A Trip to Remember

Well, we survived our first trip as a family of five! First let me say that my secret service tank of a vehicle was absolutely awesome. All our our luggage and gear fit behind the third row seat and we each had plenty of room. I spent most of the trip playing maid service to every need you can imagine which really made the time fly by, little Miss Gwyn on the other hand had definitely had enough by the time we arrived. With only one nursing stop and one speeding ticket, we arrived a bit frazzled and definitely running a little behind. Chris was an absolute lifesaver, as always, and pretty much handled everything to do with the boys. He dressed them and whisked them to the rehearsal while I fed Gwyn. Other than forgetting to pack my picky eaters a trusty PB&J, the night went off without a hitch and we were back at the hotel in to time. We got two rooms, hence the annoyance joys of traveling with a nine day old, and Chris said he was out like a light even before the boys were. It was a whole 'nother ball game on my side of the wall. :) This is what my room looked like at about 11:30 PM.

 

Almost all of my dad's extended family came for the wedding which made it a blast as always. He is the oldest of five kids and Sarah Helen, the bride, is his brother's oldest child. There are 13 cousins, 8 of which were there and everyone came down to meet Gwynnie. I loved every minute of it since nights can get pretty lonesome for new mamas. 

The next day was wedding day and the boys had a blast getting some of their energy out in the hotel pool. Before we knew it, it was show time and we headed to the wedding pavilion. The boys looked precious in their "mini-daddy" outfits and couldn't have been better during the ceremony...a major blessing to this sleep deprived, stretched to her max mama. 

 Davis was the very first one on the dance floor and lets just say, he likes to "cut a rug." Grady wasn't far behind him and we had a blast watching the dance the night away!

wedding dancing from Elizabeth Witherington on Vimeo.
Sarah Helen looked beautiful and all of her friends were so sweet to the boys. The wedding party danced down the aisle leaving the ceremony and came in to the reception with fake mustaches which Grady thoroughly enjoyed!

Gwyn hung in there pretty good but definitely seemed to enjoy the quiet moments away with mommy. She kept wanting to nurse a lot longer than usual which proves ten day olds are not dummies!! She knew there was a DJ and a strobe light outside that door. :) Before we knew it the night was gone and we were all worn out. We threw our rose petals and said our goodbyes.

We headed back to the hotel listening to Gwyn's hysterical lovely tunes and literally fell into our beds. The ride home was much less eventful, thank the Lord, and as we rolled up to the cottage the boys said, "aah home sweet home"...at least for now anyway!