“I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are.”
Anonymous
Ding, it made, announcing a new email. I looked, then called out excitedly.
“Blaine! BLAINE! Where are you!? Come here, I am in my office!”
“I am right here! Whatcha yellin’ about babygirl?!” Blaine walked up and around my desk.
“Blaine, Declan emailed from vacation! Has an attachment, I am sure it’s pictures! Let’s look at it together! How exciting!” I told him, smiling.
“All right, all right, let’s see it!” he agreed as he bent down to better see the monitor, while I clicked on the attachment.
Hi all –
Declan here.
Greetings from beautiful Mt. Komorebi!
Bet you didn’t think you’d hear from us before we get back home, huh?
Well, so much is going on here, there is so much to tell, Rory and I couldn’t wait to share.
Since we are admittedly and proudly nerds, we decided to send you an email update with all the pictures and news from our long trip.
Enjoy!
-Decs
Rock climbing.
Didn’t have time last time during our honeymoon, but this trip is longer and we are both bound and determined.
We started at the training wall.
Ha, training.
Looks so small from afar, but not when you are standing in front of it, and most definitely not when you are stuck to it like a moth in a spiderweb!
I swear several of my fingernails are now deeply embedded in the rocks there.
Yikes.
They also increase in size once you are dangling around on them.
Like, sheer endless.
Trust me.
Or ask Rory. She’ll confirm.
Again and again.
Even our butts have calluses now, I swear it!
Few more days of that – and FINALLY …
Don’t think down is any easier. It is not.
No, Sir, no Ma’am!
But we made it.
Again, in one piece.
Then we were at the top of the bunny and intermediate ski slopes.
Yeah, so we did that too.
I felt about 80 years old! (no offense grandma and grandpa).
But once I had them on, I had good form.
At first.
That is me coming down the slope in the background.
After sliding down the hill on my rear, as if that butt of mine hadn’t already taken enough of a beating from me sailing down the rock walls a million times landing on it.
Bonus points though, I made it before my skis did …
Yeah, I know, I crack myself up, too.
Hmmm, yakisoba!
Look at that!
There are no words!
Very fond memories there!
Oh, I told everyone about our trip! Even if they didn’t speak a word of English.
They had a pulse, they would hear about our success! Hard to believe that once upon a time I couldn’t get a word out around strangers, huh? Probably still true, whenever that adrenaline wears off.
Hasn’t so far.
Suddenly I didn’t care about sharing tales about our quest anymore.
Nope.
Even that other guy got a little hot under the collar.
Hee hee.
At the Onsen bath, back at the cabin.
Oh, we were on some adrenaline high.
The next days were rainy, so we stayed home and … cuddled.
Sadly, Rory wasn’t feeling good at all.
She wasn’t.
But I didn’t want to argue with her.
Until I claimed it was for me, that I needed to rest up.
We went straight to one of the food stalls for some sustenance.
NOT. AT. ALL.
Instantly, she turned such a startling shade of green that even the lady working the stand pointed behind us and said in broken English
“Rest room there! Go, go!”
This here was the exact moment that it dawned on me what was going on.
And I think same was true for Rory, but she was still partially in denial ….
Wellllllll … you know.
Mom, dad, remember that talk we had about Rory and me wanting to get a puppy, and recruiting you to puppy sit on days I cannot work from home?
Yeah, nix that.
Change of plans.
We wanted to be certain and not wait till we get back home.
So, here goes, like pulling off the Band-Aid, so you all had time to simmer in it and digest the news by the time we land back home.
Congrats, you all have been promoted to grandparents, great-grandparents, aunt and uncle.
Start thinking about names.
Also, input welcome regarding housing. Our loft house is too small, even for the cribs.
Yikes!
More when we get back home. This will be the longest flight ever, Rory has round-the-clock morning sickness. Wish us luck and we’ll all go out to officially celebrate once we are back in the country.
Love and miss you all,
Declan, Rory and the two souvenirs
Let’s just say after the initial shock moment, Blaine and I laughed till the cheeks hurt.
Actually, we laughed till the phone calls started.
Oh yeah, the Cameron grapevine had been activated by the receipt of that email. Once everyone got it, read it, and recovered from the shock, they called us.
And of course were we all happy and excited. After the initial shock, that is. You have to understand, both Declan and Rory are planners and literally the last people ANYBODY would have expected to get hit by the Cameron curse.
I guess with the time difference all her birth control got out of whack and … voila.
And not just one, like Everett and Maeve were expecting, but twins.
Well, if anyone can handle it, it would be those two.
Cameron Lineage 
The pictures were amazing! Especially the top of the mountain ones. Wow! I love Rory’s hair too! It looks good on her. But wow! Twins! Oh my! Twins are definitely a thing in the Cameron household! Congrats to Declan and Rett. ❤️ Great-Grandkids incoming.
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Yes, it was such a fun trip, with a very unexpected souvenir. Twins really seem to be a theme for the Camerons.
As unplanned as it is, I am relieved that Blaine and Vik live to see that happen too. For that, I’d even figure out how to juggle three lineage babies at once. 🙂
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No doubt! I hope they do get to meet them. Somehow I see Maeve and Rett as the new Vik and Blaine of the story. They’ve experienced a lot of life in a very short time. So have a lot of wisdom and experience to share.
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I am not so sure who is really the new leading couple. Clearly it will have to be either Everett & Maeve or Declan & Rory. They all have a lot of Blaine and Vik about them.
We’ll see.
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What a great vacation 😂
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