We have been wanting to make this trip for several years now but we have always had an excuse to put it off. I was pregnant, I had a newborn, I had a toddler. Then Josiah came along and we realized that we missed our chance. Milo and I felt regret that we didn't make a trip to Croatia when we could have. There are things when your son is so medically fragile that you think but don't verbalize. One of those things for both us was the thought that if Josiah died we wanted to take the trip to Croatia as a family. We realized a few weeks after Josiah died that we had both been thinking this. So in the light of trying to live moments to the fullest we started making plans to visit our friends. I know our girls probably won't appreciate this vacation or for that matter even remember it but we are taking the opportunity while we have it and if the opportunity arises when the girls are older to take a big trip like this then we'll take it too.

We are going to be spending a week on the coast of Croatia enjoying the Adriatic Sea. Then we will spend a week at Jeremy and Petra's house. We are very excited to see our friends,their two boys and all the spectacular sites Croatia has to offer. But we are also getting nervous about traveling so far with two pre-schoolers. I read an article that suggested you bring one snack and one new toy for every hour that you travel… thats 16 snacks and 16 new toys! That's not going to happen! I did buy a few cool new travel games, have the ipod loaded with preschool apps, headphones and dvd players, along with some benedryl for back-up!

Looking forward to an awesome vacation as a family.

-A heart that holds on