Its been a long time since the last posting. A lot has been going on since then. The babies had their 15 month check ups, and passed with flying colors. Both are growing "appropriately". Alex is on the 45 % for his weight on a full term baby curve. Lilly is still not on the curve yet, but has maintained her on curve since birth. Considering where she started, 18 lbs 2 oz is a respectable number for my 2 lb baby. The doctor didn't have any complaints so I will have to be happy about that, he thinks they both look great. Alex did have a ear infection and a slight cold, so we did post-pone the shots until he is all better which was fine with me.
We then left for our vacation thursday night before 4th of July. Julian had already gone down a couple days earlier to meet Mary in SC so Chris and I just had the babies to drive down with. We left at bedtime, and we had a long 15 hr drive ahead of us. We hit road construction, which prolonged the drive. The babies were tired of sitting in their seats, as were we, but we did finally make it to seabrook for our vacation. First we had Chris's family meet us there to enjoy the holiday. We had a great time at the beach, pool, seeing fireworks, and enjoying being with our family. Then we had my best friend and her family come stay with us for a few days. Julian got to play with his friends and I got some good girl time. We had so much fun seeing them, we only wished we were able to do it more often. Then a few days later, mom and dad came down to begin their vacation. We had such a great time that it was hard to leave. It was so much fun watching our kids have so much fun.
We then wrapped up the vacation with a trip to Atlanta, stopping in Lexington for a couple of nights. While in Atlanta, Chris and I were able to spend the night out and have a wonderful dinner while we had so many people that could help watch our kids. It was a great way to spend our 11th anniversary. We've done so much in 11 years. We have lived in 6 states in 2 countries, had many jobs, both finished our masters degrees, and had 3 beautiful children. We've had some ups and downs getting here, but at 33 years old, I couldn't imagine my life any other way than to spend it with my wonderful family.
We finally came home 3 1/2 weeks after we left, but it was a wonderful trip. Thank goodness, Anne was so sweet to fly home with me and the kids so we didn't have to try the drive again.
