Our Michigan Trip

My mom, sister, Grandpa with the babies, and myself







Four Generations picture - my mom, her father holding the babies, myself

My mom, sister (who is expecting a little girl), the twins and myself arrived to Michigan on Thursday late afternoon (2, 1 hour stops for breakfast and lunch) and had a great pizza dinner with my Aunt Sandy and her great friend, Kathleen. Yum!
The first night the babies were kind of difficult to get to sleep. Not the usual at all - but they were in a different place after napping on/off in the car and traveling all day. Friday my other 3 Aunts came to my Aunt Sandy's house - Karen, Joan, and Mary. Mary and Joan live in Florida and Karen lives about 4 hours away in Michigan as well. We had such a great visit with them. I like spending time with my Mom and all her sisters. I was mentioning on the way home how all the sisters are fun and all different at the same time. Mary is a little more quiet and is a gentle person (not that the others arent of course), Sandy seems very tidy and organized and loving, Joan is fun and outgoing, Karen is the oldest and independant and strong, and my Mom is the baby - caring and a people-pleaser and likes to have fun too.
The babies warmed up to everyone - Nicholas was clingy to me on the trip, but I also think his right lower tooth looks to be coming through. Saturday my 2 uncles, Tom and Mike, along with my Grandpa came on a Cessna plane (which is Mike's) to visit. The weather was on/off so we were so pleased they were able to make it. I haven't seen them since my wedding 6 years ago, so it was so nice.
Grandpa looks great for being in his mid-80's. He is such a loving and gentle soul. He is so well, there are even pictures of him getting down on the floor to be by his great-grandchildren. He is such a nice man. All his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren adore and respect him.
Overall, the stay was so enjoyable. Being a Mom of twins, it was tough at times to be out of our element, but well-worth the trip to spend with family.
We left Sunday night thinking the babies would sleep throughout the ride. They slept, but not nearly as much as expected. But. they are not used to eating, so we did not need to stop to eat and got home in 6 hours - they were in their own cribs at 2AM.
I think they are back in their 'Groove' now. Napping and last night they slept wonderfully - not a peep for 13 hours.

Thank you to Aunt Sandy and Kathleen for opening your home to us!!