The White House: 1st Road Trip!

Last Saturday through Wednesday we took our first vacation with Madelyn to Holden Beach with Derek's family. Derek and I were both very excited for some relaxing time with family. Though this year was a little different as we had to take shifts on the beach since Madelyn isn't old enough for the sun and heat and traded in the late nights of games and drinking for all nighters of feeding, rocking and changing diapers (all with love of course) However, we were very lucky to have lots of helpful hands with all of Derek's family there and very happy to see Maddie. It is always a fun trip as Derek's whole family always make the trip and especially this year when we realized what a great tradition this will be for Maddie in the future with all her cousins. We did realize quickly that we will eventually need to rent one very large house to accommodate this large group that keeps growing :) It takes us about 4 hours to get to Holden Beach and both ways Maddie did awesome. We only had to stop one time each way to feed and get her out of her car seat. For the past 6 years Derek and I have stopped at this peach stand on the way home from the beach trip that sells the best peach ice cream and peaches. Of course Maddie slept through it all this year but she soon will love this tradition once she realizes she will get this delicious ice cream each year on the way home! I think the hardest part of the trip was getting everything packed. As we pulled out of the driveway Derek and I couldn't believe how much we had to pack for one child!!

On Thursday Maddie had her one month check up. It should have been last week but our pediatrician was on vacation. Maddie now weighs 11 lbs which puts her in the 96th percentile. She also did some tests on her alertness and said she is at the 2 month stage, of course I felt like one proud mama haha. The worst part of the check up was Maddie had to get her first shot. Our Dr. told me it will hurt you more than Madelyn and boy was she right. Once they did it and Maddie started screaming I almost died. Next month she has to get TWO shots, might need Derek to take her to that one! Our Dr. said everything was perfect and she always finds that 12 lbs is the magic weight to when babies start sleeping 6+ hours at night. Hopefully that is the case for Maddie as that is right around the corner. Right now she wakes up about every 3 hours at night. Which actually seems wonderful compared to the very 1 1/2 we were use to the first few weeks.