Viki & Joe's Big Adventure: A Sad Farewell

It was a very sad day on August 21st as we said our goodbyes to Meme and Big Daddy PawPaw (Joe has decided the girls need to have a PawPaw like he did so he has added to Big Daddy's name).

We were blessed to have them here for close to six weeks and the looming days of being alone were finally here. I kept joking with people that the girls have been so easy and were just waiting until Meme left. They must have heard me and decided to NOT make it a joke! I'm not kidding when I say not ten minutes after they left, we had full blown meltdown like they have never done and I was all alone to figure it out. Usually, this would not be that big of a deal except there are TWO! I panicked for a moment and called Joe to tell him to turn the car around and put my parents in a cab but I was out of luck and had to put my big girl panties on and deal. As luck should have it, mommy mode kicked in and all got calm... the girls too. :-) One thing that has definitely become clear to me is that Octomom needs to be committed.

Joe and I would like to extend a big thank you to Caron and my mom and dad for making their way over here on that long flight. I don't know how I would have been if they had not been here. Everyone was worried how Joe would handle that many in laws for that long of a time but he said he was sad to see them go too. Of course, that may have a little to do with losing our cook and maid! HA! We all concluded that had we been in Houston, they would not have had this much time with the girls one on one as they got here. I think this pretty much insures that they will always be their favorites . It was definitely a special time and I cannot express how much it meant to us.