meeting the great grands

two months ago, we packed ourselves up

and dared to travel with twins under a year old...as lap children!

actually, the travel part was much less stressful than we thought it would be

(although, if you do choose to  be as crazy as we were, I'd recommend getting an extra seat if you can afford it so that you can trade babies off and get a break now and then!)

but you'd be surprised at how friendly (and willing to help!) strangers can be

between all the volunteer helpers, extra snacks, small new toys (novelty is a wonderful distraction), and pacifiers for take-off and landing, we got there and back with minimal tears

but that's besides the point

the point was getting four generations together

we flew down to introduce the girlies to Daniel's extended family:

his grandparents, 

aunts, 

uncles, 

cousins...

they drove in from all over the place

showered us with hugs and love and even little presents for the girlies 

Daniel's parents graciously hosted us (read: spoiled us rotten) and his sister cashed in her vacation time to visit with us - it was a real treat!

even their neighbors came by to visit, loaned us baby gear to make our stay easier, even showered us with gifts!

we certainly felt blessed.

and watching the girls meet their great grands was so special,

i was camera happy, as always

the girls were surprisingly friendly and un-shy (hooray!)

and a good time was had by all