It’s Christmastime. Two days away! We’ve been in Colorado since Friday and cabin fever has completely set in. While Dean has been able to get out and get a few runs in up the hill, I’ve been “stuck” in my parents’ condo wrangling Bruce and trying to help my mom out over multiple days of … More The Top 10 Things I Love About Christmas
We recently traveled to visit my in-laws for Thanksgiving with Bruce, now 18 months old. For my Type A, scheduled, systematic personality, it was about as hideous as I expected. 1. A two hour delayed flight to DC well past bedtime resulted in screaming, running, unconfined chaos throughout the airport. My husband had recently let me know … More Thankful for Thanksgiving Toddler Travels
I found out last week that I’ll need to attend an event in NYC with several colleagues the second week of December. The event is on a Thursday night, so we’ll fly up that day and head back on Friday. Our admin e-mailed us several flight options to choose from, and I noted that all the … More Business Trips: Before and After Baby
When Bruce was three months old we took our first family vacation to Colorado. I use the term vacation loosely because we were attending a family wedding and inundated with in-laws, plus I quickly learned that vacation with a baby should really be called, “your everyday life, but worse due to travel, sickness, unfamiliar places, and throwing … More Parenting Fails
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