It's often surprising how much we feel like we need a vacation when we get home from a vacation. Barry's next shift does not start until Monday, so we do have some breathing room after the long trip.
We spent 1 week in the Austin area at two different houses. The twins had fun playing with their uncles, aunts, and cousins. They also enjoyed getting used to 2 different dogs. Both dogs did really well around the babies once the initial hyper-welcome period ended.
We drove all night and arrived at Barry's brother's house on Wednesday morning at 7 am. We relaxed there for a few days, and did a little shopping. We ate a delicious lunch at Chuy's and the kids split the cheese quesadilla and mac 'n cheese of the kids menu.
On Saturday morning we packed everthing up and met my brother and his family at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center. We looked at the pretty flowers and trees, and walked a trail. Then we headed to their house for the next few days.
The twins had their first time in the swimming pool and they both loved it. Ryan was a little hesitant at first because he got startled by some buckets in the kids play area that were loudly dumping water everywhere. They loved being in the water though. We took them out for a snack at one point, and both started crawling back to the water when they finished. Then Barry and I had a wonderful date night away from the babies bedtime routine.
The only real mishap was that they didn't sleep well on Saturday night because I bought a different brand formula at the local grocery store. Apparently it gave them an upset tummy all night. But we went to WalMart the next day and bought the brand they are used to, and they slept great the rest of the trip.
We left Austin Tuesday evening a little before 6 pm (CST) and arrived home at around 12:30 am (MST). The twins took a bottle at 6 am, but then slept until about 7:15.
Here's this week's update on the twins:
Alyna's new game is to push (walking) things across the room. She does this with our music table that has four plastic legs, so we bought a push/ride toy the other day.
Ryan is climbing higher areas every day. He can climb into your lap and sit on our legs all by himself. If there was a staircase in proportion to his height I think he could actually walk up it step by step. He's very strong. Barry likes to challenge his strength by picking him up by the wrists with his arms bent.
They are both now using the sippy cup on their own which is really nice. Sometimes they get it upside down so the drink won't come out, but they know how to tip it up for drinking now.
New foods they like are: teddy grahams, cheese quesadilla, grilled cheese sandwiches, noodle rings in chicken broth, and Ryan eats the turkey/chicken sticks made for toddlers
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