Heaven help us!

We've prepped as much as possible. Getting things ready, cramming last minute. I've spent weeks worrying about pulling it off. Are we going to survive it (of course!) without gaining a gray hair (not so sure)? Sounds like taking a final, huh? Nope, it's much harder - prepping twins for travel on an airplane.

Now, other parents might roll their eyes and (smugly) call this overreacting, but most don't have a kid who spits up all the time, especially when jostled around. Well, maybe a few do, but do they also have one who refuses to sleep at night and naps? Both the same age?? If you do, then you can call me melodramatic. Otherwise, I don't want to hear it.

It's two car seats, frozen milk, feeding equipment, a stretch limo of a stroller, luggage, pumping equipment and a partridge in a pear tree. Someone remind me not to forget the babies. Oh wait, nevermind – they are so noisy nowadays that when they aren't crying, they are babbling/hollering so mama won't forget they are RIGHT HERE.

Once we get to the airport, checked in, through security, they'll need naps. What more perfect time to fuss than on the plane where you can finally sit down? If car trips to Austin are any indication, it may not be so pleasant for our neighbors.

My saving grace is that the flight will consist of multiple family members, who if not able to help keep the calm, at least aren't going to be irritated at us. Hurray for being related to the little loud monsters!

Hopefully, people will love the fact that they are twins that they won't mind. Remind me to dress them alike to bump up the cuteness factor.

On the other hand, I can't wait! As our family likes to say (very happily, too), "it's going to be a fiasco." But a fiasco of the funnest chaos!

Did I mention there will also be a dog, fragile cake balls and a wedding dress brought on board? FIASCO!!

Oliva's world

The most common question we get about Olivia is "when do they say she can get the tube removed?"

The answer is simple yet hard: when she decides she wants to learn how to eat by mouth. It's her world and we are just living in it.