Traveling Adventures of a Newborn

Brett left Connecticut on January 4 to make it back to Utah to start his clinical affiliations in Logan on January 6, 2014. He didn't want to leave me back in CT with a newborn and no one there to help so his mother, my sister, and my mom took turns staying with me until we packed up and made the move to Utah. Due to having visitors new to the area we just had to do some traveling! :) YIPEE! With all of the help coming and going to and from the airport, this meant several trips to the airport. All of which she slept pretty much the entire way to and from the airport. She loves her car seat or at least has learned to love it and could sleep all day in there if we'd let her.
Suz had never been to Boston and wanted to go check out the area just to be able to say that she had been there. We had been watching the weather to see if we were going to be able to make a trip up and sure enough - Jan 13 (2 1/2 weeks old) - it turned out to be 50 degrees in Boston!!! We just couldn't pass up the chance. We probably could have and should have just stayed in a hotel in the area but decided to make the trip up and back in one day. We left at about 830-9 am, visited Emily Parker's playground (a young victim of Sandy Hook shooting) in New London, CT, and then made it to Boston around 1130 am. We bought a bus tour and took a tour of the city on the bus. We spent the day just riding around Boston learning all sorts of great facts about the wonderful city. I hauled McKall around strapped to the front of me in a her Ergo carrier.
McKall was born to travel. She ate right before we left, slept the entire way up to Boston. She woke up once on the bus to feed and the other time I had to force her to wake up to eat. I fed her again at dinner and then we headed out of Boston at about 7 pm. We made a pit stop at the temple, took a few pictures and then headed home with McKall asleep the entire way home. Unfortunately, we took lots of pictures of the beautiful city but didn't take any pictures of me and McKall that day so I don't have any photos to document the trip. I took a few on my cell phone of McKall that day but none that you could tell that we were in Boston.
While Megan was here we took a trip up to New Haven and did a driving tour of Yale and the surrounding area. Again, no photos to document the trip....
Then my mom came and the party was over, it was down to business and packing! Packing, packing and more packing. That was until we had the idea to pack faster so that we could be finished in enough time to be able to spend one day/night in the big city. We got everything packed and moved - my mom is a lifesaver! I definitely couldn't have done it without her. She was so awesome and wore herself right out packing and cleaning and squeezing a few kisses from McKall in here and there. I had to say goodbye to very dear friends and had a pretty rough time saying goodbye to a few of them - more on that in another post.
We got packed and all moved a day ahead of schedule and headed into the city on Jan 30 (5 weeks old). We spent the day at the Natural History Museum and enjoyed meandering our way through that massive museum. Headed to my favorite restaurant in the city, Carmine's, and had a yummy dinner, then debated on going to Superbowl Boulevard but decided not to. We did happen to be in NYC the Thursday night before the Superbowl was to be played and the city was all sorts of decked out for the affair. They had lots of extra policemen around and there were lots of crazy football fans roaming Times Square, but as always, it was fun to be there. Believe it or not I actually got a picture!

McKall and Grandma at the Natural History Museum

Times Square!

The next morning we headed to LaGuardia Airport and McKall got to experience her first plane ride, where she did amazing the entire time! All she did was eat and sleep. Someone on the plane who was sitting in the isle right behind us said as we were getting off, "I didn't even know she was on the plane."
We dressed her up for her reunification with her Daddy in a cute little onsie. Yep - I got pictures to document the occasion!

So excited to board the plane and see Daddy!

Grandma and McKall just sleeping away en route to see Daddy

Once in Utah, we couldn't stay put here either. We headed up to Jackson Hole, WY for the cutter races on President's Day weekend (Feb 15-16). It was another warm weekend, kind of wet, but it was warm enough I didn't need a coat. McKall once again enjoyed being strapped to the front of me and slept pretty much the entire way up and back from Jackson Hole.

McKall covered up due to the rain - but sleeping as usual.

Ms McKall has been more places in her short 2 months of life then most people have been their entire life. We have started her travel bug young, let's hope we haven't spoiled her traveling expectations for the rest of her life!