Have baby, will travel

We may not be venturing far these days, but me and this little cub have done our fair share of traveling together already. I was so blessed early on with a strong body and a cooperative pregnancy. If a fetus had a passport - baby, you'd have TWO STAMPS!

4 weeks: Mommy, Daddy and zygote celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary in Chicago

11 weeks: Week-long girls trip to the Mayan Riviera, MEXICO. There was lots of pool lounging and bikini clad sunbathing involved, unfortunately for Mamma the swim-up bar was off limits.

12 weeks: Fly to North Carolina to visit Daddy and then drive from North Carolina to Boston (stopping for dinner in New York). Fly home via Providence, RI

14 weeks: Fly to Boston to visit Daddy

16 weeks: Fly to Boston to visit Daddy, drive home to Ohio with a stop over in Niagara Falls, CANADA

17 weeks: Drive to Lexington, KY to tell Grandpa David and Grandma Ellen the good news

17 weeks: Drive to Columbus, OH to tell Grandpa Hal and Grandma Debbie the good news

24 weeks: Fly to Boston for Mamma's doctoral program interview and Daddy's residency interview

25 weeks: Fly to Portland for Mike and Flannery's wedding and to visit Lake Oswego

26 weeks: Fly to Denver for Daddy's residency interview and to visit Grandpa Dick and Grandma Susie

27.5 weeks: our adventures were foiled by preterm labor and now we stay closer to home, very close, specifically snuggled up on the couch and the bed.

But I talk to you about all of the wonderful places your Daddy and I will take you once we have you here safe and sound. We have high hopes of exploring the beauty of foreign countries like Ireland and Italy and embracing the mountains, slopes and scenery of the heartland. You might hear your Daddy and I talk a lot about a magical place called "Vegas" (the land of bright lights, high rollers and drunken debauchery), but contrary to what you may have heard, it's NOT family friendly and that's a trip that Mommies and Daddies take alone just as soon as their little one is old enough to stay the weekend with grandma.

Your Daddy and I enjoy traveling together more than anything else in this entire world (well, besides cuddling) and we cannot wait to adapt to traveling as a family. So get you're traveling pants on and (please!) be genetically predispositioned prepared with an easy going temperament and lots of airplane slumbers. I was thinking today that I might start a travel diary for you, just to keep track of all of the places we visit together and special little notes about our trips. Would you like that? Then one day you can continue it yourself if you'd like and have all of your cherished memories in one place to read about anytime you want to escape to a far away land (except, seriously, no Vegas).

Oh the places you will go little one! The adventures that await us!