We took our longest road trip yet (7 hours!) up to Shawano, Wisconsin to Matt's grandmother's house. Jack was a trooper. The whole crew was there - Matt's parents, sisters and families, and a whole slew of cousins and extended family and friends. His grandmother's house is the hub for everyone in the summer, which is so special. Jack met everyone and was his adorable, laid back self! Matt's sisters also threw us a baby shower (surprise!) and we were so honored that everyone could make it. We had a fun weekend with lots of sun, good food and laughs with family! Oh, and happy 31st birthday to me! :)
Next up, a trip to New York City!! We had never been and thought we'd go while Jack is the perfect age to take everywhere. He did awesome on his 2nd airplane trip, and it helps that we got another upgrade to first class. He was awake a little more than his 1st airplane ride to Seattle last month, but just full of smiles! Once we landed we took a cab to our hotel in Times Square....with Jack on my lap. It seemed very unsafe to travel that way and I can't believe you don't need a car seat in taxi cabs, but when in Rome....
While in NYC we saw all the major sites: Rockefeller Center, Empire State Building, Central Park, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, World Trade Center memorial (must see....life changing!), Times Square and Grand Central Terminal. Jack was so amazing the whole time - content as can be in the Ergo exploring the sites or taking a nap. We took him out of the Ergo at many of the sites to stretch, nurse, and rest my back. On a side note, I breastfed him at all the sites below and didn't get one weird stare at all......refreshing and so very easy!! Matt and I were even able to get a 6 mile run in around Central Park - a special treat! We took turns watching Jack while the other one ran and we'll be looking forward to being able to use our BOB Revolution running stroller in a couple months.
The downside of traveling with a 3 1/2 month old is that he doesn't sleep the day away anymore, so we weren't able to eat more than 1 longer sit down dinner or stay out drinking until the wee hours like we would have liked. :) Oh well! Even though we had him to bed most nights around 10:00pm, he still slept like a champ until around 8 or 9am most days. Love our boy!!
