We went to visit my sister
Andi in California! My sister, brother-in-law, and their triplets moved to China Lake in Ridgecrest, CA back in October. John is in the Navy and his orders moved them to the middle of the Californian desert.
My mom went with me to help me with my boys and to visit my sister and her boys. Josh couldn't come with us because he had a work trip to Minnesota.
Silas did really well on the long car ride. We made several stops so he could use the potty and get out and stretch his legs.
Declan slept almost the entire way. We woke him up to eat at lunch and then he got fussy about a few hours outside of Ridgecrest.
Aunt Andi was so happy to see her nephews. She took us to dinner at the local pizza place before taking us on base.
Can you tell that Silas missed his cousins? He was so happy to see them again. He still can't call them by the right names, but for now "the cousins" seems to work alright.
Declan could't get enough of Uncle John. He gave him all the smiles.
We had an early Thanksgiving with my sister while we were there. We made a quick run to the local k-mart and the commissary to get the essentials, but it poured almost the entire time we were visiting so we spent a lot of time just playing with the babies and watching movies together.
It got super cold while we were there too, so all the babies got bundled up in warm sleep sacks.
It's been a long time since I held all three of them together. They are so much bigger than they were in the NICU.
We had a lot of fun hanging out with Aunt Andi and Uncle John. We drove back home and both boys slept until we reached Palm Springs, which is about half way home and then again until we stopped in Blythe. Unfortunately the very last leg was when Declan decided he was unhappy in the car and screamed the last 20 minutes home.
Even after spending most of the week with us, Mema offered to watch the boys for a few hours while Josh took me to see Catching Fire. It was nice to see my husband after not seeing him for most of the week.
