Mall Trip

Well, we braved the mall today. Kelly, Mom, Will, Kate, and myself all headed out around lunchtime to see if we could handle a little shopping. Kelly and I have both decided that there is strength in numbers when it comes to the mall with babies; and for some reason, if your baby has a complete meltdown in the middle of the mall and someone else is with you, it makes it all ok; as opposed to when you're by yourself and you have to totally make a run for it. Kelly and Will came to pick up Kate and me to meet Mom for lunch at McAllister's. We loaded up our matching strollers and car seats and headed out. Lunch was a success and even the first hour or so of shopping. But then came nap time. Will and Kate both LOVE their sleep and are pretty good nappers, but if they're not in their cribs or pack n plays, you're in for a real treat. Neither baby ever went to sleep...when the 3:30 bottle time rolled around neither of them had had a wink of a nap. A few meltdowns, little shopping in between, 2 diaper changes, new outfit for Kate, and 2 bottles later, we somehow managed to get both babies to sleep for about 45 minutes a piece or so. So off we ran...and Kelly and I actually managed to get a little shopping done! Woohoo!! We decided the trip was worth it for the few new articles of clothing we got. Will actually somehow managed to fall asleep on his tummy in the stroller with it fully reclined. When he woke up he started trying to scoot himself around and wound up pushing himself downward out the front of the stroller. Luckily by that time Kelly had emerged from Banana Republic just in time to literally "birth" Will from the stroller. It was quite a site seeing him push himself out the bottom (the part where the baby's feet hang out) feet first and Kelly waiting there with both hands to "deliver" him. Quite a funny site. Of course he was up from that moment on.

From there we headed back home to our house for quick cat naps for the babies (Kate complied, but Will had other ideas...). While his mommy ran home to get his dinner, he made a nice poopy diaper for Auntie. We fed the babies dinner, enjoyed a little take-out BBQ for ourselves, courtesy of Nana, then bathed them. Soon after the boys headed in from the golf course (what a great day to be out at Augusta National!!!) and we put the little stinkers off to bed. Don't think I'll be braving the mall again anytime soon with baby in tow. At least not solo.