We left Hartford on Friday (we being Paul, Courtney and I) and flew to Orlando. I was sad to say goodbye to my family and I'm sure they were sad to say goodbye to Courtney!! We had an excellent flight though, Courtney behaving like a champ again and arrived without incident. The Budget rental car line in the airport almost caused me to have a meltdown but that's another story.
We've had a great visit in FL with the Holder family, both immediate and distant. Courtney met many of her relatives at her great-grandmother's 90th birthday party on Saturday, which was quite a treat for us all. I'd always heard about "the farm" but have never been and was really glad to finally get to see it. For Paul it had changed a lot since his last visit but since I had nothing to compare it to, I thought it was beautiful. The party for Grandmom was a huge success with great stories and happy memories shared and new memories formed. Courtney and Erik (another new great-grand) were big hits, almost as popular as the guest of honor!
Grand mom with all the great-grand kids
We've learned a great deal about over-stimulation when it comes to Courtney. All day holding of the baby and passing her off from person to person results in a terrible evening for her mom and dad. Both Christmas day and the day of the birthday party, Courtney never laid down for a nap, and man did she have a meltdown later. Both nights there was screaming, pacing, shushing and general stress (for P and I) from 11pm - 1am or so. One night it resulted in 7 straight hours of sleep but the 2 hour meltdown was a bit more than I could handle.
It's hard to believe that Courtney is already almost 6 weeks old. I'm glad that I'm not on maternity leave as it would already would be 1/2 over, I don't know where the time has gone. She's gotten really big and pudgy and is as cute as can be. She's smiling a lot more and not all of those smiles are gas related!!
Wish us well on our journey tomorrow and let's hope that traffic isn't terrible!!
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