Taking Trips

So, in the past two weeks we have been out of town twice with Emily. It has been interesting to say the least. Before Emily, we could get away with one bag for Nate and I combined and then a small bag for Bailey's food and her bowls. Not any more.

On June 25th and 26th we went to Madison County to go to a friend's wedding and see Nate's family. It took us half the day to pack up the bags and the car. Not only did we have our ONE bag and the small bag for Bailey, we had like 4 for Emily. One was for her apnea monitor, another for her bottles and breast pump and such, a third was a big diaper bag that had her clothes, diapers, blankets, burp clothes, etc. in it, and a fourth that was technically a smaller diaper bag for me to carry around once we got there. Oh, and we had to bring the wedge and sling that she sleeps on.

Even with all of that stuff we still had a lot of room in our little Honda Fit. Bailey was very happy with her new travel accommodations. She had always had the entire back seat (which is not but so big) in one of our two door cars before, but in the Fit we laid down one side of the back seat and she had tons of room, our stuff had plenty of room, and Emily was nice and content on her side of the car.

We had a good time at the rehearsal dinner and the wedding, but neither of us slept much the night that we were there.

For the 4th of July Emily and I went to Portsmouth to see my mom. Nate had to drive us to Williamsburg to meet my mom and then Emily and I rode the rest of the way with her (because of her apnea). The first night, I only got about 3 hours of sleep. The second, I had to sleep with my hand hanging inside her bassinet and holding her pacifier in her mouth because that was the only way I could get her to stay asleep. She sleeps much better at home in her own bed.

None the less we had good times both weekends and have learned that we need to start packing about 3 days in advance if we want to get out of the door on time. :)