We spent Juliet's first Christmas visiting family in the New Orleans area. First up was the drive from Houston, which went as well as we could have hoped. Loading up the SUV was a challenge with all of the baby stuff, puppy stuff, and Christmas presents! Juliet slept through most of the trip and we only had to make one stop to feed and change her.
We had a wonderful Christmas and Juliet definitely enjoyed all of the attention. We were pretty active, taking her out of the house almost every day and she did really well. We went out to dinner several times and she stayed asleep in her car seat at the restaurants. Also we made it back with no illness - I was a little concerned with that since she is still so young and was exposed to so many family members. Her sleep schedule got a bit off during the trip - she had been doing pretty well at home, sleeping 5-6 hours at night - sadly this did not happen during our week of vacation. After coming back home we slowly adjusted back to a better schedule and now she is sleeping 6-7 hours consistently at night!
Below are several pictures from the trip.
Maya rode in the back with all the stuff
Annie got the front seat
Juliet and I rode in the middle seat
Brody was very interested to meet Juliet
Juliet went for her first walk with the puppies in her stroller
She got to meet her great grandparents too!
Cousin Hailey was very interested in meeting her!
On Christmas morning, Juliet watched briefly (then fell asleep) as we opened presents. Her Christmas jammies were so cute!
She did not appreciate being put into her stocking.
Christmas day was a sleepy day for Juliet. I think the combination of many people, noise, and constantly being held had something to do with it. I'm sure next Christmas will be more lively!
