Sailing!

Now that we are parents, it is really important to us to raise our children doing the things that matter to us...even if they were more difficult to do with children. One of those things is getting out and using the boat!

We were able to get away for a few days on the boat last week, when the boys were just 6 weeks old. Some things were infinitely harder, and other things were infinitely easier. It was amazingly difficult to get packed up, provisioned, to the boat and away from the dock. We started packing at about 9am, and by the time we were able to get away from the dock, it was 3:30 pm, and we couldn't actually leave until 6:00 because the bridges won't open for rush hour traffic. On the way out we stopped at Ivar's for take out dinner and the fuel dock for fuel. By the time we were at the Fremont bridge, the boys were SCREAMING because they were starving. I also think they were feeding off the stress I was feeling at the whole ordeal getting away from the dock and the stress I was feeling because Tor couldn't help out with the feeding since he was running the boat. While the boys were screaming, I had to boil water to wash bottles and make up formula (which always stresses me out...I don't like that I can't give the boys breastmilk exclusively yet). For the first time as a new mom, I cried along with the boys because I was completely overwhelmed. It was AWFUL. I got them fed on my own and Tor continued on to Port Madison where we were going to anchor for the night. We finally pulled into Port Madison around 9:45pm and set the anchor.

The next day after sleep and decompression time on the boat (which is really our floating cabin and an incredibly relaxing place to be), things got infinitely easier. Ever since we launched the boat, we have envisioned having kids aboard. Infertility took that away for 2.5 very long years and it didn't seem possible that our vision would ever come true. We now have our kids aboard and life is amazing. We are incredibly lucky people to have these beautiful little boys in our life. See, infinitely easier.

We spent two nights out and had a wonderful time. We had a good sail home and we put into action the lessons we learned on the way out. We stopped the boat at a dock for feedings as we were able and we just took things slowly, instead of trying to do too much. We can't wait for the next trip.


Laundry baskets make GREAT beds say Lars and Odin



Odin has some growing to do before his PFD is really useful, good thing the boys aren't running around yet and stayed down below!