We Did It!

So Mimi and I made a grand trip to Boston to visit our dear friends The Swansons last week. It was just her and I with four total plane trips...needless to say I was on the anxious side about everything. However it was very worth it for us to see our friends and introduce them to Mimi so I took the plunge and flew with a newborn by myself. Actually, she did SO well! After one flight I even was checking to see if she was breathing because she was so out!(That's even with no tylenol!) We had a great time with the Swansons and even got to be there for Sam's birthday. Now I feel like Mimi and I can get through anything (like her first shots today, for example!). Here are some pictures from our trip:

So, the east coast seems to be the only place that you can find Dunkin' Donuts and Ben and I developed a love affair with them during our trips to Boston. People go there for the coffee and I like that they have iced DECAF coffee (with lots and lots of cream and sugar)...okay, if you can't tell, I am not a "real" coffee drinker! This was the first "dunkies" I saw so I had to take a picture for Ben back home (and of course treat myself to an iced coffee).

This is what Mimi looked like after our flight into Boston. I was extremely elated and relieved; I couldn't stop taking pictures of her! You would've thought that we had just climbed Mt. Everest with the way I was congratulating her (and myself!)

This is Abby Swanson, who I started to babysit when she was eight!!! She is now going to celebrate her SIXTEENTH birthday this week! She was so sweet and great with Mimi...I desperately wanted her to come back with us and be OUR babysitter!
(Also, being that Abby is a teenager, she has a busy social life. However she stayed home lots to be with us. We were very glad and thankful for that.)

Mimi and I at the Swansons' table, probably eating some wholesome breakfast whipped up by Judy! (on the way to get a Dunkin' Donuts coffee :)

Will, Judy and Brynn adoring Mimi (which happened a lot...!)


Our trip to Concord, MASS

(Julie, we LOVED our Beco Baby Carrier! It saved us on these little day trips and on our last flight home! Thanks for the advice!) xoxo

Portsmouth, NH

A girl couldn't let all of these great leaves go to waste! You knew this was coming I'm sure...

(Brynn's future senior picture!)

I prayed hard about this trip and called on some sweet friends for advice before we left. Thankfully we made it there safely (without any major emotional damage on Mimi's or my part) and had a wonderful trip. Good thing too, because in a few days we're off to another cross-country adventure (but this time with Ben) for Grandpa B.T. and Oma's wedding in Captiva, Florida. Stay tuned..."where in the world is Mimi Harper Turrill?" (to the tune of Carmen San Diego)