Home for Christmas

At 4.5 weeks old, we took Delaney on a 2 week adventure to Maryland and Florida. Leading up to my due date, we made travel plans and assumed Delaney would be at least 7 weeks, maybe older (since I was SURE I’d been in early labor for two months) but as everyone knows, she was late. This complicated a lot of things, mostly her vaccinations and my comfort level with basically everything having to do with motherhood.

I’m writing this post a few months out and looking back, I am so proud of what Jordan and I did as brand new parents. I had a brutal infection that nobody will ever ever ever understand unless they experience it. I had a combination of Thrush (google it, I’m sure we have sensitive readers on this here blog) and what could only be described by doctors as “refill pain” from nursing (again, not going into detail because people get freaked out). Needless to say, I’d deliver 25 more babies before going through this stuff again all while navigating the brand new days of motherhood, trying to accommodate lots of people’s wishes to see and hold our sweet little baby (as they should!), being away from home for the first time with Delaney, and the overarching realities of recovering from 10 months of pregnancy.

No matter what anyone could say or do, this trip was really really hard for me. I wasn’t able to express my needs and wants to others because I just flat out didn’t know what would be helpful. All that being said, it was a great trip and I’m so happy that we could share the holidays with our families and that Jordan could take a full week off from work for this travel.

Here are some highlights!

Delaney’s first ride on the T. It was 35 degrees, pouring down raining, and we were traveling with 2 weeks worth of baby stuff and our stuff for winter weather and Florida weather. BUT WE DID IT.