OUT

Today was yet another first. However, this one was a big one for us, and for the babies but they didn't know it.

WE WENT OUT INTO THE BIG OL' WORLD!!!

Yep, that's right. We finally ventured out into the Other World today. We put them in their little (actually rather large for their little sizes) carseats and drove out of the driveway, got on I-215, and headed to Target. Before we went into Target we ate at a place called Cafe Rio and the babies did great, not a peep. (If you have an incredible and almost scary memory you will recall from earlier posts that Cafe Rio is the name of the restaraunt where Jenny's water broke, pretty weird how things come full circle.) We wore them in their little slings and they did great, and so did we. A great thing about wearing babies, especially twins, in slings is that people are musch less likely to arbitrarily walk up and poke and kiss OUR babies. People lose their minds with babies, especially twins. There were a few people who caught that we had twins when we were walking together in Target and made comments like, "Twins!!! Oh my gosh!" One lady said, "You have babies in there (talking about in our slings)? That's not fair, you have two and we can't even see them!" Another lady said, "Whew, better you than me!"
We agree:) We got all kinds of looks and stares and a couple more comments asking if slings were comfy and how the babies like them and such, it's quite the show when we go out I guess. Had we had them in the stroller I have no idea what kind of mayhem would have ensued. Thank goodness for slings, the babies love them and they conceal your baby from "The Stranger".

We had so much fun, all four of us. Just the four of us. As if we were a regular little family out and about on Saturday. That was a great piece of normalcy to achieve, I assure you. Having the shackles of "home arrest" unlocked has been wonderful. We still are going to adhere to the rules of no kids, no dirty hands touching them, and nobody kisses their hands and faces except their parents and grandparents for now. That's what the doctor said, and we agree. This freedom came about because Amelia had to go get checked out because she was having a hard time swallowing and kind of choking. The pediatrician said that was absolutely normal and to expect it to get worse before it gets better. Wonderful. We asked him about taking the twins out and he said it was A-OK, so we did. How fun.

Here are a few random pictures for ya...some of the new house's living room, dining room and kitchen and a few new ones of little Amelia that just make us smile:)