Keeping Up With Us: Caroline's Baptism and First Flight to PVD

Caroline and Tessa were both great on our quick trip up to PVD. Tim was with us for the flights up and back, thankfully. I'm not sure how people fly solo with more than 1 kid. There is so much gear to handle and things to take care of that it would have been very difficult by myself. I will NOT be making the flight by myself anytime soon!

Saturday after we got to Nana's house and had lunch, Tessa was supposed to take a nap...didnt happen. She has been in a toddler bed at home since August, but this was the first trip where she wasnt going to be in the pack 'n play. Not because Caroline was using, just simply because she is too big. Well the bed setup at Nana's was a no-go for nap time. So Tim ended up taking her out in the car, and thankfully she fell asleep within minutes. And later went to bed for the night without issue.

Mimi, Amy, LuLu (which Tessa has now started calling Jennifer), Dan, and Kevin all came to Nana's house to see the girls. And later Tim got to go out to dinner with Dan and Kev, something that hasnt happened for a long time! I chose not to join them as Caroline has been getting up a ridiculous number of times each night and I needed to get some sleep.

Sunday we woke up early, had breakfast, and started the process of getting the girls ready and repacking our suitcases. We left for Warwick with plenty of time to get to the church. I was hoping that Tessa would snooze on the way there...no luck, she yapped the whole way. The actual baptism went quickly and without issue. Afterwards we headed to Harbourside Lobstermania, a restaurant that Rachel's friends' family owns. Its closed for the season but we were able to use the space and get the food catered. We were very fortunate that Rachel planned EVERYTHING for us! I cant say thank you enough to her. It was very cool to have the kiddos baptized together. And it was a nice opportunity for us to get to see family that we see less and less these days.

Tessa did great especially considering she didnt get a nap (a first for her, and hopefully not something that becomes the norm for quite some time). After a quick stop at Ellen's to get the kids changed and for Caroline to snooze a little we were off to the airport again. The kids were great on the flight home, seriously couldnt have asked for better behavior.

And now, without further ado, the pictures:
Mimi and Caroline