We recently were able to take a trip back home to Virginia! It was a short one, only a day and a half, but it was so needed! We have moved twice since Maddy was four months old. The first time was to Grundy which was only a little over two hours from where we were living at the time and then back in December Shane got a new job and we moved to Ohio.
Maddison has always been an angel baby when it comes to traveling so that part of our trip was easy. When you are five hours and a couple of states away from all of your family you naturally want to see them anytime you get the chance so on our longest day in town we squeezed in as much family time that we could fit in a twelve hour period. All day long we went from house, to house, to house. Maddy napped between houses for a few minutes here and there but never got a full nap so we had a really tired baby and one that was out of her normal environment. It took Maddy a few minutes to warm up to each place we visited but anytime anyone held her she screamed and by that I mean you would think that someone was really hurting her. This is one of the very few decent photos I was able to take and this was after a solid hour of my Grandma trying to hold her. We were really taken by surprise because she has never been shy and we visited for Christmas and she loved on everyone. Is this a stage they go through?
When we decided to move the biggest worry we had was Maddy missing out on time with our families. We have Great grandparents, Grandma, Nana, Gigi, Aunties, Uncles, Paw Paws, Cousins, and so many friends that we consider family and that we love so much. How does everyone else that is far from family make distance work? How do you make sure your little one knows her family? I would love some tips!
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