Where do I begin? I guess with words of thanks to Leah, Rick, and my neighor Martha. We were running late on our departure date. Everyone jumped right in and helped load Leah's minivan, help install car seat bases, hold kids so mommy could shower and daddy could pack last minute things etc. Thanks to them, we made our flight. I must say the insanity continued once we got to the airport. The suitcase containing Daniel's and my clothing was over the weight limit and we were charged $100. Going through security required us to take each of the sleeping babies out of their car seat and carry them through the metal detector. The diaper bags, the double stroller, the car seats, and personal belongings then went through. It looked like an assembly line! The double stroller wouldn't fit and TSA insisted on trying to get it through. After 3 attempts they walked it through. This made us really late for our red eye flight. To make matters worse, our gate was the very last one in the terminal. Yeah, picture Daniel and me running to the gate with our double stroller. We made it to the gate and were met by a baggage agent at the plane door. He took the stroller and car seats. We board the plane and are reminded that we couldn't sit next to each other. We had to have a seat between us due to FAA regulations (something about infants and the oxygen masks). After all that, things went smoothly. We prepared the boys' bottles and started to feed them before take off. The sucking action avoided any ear pressure issues and they slept like champs after their bottles. They slept all the way to Newark!
We paid $100 for United to lose our bag! Yup! They lost our suitcase. It turned up but having to shop for clothes after landing was not fun. Did I mention it was our 2nd wedding anniversary? We made lemonade out of lemons and decided to enjoy the day. After all, it was our wedding anniversary and we had tickets for the Mets game. We had a great time at the game with the boys, my brother and his wife.
During our time in New York we took in many of the sites. We went to Yankee Stadium. We also went into Manhattan and took the boys to 42nd street, Rockefeller Center, FAO Shwarz, China Town, and walked the Brooklyn Bridge. I know they won't remember, but they'll have pictures showing we took them.
On Saturday, we met up with my sister and my aunt for breakfast at a very nice restaurant that had a beautiful view of the NY skyline. Our time together was not long enough!
Sunday we picked up our mini van and drove down to Virginia. This first leg of the road trip took us over 8 hours. The boys were great! On Monday, my aunt and uncle took us into D.C. to visit Arlington National Cememtery and some of the other sites. We actually got to take a picture in front of the White House.
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Wow, what an adventure!
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