Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts

April 16, 2013

Maternity photos

Way back when I was pregnant, my BFF Courtney made a trip to come and see me before Logan arrived. She and I met in college, at The Ohio State University, where we were both Photography majors. :)

The good thing about having a photographer BFF is she took Maternity photos for us while we visited Boston one afternoon.
The bad thing about having a photographer BFF is that I was last priority for my photos to be edited and sent out. I guess that's the price you pay... ;)

I was so excited to have her visit me when I was still feeling fairly good and mobile. We had a great time walking around Boston and eating lots of good food!
We just got these in the mail and I couldn't resist sharing... so, here are some pretty photos of me with my big pregnant belly!!! (I can not believe my little boy was all squished in there).











All photos are property of Elson Photography.
Courtney takes photos out of the Columbus, OH area. If you would like to reach her you can check out more of her wonderful photography and contact her on her website. (Tell her Megan sent you)


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March 30, 2013

Cincinnati visit

Man, life with a baby really goes by fast! it feels like just yesterday we were in Cincinnati visiting with loved ones, but here it is almost Easter! Crazy. Anyways, as you already know Logan's first flight went really well! Our week in Cincinnati was basically a meet and greet of everyone who had not met Logan yet. It was a whirlwind week to say the least and I'm pretty sure we wore our little boy out each and everyday! Since the weather was still fairly cold we did a lot of our activities inside. I can not wait until our next visit home in June when we can get out more! Our first visitor was from my Uncle Herb. He rushed right on over as soon as he could and wasted no time talking to Logan, who happily babbled right back at him. 
Day two we packed up and drove to Dayton to hang out with my Great Aunt Onie. Logan was all dressed for the occasion and enjoyed our mini photo shoot.


Four generations! Pretty cool.



Day three we got back in the car and headed to Lexington to my Grandma's house! Here we met Granny, Uncle Kyle (my brother) and Aunt Melissa! It is weird because my brother just moved from Kentucky to South Carolina and my Granny is moving south of the city so this is the last time we will be visiting family in Lexington. I think our visit was a little bit overwhelming for Logan as you can probably tell by the sad faces in the photos. They are the best photos we got of the day.  Even though he looks miserable, I know he had a great time being loved and held by everyone.



The next day we had a play date with my friends Tori and Elly. They brought over their littlest babes while the older kids were at church for preschool.
Already the ladies man!

Afterwards he was beat and took a nap with Geoff.
Then spent the evening hanging out with Grandpa Warren!


Saturday, Geoff left bright and early (4am) to fly back to Boston. Unfortunately he had to work the rest of the weekend. Logan and myself slept in since we had a jam packed day. In the afternoon we had lunch with friends I have known since Kindergarten and second grade- Cari, Lindsay and their kids (and husband). In the evening we headed over to my friend Andrea's house for a biiiiiig get together of my girlfriends, husbands and kids. Logan wasn't even the newest addition, Andrea had a baby boy Aiden. He was so tired halfway through the night he fell right asleep in a few of my friends arms.


Sunday my BFF Courtney made the drive down from Columbus to hang out for the afternoon. We spent the afternoon hanging out around my parents house since we had been on the go the whole week. Logan needed a break... and honestly so did I. I'm still learning how to be a mom and I realized this week that I need to speak up and say when we are trying to do too much with such a young baby.
Luckily for us, that was the bulk of our week. The next few days we got to relax, sleep in and hang out at home. We ran some errands but made sure that we got in lots of Grandpa and Grandma time of snuggles and kisses. :) My mom and dad were amazing and set up a whole nursery (with a crib) for us in my brothers old room. They even got my a Boppy pillow since they know how much I use mine. I think they are trying to entice us to visit more.

We had a great visit and since we just got Logan's passport in the mail this week... we will be planning a trip to Canada to visit Geoff's side of the family very soon!!!

March 19, 2013

We made it to Cincinnati and back!

We had a very exciting week, last week, heading down to Cincinnati to visit my friends and family! During our time away, we had a lot of firsts... Logans first plane ride, a first tear, first time rolling over from front to back by himself and my first time flying solo with a baby!

Packing for the trip was a mess. Since, we were flying standby and checking bags gets a little more complicated, we decided to have only carry on bags and tried to pack as light at possible. We decided not to bring the stroller with us, or a carseat (my lovely friend Katie let us borrow hers) and instead brought the Ergo. Geoff came down with us and stayed for the first 4 days before having to go back to work while Logan and I stayed for another 4 days. This meant I had help on the way down and had to wing it myself on the way back. I packed up both my clothes and Logan's clothes in my suitcase. Bulked up the diaper bag with our large camera and finally decided to bring the pump with us. (I wasn't sure how much I would use it but figured I might need a bottle or two for my parents to feed Logan). We did a decent job packing but I did fedex a small box back home so I would have less to carry through the airport. I'm sure next time we will do even better. :)

Here are a few tips from my experience

- If you babywear your baby, you can go through security without taking him/her out or the carrier off. They just swabbed my palms after I went through and I was good to go.
Beware though, taking shoes on and off is very tricky when you can not bend over (remember the feeling in pregnancy?) so choose your shoes wisely.
Also if you are by yourself, going to the bathroom is also quite complicated. A stroller would have made this easier.

-You are allowed to take breastmilk, juice and formula/water through security when you are traveling with a baby. They just placed my bottles into a machine, it took a few seconds to test them and I was on my way. (Make sure to have them already out in the bins when you go through so you don't have to search for them when your bag gets pulled).
I also like to bring an empty water bottle for myself to fill up at a water fountain after security.

-Go say hi to the gate agents and show off your baby when he/she is sleeping or in a good mood. This helped us score empty seats around us both ways. :)

-During take off and landing make sure to give your baby something to suck on to combat the pressure changes. I fed Logan on take off both times and he was completely fine and he slept through both the landings. :)

-You can bring your carseat onto the plane if you purchase a ticket for your baby or there are empty seats next to you. Remember that the carseat has to be strapped into the seat next to the window in case of an evacuation (you don't want to be trapped trying to jump over a carseat). If you check your seat, you can hold your baby during the flight but do not strap them into the seatbelt with you. Use your arms as a seatbelt and hold your little one close.

-Bring an extra blanket! Planes get cold and most airlines charge for blankets (and the ones that dont sometimes reuse them from flight to flight... yuck!) so you want to make sure that you keep your baby warm enough.

-If you rely on electronics for entertainment or soothing (like we do with white noise on our iphones) remember that for take off and landing, those will have to be turned off. Come prepared with other plans for those times of flight.

-Don't forget to keep diapers, a change of clothes (and a shirt for you), pacifiers, a bottle, etc. in reachable distance... aka not packed in your suitcase.

-Relax and try to enjoy this new experience. Once we got going I was less concerned with what people would think if Logan started crying during the flight and more concerned with our little family and the memories we were making.

All in all Logan did great! On the way down he was awake going through the airport and slept the entire flight. On our flight home, it was the opposite, he slept until we got onto the airplane and then was awake the whole flight until right before landing. He loved looking around at everyone and watched the people walk up and down the aisles. I brought a few small toys to play with just in case but didn't need them at all. He didn't even really cry, just had a few wimpers when he got tired and I put on some light white noise to accompany the sounds of the engines and he was out in a few minutes.

Now as we plan future trips this year, I'll be a little more excited and a lot less nervous. I'm sure things will change as he gets older and moves around more but, knowing we have flown with him makes it somehow easier in my mind. Our next trips will have to be over to Geoff's side of the family- taking him to meet relatives in Seattle and Canada. One of the things on our to-do lists this month is to get Logan his first passport!

I'll be so excited for Logan when he gets his first passport stamp taking his first flight out of the country to Canada and then coming back on his first of many flights to america! I have a feeling our little boy will be seeing a lot of this big world we live in!

Anyone have any suggestions for traveling with a baby i missed?
Or advice for bringing along a stroller and car seat?


December 8, 2012

Wedding Recap #4 -Reception

Our wedding reception was like many others... We were announced in with our bridal party, we cut the cake, we had speeches by my Dad, my maid of honor and Geoff's best men... We had grace, ate dinner and then the party started. Geo had made us a slideshow that we all watched, laughed and cried at. After that, Geoff's cousins had a surprise for us. They made us get up and dance to the music video "Party Rock Anthem" in front of everyone until we were upstaged by all the kids who showed us how to really dance. So fun! We had our first dance and then my dad and I danced. (I should add that my dad does NOT dance but he had a surprise up his sleeve and had taken dance lessons for me... soooo sweet and something I will never forget!) The rest of the night was a blur of dancing, laughing, visiting with everyone and getting some fun shots in our Photobooth. I can honestly say it was Perfect... the whole day was perfect for us. I couldn't even be sad when it was over because I have some of the best memories of my life from my wedding day. It fills my heart to think back and remember it all. Best of all, I married my best friend and I wake up each day thankful for that fact! 






















The next day, Geoff's family wanted to go out for brunch before they all headed back to Canada. Somehow they had Chicken and Waffles on their minds so we all agreed to meet up at Wally's World. I really have no idea how this came about but it was a good time. We took over the small restaurant and they did an amazing job catering to our huge group. :) They even gave Geoff and myself a cake when they found out we were married the night before. It was a wonderful way to end an amazing weekend!