Trip to the Mountains
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We went to the mountains for a week at the beginning of October. It was so great to just get away together as a family. You can see Quinn was excited about having a new place to explore!
And Riley was very happy to have mommy and daddy to play with all week!
They discussed this turn of events with both mommy and daddy around all day and decided it was a very good thing. I wonder if they will develop their own language, I've heard that twins sometimes do that.
Quinn decided that he's tired of just rolling from place to place and used our vacation as a chance to start working towards crawling. He gets up on all fours, rocks back and forth, occasionally actually moves backwards, but hasn't gone forward yet. Soon I'm sure!
We stayed in Maggie Valley, North Carolina and our condo was right on a golf course with views of the mountains all around us. We would often spend time before bed sitting outside enjoying the views!
Sometimes they are very grabby with each other and will grab any body part they can, here it is Riley's forehead, she's not thrilled!
One morning Quinn was sleeping in so I got to stay in bed and listen for him to awaken, while Geoff fed Riley breakfast on the porch looking out at the mountains. Can it get any better than this?
I love this picture because you can see how big my armful of babies is getting. I sometimes carry them together and boy is that getting harder and harder!
We took a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway and stopped to enjoy some views! It was so beautiful! The leaves were just starting to change. A few more weeks and they will be full of color. Funny story is that at this stop a bee started chasing Quinn and I and wouldn't quit, so we hopped in the car pretty quickly and left. About 10 min. down the road Geoff realized he is missing his sunglasses. We decide that it had to be at this stop that they got lost, he was trying to get the bee off Quinn and I and they probably fell out of his pocket in all the commotion. We drove back and there was a car parked right about where we had been. I spot something under the car, just inside the left tire, sure enough it was his glasses...unharmed!
We went into several small towns and shops and loved carrying the kids around in our Bjorns! We often carried them facing out but here Quinn was tired and we thought he might sleep if he wasn't looking around at everyone...he didn't.
We went into several small towns and shops and loved carrying the kids around in our Bjorns! We often carried them facing out but here Quinn was tired and we thought he might sleep if he wasn't looking around at everyone...he didn't.
One night the kids were pretty tired so they went to bed very early. About 7 pm Quinn woke up and wanted to visit for awhile. Since the golfers were all done for the day Geoff took him to the course and let him sit on the grass. He's sitting really good these days so I just love this picture!
Quinn is so very expressive when he wants to be and makes the funniest little faces!
Riley has such a cute toothy smile here! I do realize that it seems like they stayed in their pj's all of vacation...that is not the case. I think we just took pictures while we were playing in the morning (I don't change them to clothes until after their morning nap) and in the evening before bed.
We did have lots of good play time together. They especially love playing with daddy, he makes them laugh!
Quinn has decided he likes putting both hands in his mouth. He does it all the time, riding in the car, in the stroller, it is so cute!
Riley has such a cute toothy smile here! I do realize that it seems like they stayed in their pj's all of vacation...that is not the case. I think we just took pictures while we were playing in the morning (I don't change them to clothes until after their morning nap) and in the evening before bed.
We did have lots of good play time together. They especially love playing with daddy, he makes them laugh!
Quinn has decided he likes putting both hands in his mouth. He does it all the time, riding in the car, in the stroller, it is so cute!
They are really interacting with each other so much! Part of Riley's therapy is to get her to turn her head to her right, so I often put Quinn on her right and know she will turn that way plenty to see her brother!
Towards the end of the week Geoff's parents came up to the mountains to spend a few days with us! Now the kids had even more people to give them undivided attention! I was a little worried about going home and it just being me all day...but they've done well and adjusted to that too! One night Geoff and I got to go out for a date while his parents kept the kids! Thank you Grammy and Pop for babysitting!
We got the kids dressed up in their dedication outfits and took some more pictures!
Grammy and Pop!
Yes, it was very windy!
The focus isn't great on this picture but I just thought it was so cute. Quinn is saying "now don't you wish it was you on vacation in the mountains!" Yeah for vacations, it was so good to just get away as a family!
Towards the end of the week Geoff's parents came up to the mountains to spend a few days with us! Now the kids had even more people to give them undivided attention! I was a little worried about going home and it just being me all day...but they've done well and adjusted to that too! One night Geoff and I got to go out for a date while his parents kept the kids! Thank you Grammy and Pop for babysitting!
We got the kids dressed up in their dedication outfits and took some more pictures!
Grammy and Pop!
Yes, it was very windy!
The focus isn't great on this picture but I just thought it was so cute. Quinn is saying "now don't you wish it was you on vacation in the mountains!" Yeah for vacations, it was so good to just get away as a family!
