We just got back from our 10 year anniversary trip to Madison. The boys stayed home with Gramma, but Hailey came with us because she is still nursing and I didn't want to pump all the time and being little still she tends to be more difficult to care for.
Based on this trip, she is in the running with Evan for "perfect baby status". She was so GOOD! On the boat trip over she fell asleep for a while - granted it was wavy and rocky as heck so a baby dream come true - she never fussed at all. The old man sitting next to us even told us that our "son" (she had a pink outfit and pink jacket on - maybe his eyesight was shot) was a better sailor than he was. On Friday as we zoomed around Wisconsin to the House on the Rock, back to Madison, off to Prairie du Sac to the Wollershime Winery -she was a trooper. She just sat in her car seat carrier, snoozed when she wanted and took in the scenery.
The most surprising event occurred on Saturday when she made it through the entire Wisconsin/Michigan State football game! We are talking 5 hours here - of loud noise, very little physical stimulation and being held constantly- she even slept for a bit! Amazing! The folks in the stands were loving her! She had on her Michigan State one piece romper and a little white bow in her hair - so cute! The lady behind us kept calling her "Spartan Baby".
Since we couldn't get our car back on to the ferry, on Sunday we had to drive home. Right past the Michigan border we decided to stop and get a pop and go to the bathroom. I took her out to change her diaper and she did not want to go back into the car seat. She cried for about 45 minutes until we blared the Justin Timberlake on the ipod and she chilled out until we got home.
Having just Hailey with us made me think back to when we used to travel with just Spencer. It didn't seem as easy back then. It is funny how with each new addition you look back and what you thought was hard at the time seems not as bad as you thought it was - even easy. It was a nice break to travel with just one kid, but as they say "absence makes the heart grow fonder" and every time I would hear the boys little voices on the phone I just wanted to be home. Then I got home and they started fighting and jumping on the couch and I wanted to leave again.
It was a great trip with a great little traveler!
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