The Best Baby...EVER!

Ok, for those of you reading this blog who have children...we have a proclamation to make...Kate is the best baby who ever walked the face of the earth. Your child doesn't even come close. In fact, if there was a bumper sticker out there that said..."my child made her first 5 hour car trip without uttering a peep"...well, we'd put 10 of those all over our car. That's right folks...almost 7 weeks old and she didn't utter a PEEP the ENTIRE way from Philadelphia to just west of Pittsburgh (which is where we are now...more on that later).

Here's how we did it in case you are too much in awe to ask: she was home all morning this morning with her daddy while mommy went to the gym and daddy packed his stuff (I packed all of the rest of the stuff ALL day yesterday..which is an entirely different blog subject in which I had no time to write). ANYWAY...I came home, packed our car food (sandwiches, apples and some damn good brownies I might add) and then fed Kate. We then got into the car, and off we went. She made it about 3 hours until we thought we should stop and feed her. It was only then that she started to stir. Jon parked the car in a far-away spot and I put the breast pillow on in the passenger side and then he handed her to me and I fed her quite comfortably. She ate a decent meal and we changed her with her on my lap on the breast pillow and Jon in the driver's seat doing the changing...and then off we went. She whimpered a bit being put back into her seat , but then as soon as the car started moving again, she was quiet until we reached the Cranberry exit which is where I'm writing this now.

We decided that on her first long road trip, that we'd split the drive. In our opinion...we didn't think it was fair to strap her into her seat for 9 straight hours. So, we're here now at the Holiday Inn Express and I'm writing to you via wifi and Jon's awesome new laptop that his station bought for him. Since I got to spend time at the gym this morning, Jon gets to do his thing tonight which is watch the Dallas Cowboys game. Only thing...the game is on the NFL network and the hotel doesn't get it. So, here's how we worked things out...since we really didn't think it was fair to put Kate in her car seat while we went out to dinner. There is a pretty nice restaurant right next to the hotel. So, after feeding Kate, I walked over there, ordered a glass of wine and my meal to go. I drank the wine while waiting for the meal, and then came back to the room. Jon had set up the pack-n-play while I was out and watched Kate. I got back, ate my yummy food and Jon left to go to a sports bar to watch the Cowboy game and to eat some food himself. It worked out pretty well, and our little darling baby is fast asleep on her play mat as we speak. So far so good.

But, I'm not a total idiot. I realize that since she slept pretty much all afternoon, she'll probably be up at full-tilt-boogie all night. We'll just have to see.

Tomorrow will be a very exciting day. We're stopping in Cleveland so she can meet her Great Aunt Carol and Great Uncle John. I'm so glad we are going to get to see them...they are awesome people. Then, it's on to Ann Arbor where she'll meet her cousins for the very first time....and she'll get to see her Gamma and Poppa. An exciting day indeed!

As for my blogging over the next week or so...I'll probably be able to keep up somewhat, so stay tuned if you want. Happy holidays to you all!