1. I quit my job.
I made it 3 months before I flew the coop.
2. I started my own business.
Previously, I had been a wellness consultant for corporate clients through an HR company. Now, I am the company.
3. We hosted 8 college friends for a dear friend's wedding.
Blog coming soon of how to host a house-full and enjoy it.
4. We traveled to Missouri to visit my family, and we traveled to Milwaukee for "vacation" to visit Joel's brothers and two sets of good friends.
Baby actually hates vacation. A whole lot.
5. We learned how to travel with Baby.
Being the experienced first time mom that I am, I started writing out my "Travel Tips with Baby" before I had even written my packing list for our first trip. It started like this:
1. Pack your EVERYTHING when it comes to bedtime. Bring your sleepy sounds. Bring your night light. Bring your sleep sack. Bring your crib sheets. Bring your Bible story book. Do bedtime exactly the way you would on vacation as you would at home. As my childhood best friend and mother of two says, "Because when your baby is sleeping 12 hours at night, you don't mess with it.
I didn't get any further on my list. Even though I packed mine and Baby's everything, Baby decided vacation meant partying all night, crap napping during the day, and losing his marbles every. where. we. went.
Here is my revised and best advice I have for traveling with Baby in tow.
1. Have no expectations.
2. Snacks. Lots of snacks.
These protein balls are a favorite. Why? Because they're called Energy Bites. So obviously they're healthy. The energy outweighs the mini chocolate chips and M&M's. In case you were wondering.
I have decided to rename all my favorite foods with the preceding word energy.
Energy Mac and Cheese.
Energy Cheesecake.
Energy Chick-Fil-A.
If I ever need to start a second business, I now have the idea.
But really, these little bites are awesome. And simple. Even Baby can make them!
Every single ingredient packed into these little bites are inorganic, gluten-full, dairy-full, unnaturally sweetened, and hormone-full chicken. Oh, wait. Maybe not that last one.
These little bites call for protein powder. And since I'm not a big proponent of protein powder (just get it from real food, people), I found these little individual bags of protein powder.
So for your next trip with Baby, make these Energy Bites and have zero expectations. And maybe pack some wine.
