Lacey's First Trip

Garrett called me one day from school and proposed the idea of Lacey and I going up to Knoxville with him to a DCA basketball game and spend the night on January 21st. I was just sick at my stomach, I wanted to be excited and I was so happy he was wanting to be spontaneous and take us with him. However, Lacey was not even going to be 5 weeks old yet. Taking her to a ballgame in a gym made me so uneasy. I shared with him my thoughts and he shared with me his. Usually his was just trying to make me see my thoughts from a different perspective. I just didn't want to make a irresponsible decision and our little girl catch a bug, when we would have been fine staying in. Well after her one month checkup and talking to different people I chose to go!! We had such a fun experience!!! We left Friday about noon, loaded everything including her moses basket and stand. She slept the entire way to Sevierville where we decided to stay the night, thanks to Pop for getting us hooked up with a free room!! We check into hotel and had a couple hours to waste. Lacey took a short nap and then we all took off to game.

Lacey playing on the hotel bed

People were so sweet and complimentary. Since this was a far away game there wasn't to many people that would want to see her. I wore her in a sling, to help her be a little more confined these early weeks.

Mommy and Lacey heading out

Her pretty blue eyes just sparkled as she looked up at those bright gym lights and blinked. She slept the second half of game. Then we went to eat with friends. We had our first experience of nursing in the car, it wasn't to bad. She was sooooo fussy at dinner, usually after she eats she is pretty content for a bit, but she just screamed and screamed. By this time it was 10:00pm, I felt like I had been so selfish to stay out, I should have already been in the room settling her down. Once we got to hotel she ate, went to sleep, and slept 6 hrs : ) . Saturday we took our time, checked out and headed out to the outlets to do some shopping!!!

She tolerated her Snap and Go stroller so well, just slept the entire time, it was such a gorgeous day. Lacey got all the goodies, we didn't buy anything for ourselves. We ate at ChopHouse and headed home.

Pooped after all the shopping!

The ride home was a little more eventful, we stopped to feed her when she got fussy, then on down the road she spit up and we had to pull over and change her clothes. We were so ready to arrive home by this time. Overall I was so thankful Garrett had this idea, we made it so good!!! I will always remember our first trip as a family, and I appreciate all the help Garrett gave me to make it happen without many mishaps!!