First Trip!

We were torn on whether we were going to be able to go to Minnesota while I was on maternity leave. And then, when we decided that we were definitely going to go-- the big decision was to drive or fly. At this point they were 3 weeks old.

We decided to fly. My mom had stayed with us in Baltimore for the first 3 weeks. She and dad drove out together and he flew back a week later; so unfortunately mom had to drive back to Minny herself.

We didn't know what to expect when travelling with the girls-- many people thought we were crazy...:)

As it turns out, they were both awesome! Going through security wasn't nearly the hassle we thought it would be and they pretty much slept the entire time. The airline said that we were supposed to sit in different rows because of the oxygen masks (I am guessing there is only one extra one in each row); but we were able to sit together both ways. We had a nonstop flight both ways which also helped.

We spent the first 5 days at Dave's parents house, the next week and half at the beautiful twin pines cabin on Lake Superior and the remaining time at my sisters house in Como. The first few days at the cabin were a full house with mom, pregnant Becky, Nico, Dave and I with the girls, Dave's parents and his bro Paul. We then spent sometime there ourselves. It was the first time we had just as a family since they were born so it was pretty neat and believe it or not, quite relaxing!

Becky and Noe hosted a housewarming/ welcome for the Starlight ladies at their house the Friday before we left. Noe made an amazing spread of sushi galore and we got to see some of the extended fam along with some of our friends that stopped by.

We also hit the famous MN state fair and ate some fair chow along with visiting the miracle of birth building and did some people-watching too of course. Dave ate Alligator and Ostrich and we also tried scotch eggs for the first time, and of course had corndogs, cheese curds, strawberry shortcake, belgium waffle on a stick, snickers on a stick, veggie fries (or those still healthy even thought their fried?). And I breastfed for the first (and only so far) time in public-- i was discreet but it still felt kind of wierd!