Brewton Bound!

Sleepy Annie with all of the sleepy babies. This is how we all feel at the end of the day.

Papa and Uncle Kirk

Pal and Lizzy

"Miss" Joan and Broox

Grandmama and Rainer

Shelley meeting the babies!

Broox loves Brewton!

Friends from the Church meeting the quads for the first time.

Daddy strolling the babies in the fellowship hall to keep them entertained.

Aunt Candy visiting with Broox.

Mama Merle says we can have two more children but that is enough! :) (She is a mother of six children)

Rainer meets Uncle Bob

Granny and Jane

Cousin Ryan and Aunt Leah

Cousin Brooke and Pal

Aunt Leah brings Jane inside.

This will last us about two or three days.

The babies' luggage.

Rainer taking a nap in his Brewton crib.

Snoozing Broox

Uncle Marshall is so much help! He helped Honey feed the babies at 7:00 a.m. so that I could catch some Zs.

Steely with Rainer.

Coley and Grace help with the 3:00 feeding. They are naturals.

Aunt Gray and Granny

The babies waiting to go on their trip.

Rainer

Broox

Virginia

Jane

Gray worked the morning away preparing the Quad mobile for its destination.

This is how we transport the Runabout.

They are all in their carseats and finally ready to go.

Here we go!

Gray passed the car seats to me and I clicked them in the back. It's definitely a two person job.

Jane enjoying the ride.

Rainer

Virginia looking out of her window.

Last Saturday the babies took their very first road trip to Brewton, our hometown. We started three days in advance to prepare for the trip. We made a master list of everything the babies need from morning to night and started packing. We threw all of their clothes, burp cloths, changing pads, diapers, wipes, formula, washcloths, bottles, bibs, boppies, activitiy mats, blankets, etc. into a huge duffle bag. Our friend Ruth took down everything that could be taken a day early to Brewton on Friday. On Saturday morning, Gray was busy attaching the luggage carrier on top of our car and hooking the Runabout on the back, while I entertained babies in the den and threw in the last odds and ends. We fed the babies at 11:00 a.m and then put them in the carseats for the big trip. We planned the trip during their naptime in hopes that the babies would just sleep the three hours to Brewton. We loaded the carseats in the back of the expedition and headed out. I'm able to sit between the two carseats in the back and I'm able to see all four babies at the same time. They were all asleep by the time we merged onto the interstate. Our stroller was attached to the back of our car so everyone that passed us was staring, smiling and checking to see if there really were four babies with us. The quads were angels on the way to Brewton. The only time they fussed was when we had to stop for gas and food. They woke up just short of the city limits as their 3:00 feeding drew near. When we pulled up to my parents house my Aunt, Uncle and cousins were here. Everyone quickly grabbed a baby, and the bottles that Honey had heating in her crock pot were in their mouths in a matter of minutes. Success!

We have now been in Brewton for six days and are having a ball. The Quads have met lots of friends and family and I have enjoyed all of the help and relief. Gray is in Birmingham working and said that the house is too quiet. The babies and I can't wait to see him this weekend.