Oh the places you'll go!

Our little bean is becoming quite the traveled fetus. Although our pregnancy was most certainly planned, we were afraid to bank on the first round of IVF working and continued to plan our life as we normally would, filled with weekend and vacation adventures. As a result of this, we’ve got a few trips on the calendar this spring/ summer that we’re looking forward to.

This mommy-to-be is excited for the travel, but also nervous about finding the appropriate, expandable clothing for these trips and how the result of changing time zones will affect my sleeping patterns/ mood. Thankfully, this mommy-to-be is looking forward to exploring the many culinary adventures and not worrying about gaining weight while doing so! A girl has got to look at the bright side.

Our little adventure list:

-          March: Cancun, Mexico- Done! While 7 weeks pregnant, I was still learning to adjust to life without “all you can drink” at an all inclusive resort, life with sun-sensitive skin (hence the nice burn) and how to prevent food borne illness while in a foreign country.

-          May: Las Vegas, Nevada- We will be traveling with several of my “BFL’s”= best friends in life that I went to kindergarten with. We’re celebrating our 30^th birthdays. The question remains, where does a 20 weeks pregnant woman find club clothing? I keep replaying that scene in my head from Knocked UP:

-          July: San Diiiiaaaaggooo, California- Yes, I may say this the entire plane ride! I’m also hoping that they play Ron Burgundy on the plane ride out. This will be quite the tricky trip at 24/ 25 weeks pregnant because A) making a 4-hour flight through several time zones and B) it’s  a twofold work/pleasure trip that will last 9 days and that’s a long time for a temperamental woman to be away from her bed/ pillow. The first five days will be spent with the hubs traveling around California (we’re taking suggestions of what to see and where to go) and the second four days will be spent with a co-worker at a World Fitness Conference. Typically, I’d be spending 4 days working out 11 hours/ day- seriously 7am-6pm, but the brakes will be put on that just a bit this year. I’m going to begin apologizing to my colleague now for the incessant bathroom trips I’ll need to make during the middle of the night.

Anyhow, “the bean” (who will grow to be 6 inches this month, so I’m no longer referring to it as “little”) is becoming quite the little traveler. We know that life is going to drastically change this fall and that plane ride vacations are going to be much larger productions. In the meantime, I’m going to rejoice in our pack-and-go lifestyle and look forward to the day that the hubs is lugging a car seat and stroller behind me.