Trip to Kansas and Nebraska

The last week of my maternity leave we went on a week long trip so Addison could meet her family. My parents, Jeff and Addison and I went to Kansas for the weekend to meet Jeff's family. Everyone seemed anxious to meet Addison so we had many parties during the week long trip. We spent time with Jeff's Dad and Grandma in Topeka and his cousin's had a party in Kansas City. Jeff flew home to work and then the rest of us continued on to Nebraska for the week. We stayed with my Grandma in Omaha and saw relatives there and we took one day to drive to Lincoln to my grandparents' home. One of my cousins drove from Wyoming to Omaha with her husband and 3 kids and stayed with my aunt. Another cousin was home from the Philipines to have her baby and be in the States for a few months. Addison met over 50 relatives and friends of the family. She has 7 living grandparents and great grandparents and she got to be with all of them within one week! You can see that everyone wanted to hold Addison. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful large family.

I wasn't sure how travelling with a 2 month old baby would work, but it was much easier than I thought. Addison slept the whole time in the car and when we stopped for lunch, sometimes she would wake up long enough to eat. I learned how many bottles and diapers to pack for each trip and event. My dad did all the driving and we went almost 1500 miles. My dad said that he is now my chauffeur and babysitter. I am so glad he is retired so he and my mom can babysit Addison and their other grandchild Henry. On the way home we were able to stay with my sister in Kansas so the cousins could be together. Her son is 6 months older than Addison and is so advanced!