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leaving on a jet plane

We have been a busy busy family for the last few weeks! In mid-September while many of our friends were headed to Breckenridge for one of our favorite weekends (Oktoberfest!) we headed to Michigan to see family, introduce Adelina to her other cousins and see one of hubs best friends say "I do". It was a little nerve-wracking leading up to the trip as I had just had to cancel a trip to see one my closest friends in North Carolina. We had just switched Adelina to a new formula after coming to the conclusion that she probably had a soy allergy along with her milk protein allergy. With the switch came a major transition (Adelina hated the new formula... it smells like dirty feet so I can't blame her) and  since I was still breastfeeding, attempting to supplement with the new formula and trying to build up our milk storage for future use it wasn’t going to be feasible for me to go on the trip to North Carolina. Instead we focused on our trip back to the mid-west!

Packing for myself has always been a struggle and now packing with a child was loads of fun (can you hear the sarcasm?). It really did seem like we needed so much more with a child! Besides a massive bag with all 3 of our things, we had to take a diaper bag, a breast pump, and what seemed like 12 other bags (really I think there was only 1 other one).  Not to mention having to carrying the little one through the airport. To help with this I decided to use our moby wrap to carry Adelina through security and the airport so that freed up my arms somewhat. I received a lot of funny looks while walking through the airport but that wrap was a lifesaver!

I was most nervous about the flight and having a screaming baby. If you can believe it, it ended up being one of the easiest parts of the trip because Adelina slept practically the whole flight to Michigan AND the whole flight home. It was almost too good to be true! Adelina struggled a little with sleeping once we arrived in Michigan but I am sure she was completely out of her element and while we tried to keep her on Colorado time so it was a little tough. The most "interesting" part of our trip was trying to figure out how I was going to breastfeed while on the plane. We had been told that it was easiest on babies if they were fed while during take off and landing to help with ear-popping so that was our plan. Now, I have to admit I've lost all "shyness' about breastfeeding in public, but being in that close proximity to other passengers and not having a guaranteed seat next to Brent, I was a little worried. The flight attendants were nice enough to help us out with seats close to each other so seating wasn't an issue. And breastfeeding was surprisingly easy to pull off with a cover-up, but I was just waiting for the moment when Adelina would kick or pull the cover-up down for the whole plane to see my girls. Luckily it never happened.

The trip overall was a success! Adelina had a chance to see Grandma and Grandpa Wardell, meet Cameron, Ariana and Emma (and her Aunts and Uncles), as well as go to her first wedding! In addition I had a chance to see a couple old friends that I haven't seen in years at the Potter Park Zoo (also Adelina's first trip to the zoo, even if she did sleep through it!).

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