A week ago Saturday we took Riley and Veronica to their first Georgetown basketball game.  They loved it, though Riley fell asleep at halftime (as my friend Matt pointed out, so did Drexel).  They were a hit and we are determined to get them up on the big screen at some point in the season.

That Sunday we set out for our first really big road trip to visit Candy’s family in Georgia for Thanksgiving.  At one point we stopped to feed them at a McDonald’s somewhere in NC, where a man was kind enough to point out that we were “older than most” first time parents.  We traveled as far as Spartanburg, SC (never was a town more aptly named) where we hunkered down for the night at a Hampton Inn.  The twins were really too big to share the portable hotel crib, so they woke up extra early.  After breakfast we continued on and arrived at Candy’s parents’ house right around lunchtime.

We had a great week with them, and Candy’s grandma flew in from Kansas City to see the babies (and the rest of us) as well.  The twins were very popular, and we had visitors each day.  Thankgiving Day we went over to Candy’s Uncle Kenneth’s and met even more relatives.  Veronica was kind enough to have her first diaper blowout on her Daddy’s lap, so she and I had to leave to go back to Candy’s folks’ to change.

The Friday after Thanksgiving we visited the Henry County Heritage Park and Veteran’s Memorial, and then took the kids over to visit their Grandma at work, where they were once again a big hit.  That evening the twins had finally had enough poking and had their first real meltdown so we put them to bed early.  Saturday morning everyone came over for a birthday brunch for Candy’s grandma, after which we set out to visit the Hanley’s in Loudon, Tennessee.  We arrived there mid-afternoon and had a great visit with them.  Sunday morning we got up early and stopped off to visit Candy’s great-aunt in Knoxville before beginning the long trek home.  Traffic on I-81 was awful, and what should have taken about 7 hours to travel home from the VA/TN border took more than 10.  We sat in traffic for a LONG time, from around Blacksburg until north of Staunton.  By the time we got home (almost 11pm) we all had had enough of the car!

2008-11-22 - First Hoyas Game

2008-11-23 to 11-30 - Thanksgiving Trip to Georgia and Tennessee

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Kaitlin’s photos

We’ve been very busy the last couple of weeks. Last weekend, we took the twins for their first road trip to NY. On Friday we visited my alma mater and celebrated Dad’s birthday. Saturday some of my aunts came over to meet the kids, and Candy and I went out to dinner to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our first date. On our way home on Sunday, we stopped for a visit with the Roths and with Mike and Nikki and the kids.

For Halloween, we had three different sets of costumes we had received as gifts, so we started celebrating a day early to give them a chance to wear each outfit. We took them trick-or-treating around the neighborhood, but Riley fell asleep after the first house. Veronica made it all the way around the block, and then we hung out on our front porch and handed out candy to the many other children who came by.

Yesterday we hosted the 12th Annual Posse Thanksgiving. Marc fried a turkey and we had many other tasty side dishes!

From 2008-10-18 to 10-22 - Week 12

From 2008-10-23 to 10-26 - Our First Trip to New York

From 2008-10-27 to 10-29 - Week 13

From 2008-10-30 to 10-31 - Our First Hallowe’en

From 2008-11-01 - Posse Thanksgiving XII

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Kaitlin’s Photos

Just about every year since we have been married, we’ve had a big cookout at our house for either Memorial Day or Labor Day.  This year, we were planning on doing it for Labor Day, but with the arrival of the twins, we were not excited to have the usual 75-100 people at our house.  Instead we opted to host a small gathering on Saturday of our friends from college.  The idea was to give everyone a chance to catch up and also to meet the twins.  The turnout was great, and we had visitors from as far away as New York (Marc and Allison), New Jersey (the Roths), and North Carolina (Major Jon).  We also welcomed Eran and Nilana and their family back to the east coast after a four year exile in Portland, Oregon!

Sunday we had a calm day, which the twins (and Candy and I) needed after the excitement on Saturday.  We even managed to catch up on some of our Netflix that have been sitting for almost a month!  On Monday, Shawna and Ben brought the kids over and we all went to the playground before they headed back to NJ. 

Labor Day Weekend