We're Back

And REALLY glad to be.

It was so great to go to Boston to see Jon's second cousin graduate from high school...and it was fantastic to introduce Kate to the family (pics to come)...however...we really had NO IDEA what it would be like to take a baby to a hotel for a few days.

She actually did quite well considering the circumstances. On Friday, we hit the road at about 10:30 a.m. which was really the earliest we could get off because I had to work. We arrived at our hotel in Plymouth, Mass. at 11:05 p.m. That's right...over 12 1/2 hours! The trip should've taken 6 hours...but...we hit New York City traffic and that morphed into a 27 mile back-up due to an accident on 95. We sat for almost two hours in the NYC traffic, and then another 3 hours in the accident back-up. We were beside ourselves tired. Kate, however, did a magnificent job. She really only fussed the last half hour of the trip...and who wouldn't fuss after being in a car seat that long? She slept o.k. at the hotel...in fact, the last night we were there she slept from 9:30 p.m. until 7:30 a.m.! I slept most of that as well...which was awesome!

She also did quite well being fed on the road (we had to stop each time I had to nurse her for obvious reasons, but thankfully I could slide into the back seat and feed her the solid food while she was buckled in her seat). However now that we're back, she's back on her schedule and it was a bit of a rough transition for her. We really tried to keep her on schedule yesterday, but when we put her to bed last night, she wanted nothing to do with her crib. Jon was an angel and unpacked most of our stuff, so when she kept wailing at 7:30 and then 8, I had him bring her in with me and she slept beside me until Jon came to bed. She had one crying session at 10, and then thumping and kicking...but the two of us managed to get a little sleep.

I'm beyond exhausted today, but we'll chip away at getting back to normal. After all, the laundry needs to get done, the grocery shopping, the cooking, etc. Ugh. It's going to be a busy day.