Well, I'm not a huge fan of over sharing info on the interwebs, but I am one excited momma-to-be!!! :) I'm not going to lie though, it's been a rough few months, so far, full of : morning sickness lasting well past that fabled first trimester stopping point, a strong hatred for prenatal vitamins, lots of top knot hair styles (thank God that is a trend right now), and various other unpleasant side effects. Any mother will tell you it's all worth it in the end (even though you feel like smacking them when you're going through it), and they're right, but until you are about halfway through a pregnancy it doesn't feel that way. You know you're growing a child, and you're happy that it will result in a cute baby in 9 months, but for me the excitement didn't kick in as much until we found out the gender. My husband and I seriously didn't care if we were having a boy or girl, but finding out one way or another makes everything very real. You can put a name to the growing bundle, and start making more customized plans. We recently found out we'll be the proud new parents of a precious baby girl!! :) I've gone a little nuts on Pinterest, all our registries, and have already ordered nursery bedding and purchased a bunch of cute little outfits and such, lol. It's so much fun! We picked out a name, too, which was really hard to do for a girl, but for some anonymity I'll just refer to her as "A." Rest assured that it is not on a top 10 list, or the name of a fruit, veggie, flower, or color. We think she'll be happy with our choice, and friends/family seem to approve.
Anyway, getting to the travel part of the post....
I know a lot of parents who seem to think that becoming a parent means you are held hostage for a while, so to speak, because traveling with an infant or little one seems like too much hassle. I can't tell you how many people have told me that we should get all our traveling in before the baby gets here. I definitely understand where they are coming from, because I'm sure it makes traveling much more complicated, but it doesn't mean it's impossible. Even though the baby isn't here yet (so I'm perhaps being a little overly optimistic or naive), I have a belief that most things are what you make them. If we make a good plan for traveling with A, then I don't think it'll be that challenging. I also don't plan on any overseas ventures with her for a while, but you never know! Being military, we could end up with Germany or something as our next duty station, so it's not out of the question! My own mother and father traveled literally halfway around the world with a tween, toddler, and infant when we moved from Japan to Puerto Rico. One seems daunting, but 3... props to my mom, she's one tough lady! That being said, it seems smart to stick to stateside travel for awhile, and in our case it's pretty inevitable, since we'll be due to move not long after she's born.
I still have a lot of places to check off the travel list (stateside and internationally), so I thought I'd post a list of them for the new year, and new baby:
-Asheville, NC
-FL Keys
-Chicago, IL
-Colorado Springs, CO
-Big Sur, CA
-Mystic, CT
-Vermont
-New Hampshire
-Rhode Island
-Portland, OR
-Canada (Quebec, Montreal, Vancouver, Prince Edward Island)
-Scotland
-Ireland
- more of England
-France
-Coppenhagan, Denmark
-Germany
-Amsterdam, Netherlands
Really, there are far too many to list, but, with any luck, maybe I'll be able to cross a few off my list this year, and give my daughter a few pins she can put on her map. I look forward to the challenge and excitement (even if someone has to remind me I said this later when I'm complaining about having to change a poop filled diaper in the beige cloth interior of our car, or an airplane bathroom).
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