Over President's day weekend, we loaded up the kids and Ellie into the car and headed to the Ocean... we decided on Longbeach, WA. Once we were finally on the road, Shane and I were feeling pretty good and excited for the adventure... as we were about 2 to 3 hours in the kids decided that they were hungry, so we pulled off in Montesano, WA. We pulled up to a big gas station with the usual amentities... Shane and I both did our thing, as well as let Ellie do hers, then proceed to get hot water from the gas station beverage area... realizing that everything we needed was packed all over the car in different bags (what are we new!?), we the then got settled in the car, Shane in the driver seat feeding Carter, while I was in the passenger seat feeding Quinn, all the while Ellie was whinning like crazy as she wanted to be hanging in the front seat too... let the fun begin. Once they were done eating Shane and I smelled some serious poo, so I arranged a make-shift chaning station in the passenger seat, while Shane enterntained the kids and Ellie. I took each kid, separatley of course, to change them, while I was standing with the door open (did I mention it was pouring down rain!)... finally got them changed and settled and hit the road. Needless to say, we learned quite a bit from that first "on the road" feeding and diaper changing adventure.
Once we arrived and checked into our little bungalow, we onloaded what seemed to be a months worth of stuff and got settled. We then took a nice walk on the beach and let Ellie "get her beans out" as my nephew Jace likes to say, and then headed back to the bungalow. Well, Shane went through all this trouble to find accomodations that were private and didn't involve bothering or interrupting other people on vacation, so we thought great, the bungalow will do... however, we soon discovered that the bedroom shared a wall with the bungalow next to us and that people were staying there... and guess what happend next... The Quinn and Carter Show!!! They cried and cried and cried and cried... we were ready to pack our bags, pack the car up and head home, but we didn't. The kids finally chilled out and we were able to enjoy a nice meal and watch a movie. The rest of the weekend was wonderful with beautiful weather, with a few minor hiccups here and there, but we made it work and were glad we did! Oh, and no one complained to us about the crying.
Here's to the next adventure!
