When hearing of our travel plans this summer, friends and family always ask whether I’m nervous about the long flight with a baby. Truth be told, I’m much more nervous about the long car ride taking us to our first destination on our trip. Eleven hours in the car with a baby that’s just learned [...]
Learning to Be Content With What I Have
Every time we move to a new house, one of the first things I do is assess the yard for its potential as a garden. Not that I always have a productive garden – on the contrary – this is what my garden currently looks like… At one point in time I would have beaten [...]
Part Two: Babies, Toddlers and Planes. Oh my!
I’ve become an accidental expert of traveling with a baby. With family spread over many states along with our habit of house swapping in interesting places, I’ve travelled on 35 airplanes in the last two years with my daughter, Zinnia. Last week, in Part One of Babies, Toddler and Planes. Oh my! I began sharing my [...]
Travel with Baby: Seven Weeks, Five Countries
The last and only other time we were in Prague, we were just married, childless, and incredibly taken with the city. Every street and every corner seemed magical. Our hotel, a charming old house turned B&B, was right in the heart of the old city, only a short walk away from Charles Bridge and the [...]
Babies, toddlers and planes. Oh my!
I’ve become an accidental expert of traveling with a baby. With family spread over many states along with our habit of house swapping in interesting places, I’ve travelled on 35 airplanes in the last two years with my daughter, Zinnia. You may already be cringing, thinking of the hassle of traveling with a babe in tow. [...]


















