Alex & Olivia's first wedding

This past weekend Ben and I took the kids to Pennsylvania to a wedding. My friend Laura was getting married and since she invited the kids to the wedding we figured we would make the trip. I think we were a little nervous about going, but I honestly was looking forward to the 4 hours in the car of peace and quiet with kids sleeping and no dishes to wash, high chairs to clean, or food to make for the next day. Perhaps Ben felt differently since he was driving!

The wedding was Saturday afternoon so we decided to drive down on Friday evening at the kids bedtime so that they would sleep in the car. The plan worked perfectly as they fell asleep within 20 minutes of being in the car and slept the whole way. We arrived at the hotel around 11 p.m., got into our room, set up the pack and plays and went to sleep. Actually it wasn't that easy as the kids were a little confused as to where they were so it took them a few minutes to fall asleep. Alex cried himself to sleep, which normally doesn't bother me, but being in the same room with him and knowing there were people in the rooms next to us I was a little concerned. Thankfully it didn't last very long.

Luckily, for us the kids slept in until 8:30 on Saturday morning. It was a little strange to all be in the same room. This is what we woke up to on Saturday morning:

Saturday was pretty crazy between trying to get the kids naps, getting the kids fed, and getting to the wedding on time. Here are some pictures from during the day....not the greatest pictures but it is hard to get them to stand/sit still since they like to move so much. Olivia has been a big fan of hats lately!

Here's Olivia all ready for the wedding and you can barely see Alex in the back dressed up too - - he was banging on the bathroom door since Ben was in there! (Thanks McClains for letting us borrow Lori's dress!)

We arrived to the wedding just in time, and the kids were great during the ceremony as they gobbled up goldfish and cherrios!

We only stayed through dinner as the kids were getting tired and all they wanted to do was walk/crawl around. Olivia walked around a lot and the minute anyone made eye contact or started to talk to her she froze! Alex wanted to crawl around everywhere but unfortunately it wasn't a good place for him to crawl! Here is them eating their dinner:
Boy, there was a lot of food on the floor around our table when the kids were done eating!!

I wish we would have taken more pictures but it was just too hard to think about taking pictures while keeping our eyes on two little ones!

The kids fell asleep within 5 minutes of leaving the reception and slept all the way back to Connecticut. It was a quick trip, but nice to get away!