Nathan and I are big travelers. Don't get us wrong, we love being at home -- the comforts, our friends, our King sized bed. I am even living in the same state that I grew up in, but we love to get out and see the cultures and sights of other places, and we plan to pass this passion onto our children.
Elizabeth started her journeys on January 15th when she traveled to DC to see Nomi and Kevi (Nathan's parents) and many of our friends. We weren't sure how things were going to go with Elizabeth, Nathan, me and Pancake in a car for 5 hours, but we are please to report that everything went very smoothly. The dog slept in the front seat. The baby slept in the back with one of us while the other drove. Nathan gave her a bottle both on the way up and back, since she is on a 3 hour eating schedule. She would have preferred to sleep, but we knew that if we didn't feed her I'd be up with her at night catching up on that feeding.
While in DC, she mainly stayed in and several people came and visited her: Mike W., Ruth and Michael, Julia and Allen, and Chris and Lou. On Sunday though, we took Elizabeth to our favorite brunch place, Don Jaime's to meet up with our DC friends: Rose, Dave, Sarah, Rich, and Jake. She loved it! We could tell because she napped most of the time.
She did really well adjusting to sleeping in a pack and play and on Sunday night she slept from 11 to 7 (to be honest she was pretty fussy before she went down, but I can handle fussy if I get 8 hours of sleep!) This was the first time she slept through the night without her 3 o'clock feeding. I woke up at 5 all flustered and went to make sure she was breathing... she was. After a consult with Nathan (who would have preferred to be sleeping himself) we decided to let her sleep. What a milestone and to have it while away!
Her second trip was a trip to Greer, SC and Asheville, NC. Elizabeth and I drove 3.5hrs from home to Greer to celebrate Kim's baby shower. She slept the whole car ride and ate right when I got to Kim's house. She was a little angle at the shower. At first she was awake and I held her, then she fell asleep and I put her down in her carseat and she slept for the rest of the shower
Her and I drove up to Asheville after the shower to stay with my parents for the first time. She did really well. That morning she hung out with my parents (see her cuddling with Pappy) and she played with Nana. In afternoon she visited with Grannie and Nancy. It was really great for her to see Grannie. That evening we had an uneventful drive back home.
So far she has been a wonderful baby to travel with (well, she is also pretty wonderful at home so we are glad she is being herself when we travel). We are hoping this continues as our next big trip is on a plane... Keep your fingers crossed.
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