TRIP TO NASHVILLE

We absolutely loved our trip to Music City with our Hadley Girl! Such a fun place to visit, I'm already excited to take her back when she's a little older, and maybe not in the heat of summer! I've been to Nashville once a while back and visited the Gaylord hotel at that time, so I was super excited to know we would actually be staying there this time. It is the coolest place, y'all! We actually have a Gaylord hotel in Florida but this one was the original and it's just too awesome! Hadley was so content just walking around the giant atrium they have there. We liked it because it feels like you're outside, but with air conditioning! With a baby, that's the perfect combo! :) 

While we totally could have spent our entire trip exploring the hotel, we did venture out to Broadway- the main, Honkytonk strip in Nashville. With each one we popped into (mostly to get baby girl in some A/C), all I could think of was the line from Sweet Home Alabama, "You have a baby! In a bar!" ;)

We also made it onto the General Jackson Showboat for their lunch cruise. Hadley was amazing through the show and was, as always, perfectly content hanging out in the wrap! This was the perfect way for us to sight-see the city while still hanging out in the air conditioning! 

Finally, we went on the Grand Ole Opry tour on our way out town. We almost didn't do it, but after we were so glad we did! Girlfriend fell asleep right after the Blake Shelton video introduction and woke up juuuust in time for the picture on the stage! Both my husband and I love country music so it was pretty cool to see something that's so special to so many artists. It was pretty freaking awesome that they even let you stand on the stage that many greats have graced. 

MICHIGAN TRIP: GETTING THERE

A few weeks ago we packed up only the necessary baby gear, which still seemed like a ton of stuff, and took our three month old on a plane headed for Michigan! I was super nervous to fly with a baby and was kind of freaking out about what to bring for her. Since we were only going for a long weekend, Thursday to Monday, we decided to try not to bring the entire nursery with us. Instead we brought her car seat and base, diaper bag, and packed her fold-up bassinet, monitors, and eight days worth of clothes-just in case- for Hadley in a carry-on while we checked our bag. This way, if anything happened to our luggage, we would still have everything we needed for her! 

We bought this travel bag for her car seat and base on our way to the airport because we're really good at planning ahead like that. ;) 
When we got to the airport, I changed her before we got out of the car, nursed her while Tommy checked our bag, then we headed for TSA. 
I wore my SollyBaby wrap, but I didn't know if they would let me leave her in it through security, so I just held her...and she may or may not have spit up all over the floor while we were in line. We went through the metal detector instead of the full body scanner and then got to our gate with an hour and a half to wait. She looked out the window for a little while and then right before we were to board, fell asleep. She woke up once we got to our seats though so we took some pictures to document her first flight! She totally looks like she was trying to figure that whole thing out.
Everyone's advice was to nurse her on the way up and the way down to help her pop her ears. BEST. ADVICE. EVER. annnnd, she slept the entire flight in-between. On our way off of the plane we passed people who complimented us on how well she did.