a weekend of firsts

this weekend was a great one! definitely the best one i've had in a long time.

i had been wanting to take the boys to the beach, since the weather has been so nice and i decided to take them this weekend. then HunHun told me he needed to do car stuff, so i decided to just stay home and head to the kid's art museum later in the day when he was done. my sister ends up finding out and tells me she'll come w/ me to the beach! woohoo!! i hadn't wanted to go alone, b/c it would've been my FIRST time there with the twins and i didn't want to risk some kind of havoc happening involving sand, babies, formula, water, etc. so we decided to meet up first thing after the boys had their breakfast so we can beat the midday sun.

that morning, HunHun's plans get postponed and he decides to come along! yay!!! our FIRST family outting to the beach! before leaving, we take the FIRST pictures of my boys w/ my sister's 2 daughters all in one shot. of course, it was a freakin' mission b/c to get 2 pre-teen girls to look "perfect" and 2 NB's to look at the camera is not by any means as easy as i'm typing this! but we got the shot! after changing the boys into their bathing suits, we head out.

we arrive to the beach and were able to enjoy an entire hour at the beach. haha. that's it! that's all it lasted! we had taken so long w/ the pics that it ate into our beach time. the boys absolutely loved it, i think! they just chilled and enjoyed the breeze. we put them in their bumbos for a little bit, b/c that's all their little bobble heads can withstand. and then we took them to the shore to feel the wet sand and get their feet wet for the FIRST time. it was so cool to do that! i had seen pictures and even pictured it in my mind, but to actually have 'my' babies there w/ me, was amazing. we left after the hour of being there b/c the boys were due to eat and we didn't want to be stuck at the beach or car.

we came home and gave the boys their lunch, cleaned them up and changed them and headed back out! i know.. crazy and probably a lot for little babies, but there we went...

we arrive to the kid's art museum and decide to wear the boys since i wasn't sure if a double stroller would be able to manuever well inside, since it was our FIRST time there. there was a dr. seuss exhibit i wanted to take them to, moreso for a photo op b/c i know at this age they don't know that it's dr. seuss. i've known of this exhibit since i was pregnant, and waited until the last week of it being shown so the boys could be old enough to give good pics. hee hee. anyway, we wear the boys facing us, and when we got there, i told HunHun to turn Em.zo around so that he can 'see' the colors and lights. as soon as we did, it was as if we were seeing the museum through his eyes! A.dey was asleep, so i left him resting on my chest but it was so beautiful to me, to see Em.zo taking in all he could. i loved it. the exhibit was pretty cool and mid way, A.dey woke up!! so i turned him face-forward and automatically he was totally taken in by the colors too. we stopped by a water colors sections and the boys wrote their names for the FIRST time, with mommy and daddy's help of course.

after the museum, HunHun and i needed our own lunch, so went to a mexican little place HunHun found. it was our FIRST time there and we loved it!! totally going back!

when we got home, i thought it was funny that the 4 of us took a nap, at the same time, for the FIRST time, in three months. i slept w/ Em.zo on my chest, A.dey slept in his bouncer and HunHun slept on the couch. I even took a pic, b/c i couldn't believe we all just knocked out like that.

sunday was my FIRST mother's day with the boys. it was spent as usual, w/ my mom, sis and MIL. and really nothing special was done that day. HunHun got me a dress that was too big and he redeemed himself (his word, not mine) today by getting me a new handbag! woot woot!! and even though the day itself wasn't blown up, i couldn't have asked for a better MoM's day weekend w/ my family... HunHun, Em.zo & A.dey.

it was perfect. beautiful. and exactly what i hoped and wished for every other mother's day before when i was childless. i only hope, that the future ones are equally as awesome as my FIRST.