Baycation 2009

Okay, it is decided. David and I have the best babies ever. We drove 12+ hours down to the Bay House and 17+ hours back (we made a slight detour to Nan's in Memphis...) without any crying, fussing, or yelling. (Well, that's not true exactly - I may have fussed a bit in traffic on the way down. Stupid interstate construction!) The girls played, talked, and sang during every minute of the car trip. In fact, we drove 340 miles of the car trip home before I even got out any toys. They just looked out the window and talked to each other. Everyone should have twins.

Anyway, here are some pics from our visit to the Lammers' Bay House on Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama.

Eliza, David, and Naomi
Aren't my babies big???

This is Eliza - I just wanted everyone to see her beautiful red curls...

Naomi and Eliza love to eat at Wintzell's. Naomi ate 6 little shrimp.

Naomi is cute even when she is sad

Eliza loved to walk on the pier. She wanted to run around and poke her fingers in the slats, but we made her walk with a chaperone. Here she is, trying to escape Aunt Glenda.

What? Babies eating again... Did I mention that the girls adapted so well to Baycation lifestyle that they spent at least half the week in their highchairs eating? I think they intuitively knew that at the Bay House we all spend equal parts eating, sleeping, and playing in the water. My beautiful baby girls ate like ravenous wolves for 5 days straight.

Naomi loves the Bay!

So does Eliza!

Eliza with Grandma Lammers... and her ducky

Naomi with Curious George - yeah that's right. Curious George has been to Alabama. The girls are now carrying around stuffed animals all the time. We knew better than to leave them at home.

Here they are with their 2nd cousin Brody. Brody is about 7 weeks younger than the girls, but you would never know it. He is slightly taller than they are and outweighs them by 5.75 lbs. We are just barely out of 12 month-sized clothes, and Brody is wearing 24 months already. Naomi chased him around, calling out "Baby", while Eliza kept trying to hug him. Brody, an only child who is barely 1, was not used to being pushed over and outnumbered. On the first day, he cried for his mama to hold him if the girls came around him. But by the end of the weekend, he played just fine with the girls. Even if they are big bullies... Watch out Zville Nursery, the Lammers' Twins are coming in just 3.5 months!!!

We tried to take a picture of Naomi and Eliza in their reunion t-shirts like last year (if you haven't seen them, check out July 2008 blog posts), but this is the only way they would pose on the couch on t-shirt day.

Most of the pics look like this...

We took lots of traditional family shots, but this one is my fave. I am holding Naomi, and David is holding Eliza.

On the way back to Indy, we decided to surprise Nan and stop in Memphis. I called the Mook, aka Grandad, and made sure we were cool to stay the night, then we made a sharp turn west in Birmingham and headed to Germantown. When we arrived, we saw Nan, Mook, and Lo out on the back patio by the pool - so we opened up the back gate and let the Naomi and Eliza toddle up to surprise Nan. She was very happy.