown I've ever seen. Ty cried so hard he made himself gag and almost hyperventilate, and Drew was flipping out too! Needless to say, we put them both back in their car seats and headed straight home, and we never looked back! We never made it inside the reception hall. We did, however, get to stop and spend the night in Chicago with our good friends, the Muller's, and that was a definite highlight! We miss them (and little Tommy) in the Lou!