Well Traveled

No baby yet...although John is really getting excited. I don't think he really has any idea, but Mom and Daddy have a foster baby that he's been practicing with, so when he sees the crib and the car seat he knows there's supposed to be a baby there. I think he's going to be a GREAT big brother! We're just working on teaching him what is OK to body slam, and what isn't OK. It's a tough thing to learn, I guess.
So more time to focus on John. How about his travels? The first trip he went on (aside from tailgating at Clemson) was to Cape Cod for Buck's cousin Kerry's wedding. He was 3 weeks old. 24 hours or so in the car to get there for a long weekend, then the same back. What a great long weekend it was, though! John was great in the car. The trip was a lot longer because we stopped for him to eat pretty frequently, but we also fed him in the car (pumping in traffic is definitely interesting). We stopped in NC on the way there, and arrived in Cape Cod very late at night. It was the perfect trip because he got to meet Grandma and Grandpa Bucky, almost all of his aunts and uncles on the Buckingham side, cousin Tommy, and a lot of the extended family as well. Everyone loved holding him, particularly Uncle Rod, but they also enjoyed making fun of his "S" shaped stretches. He sure was a funny stretcher. We also made fun of his purple mouth. The doctors thought he and I may be sharing a yeast infection from nursing, so he had this purple medicine for his mouth that stained everything, and made him look like he'd been eating lots of grape popsicles. What an experience at 3 weeks...to meet so many great relatives, and to have traveled a huge portion of the east coast, and to have slept through his first wedding. He and I also fell asleep in the last few seconds of the Florida State game and missed Clemson's big play to win it. Hey, it was a long trip. I don't think we'll be so brave with two. Fortunately the Buckingham clan is coming our way for a beach trip in July, so our trip will be much shorter. Fortunately we'll get to see ALL of the aunts and uncles and ALL of the cousins.