PS traveling with babies requires lots of logistical consideration, coordination, and planning. Like: How many bottles to pack? How much additional milk do we need to bring? How many times are we going to eat on the road on the way to our destination? Will our hotel have milk cooling and heating capabilities? What about cribs or other sleeping arrangements? Wait--how do we get ourselves and all of our stuff to the airport in the freezing cold?! SO many things to consider!! (by the way, the answer to that last question is to call Ollie at Your Service, a guy with a van and two car seats who, for a fee your office is willing to pay, will pick you up at your door, ferry you and your children and all of your belongings to the airport, drop you curbside and find someone to take all of your luggage to the skycap--and then be there to pick you up and do it all again when you get back. Worth every penny (of my office's money)--thank you Ollie!).)
Anyway, the babies had lots of fun at the hotel. They spent lots of time lounging in the big, white puffy beds and ordering room service (silly babies). I'd walk in and this is all I'd be able to see: cute little toes and a sweet set of eyes peering over the top of the down comforter. Addison and Jackson had lots of fun playing with their grandma!
Just look at Jackson, pulling himself up to sit up and eat the sheets--such a strong little stinker!
And here's Addison, reaching for the camera.
We caught a few of Addison smiling and looking coy while her little brother was napping:
A note on our hotel room--my office graciously sprang for two adjoining rooms, and made special requests to have a fridge, a microwave, and two pack and plays to use a cribs. Additionally, I'd ordered a swing and a bouncy seat from a local baby gear rental service. So, as you can imagine, our room was FULL. And really, having two rooms didn't really help with that--it ended up with Mary in one room, the babies, my mom and me and all of our stuff (and probably a rogue chicken or two clucking around, who knows) in the other room. Next time, we'll request a suite!
Anyway, we all had some valuable tummy time...
The weather was poopy the first couple of days we were there, so the babies and Grandma Kaye took lots of walks through the hotel and the adjoining mall and made lots of visits to my coworkers who were hanging out at the registration desk. We also received a surprise visit by Grandpa Ken one morning--the babies had a lot on their social calendars while we were in Texas!
Speaking of, the babies are getting to be much more social and interested in their surrounds, so they loved getting out and seeing new things and interacting with people. They made it out to a reception one night, and of course everyone loved them.
The weather was nicer the last couple of days of our stay, so we were able to get outside and take a few longs walks around downtown San Antonio. We were not impressed with Market Square (or the walk through the few seedy downtown blocks of SA), and were slightly underwhelmed by the Alamo, but really liked our walks, and enjoyed exploring the gardens and displays around the Alamo. And the mall--we really liked exploring the mall, in particular the ice-cream-on-a-stick stand and the 2-day sale Macy's was having. The babies (and their mother) came away with some new cute outfits!
And, as usual, the babies' favorite time of the day was bath time--they got to take their baths in the big tub, and they had an absolute ball kicking and splashing each other!
Side note: this face that Jackson is pulling is accompanied by a hilarious new yell that he has been trying out for the past week.
I just can't get enough of naked babies!
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