First Family Trip to the Shore

Ok, so this is how you know we're different parents this time around... We decided to take the girls to the shore for an impromptu mini-family trip. Yes we thought it'd be "fun" to pack up a toddler and a two week old newborn and all their various and sundry accoutrement for a little overnight in Ocean City. (Trust me, we NEVER EVER would have done this with Sophie when she was two weeks old...) While the packing was daunting and the quarters were a bit cramped for the four of us and all our gear, we ended up having a total blast. Sophie had such a great time swimming in the hotel pool and walking the boards and playing on the beach. She even got to go on several rides all by herself this year and could not have been more excited or pleased with herself for being big enough to ride them now. We also got to hang out with GGMom and Doris Anne who happened to be down in Atlantic City so that was a total extra bonus to have them around, too. And we ended up spending two nights (because once we got everything packed up an in the car we did not want to have to repack it up and leave the next morning). A good time was had by all!! Now we can't wait to go back again when DeeRee and PopPop have their place later this summer.

In other news, Jim started back to work again this week which was pretty sad for all of us. It has been so wonderful for the four of us to be together these past two weeks. Thankfully, DeeRee is off this week and has been helping out which is just fantastic. I got to take Sophie to our Lansdowne Library playgroup yesterday. It was great that she could see her friends and play and have a little bit of a return to our normal routine.

Emily is doing well. Getting bigger and changing everyday. She did really well down the shore and seemed to enjoy being carried around in the Maya wrap. She slept on me on the beach and even made it up to the boardwalk and slept on me walking along there most of the time too. On the second day she seemed to be a little overstimulated (gee, I wonder why) by about 7:30pm so she had a rough time getting to sleep but she was finally asleep by about 11pm so that's not too bad. And, amazingly being in one room together helped Sophie get used to Emily's crying so much that Sophie slept right through Emily's crying spell. Cool, huh?