Travel

In my line of work, conference planning, traveling is inevitable.  As a breastfeeding mom I’ve opted to travel for work with the kids.  Due to the pandemic many of my events converted to virtual meetings, so I haven’t had to worry as much about traveling until recently.  Now that the world is opening up to this new normal, traveling for work is an expectation again. So I’m back to considering whether or not to bring the kids on trips with me. I’m blessed to work for a company now that is flexible and willing to let me bring the baby …

I know it’s controversial, but we decided we are going to travel to visit my mom and brothers for Christmas in Colorado this year.  Any other year, this would have been a no brainer – get plane tickets, pack, and go.  This year with COVID in the air we had to really think through this decision with a list of pros and cons and strategize our pandemic travel plans. Pros Annie is 14 months old, and my mom hasn’t seen her in real life since she was two weeks old.  Facetime is great and all, but it’s just not the …

Call me crazy, but we are planning to travel for the holidays this year.  It was a big decision with COVID being as rampant as it is, but it’s the decision we made.  Unless the airlines shut down, we’re going.  You can read about our thought process and the things we’re going to do to keep ourselves and others safe here. So now I’m in holiday travel prep mode.  The first time we went anywhere out of state with Annie, she was 3 months old, and she was a perfect angel.  Granted she wasn’t mobile yet and not that curious …