3.31.10: First vacation

After months of preparation, we finally embarked on our first vacation. We knew it wouldn't be an easy task to travel with triplets, but we also know that we have a wedding to go to in Indiana this fall and needed a practice run. Brant had to go to Seattle for work, so it seemed to make sense to piggyback on his trip and stay at (I mean takeover) my sister and Rob's house.

So we did it. We flew with triplets. It went pretty well. Brant kept Daphne entertained while Fiona and Stella hung out with me a couple rows back. Besides some irritability while on the tarmac (don't we all feel that way), the flight went ok. We were relieved to arrive safely in Seattle to the smiling faces of Kelly and Rob and two automobiles. Yes, it takes two automobiles to get our family of five + Kelly and Rob home. We arrived at the Kochman's where they had acquired countless baby necessities from a variety of friends. In this normally kid-free home, there were three jumpers, a swing, four playpens, two changing stations, three booster seats for eating, diapers, food, formula and countless toys acquired from at least seven different people. I actually think they had a better set up than we have in our own home. Immediately we took to changing and feeding the girls - gotta keep on the schedule even when traveling. The girls missed a majority of their morning nap, but took to their afternoon nap without a problem.

Once the girls woke from their afternoon nap, we adventured over to meet up with another triplet family (two weeks younger) for a play date. It was crazy to see so many little ladies together.


(left to right: Brelynn, Stella, Fiona, Daphne, Avery, Camille)