Boston

Last weekend we packed up the H man and went out to Boston so I could go to the annual conference of the J Reuben Clark Law Society that was held at Harvard. I've been fairly involved in this organization throughout law school and this year I'm in the national student leadership so pretty much was "required" to go--plus I jump at any chance to go to the east coast :) And was it fun??? At times...It was an adventure to say the least--here are some of the highlights (in no particular order):
1- Northwest Airlines and US Air are the bane of my existence
Our flight was switched from a NW to a US air flight due to engine trouble and I neglected to check US Air's "policies" and was unaware that they require you to check in 45 minutes prior to departure. We checked in 5 minutes past this deadline and were forced to sit in the airport for 5 hours and then arrived in Boston at 5am and I had to be at the conference by 830..... we yelled, cried, asked for a manager...neither airline really cared or would do anything for us (oh wait..I forgot, NW did give us two $25 vouchers-yee haw) it was a bit of a rough night but on the up side the baby slept through the whole flight and our hotel was really close to the airport....
2-The Root Beer chugging was not meant to be
My main responsibility as the vice chair of the Student Chapters Board was to conduct a "JRCLS cup" competition during a lunch with law students on Friday--the contest between student regions was to involve rootbeer chugging, reading the preamble to the constitution, and winning an awesome trophy I had engraved "JRCLS cup". I was ready to go Friday and my game got bumped due to a lack of time for a panel with some of the church's general counsel. Saturday I brought all the stuff back to try again during lunch and was AGAIN bumped so we could have more time for a Q&A with Judge Griffiths of the DC circuit....now I know there is a lot we as law students can learn from these people but come on--let's have some fun and chug some rootbeer!!!!
3-I have the best friends EVER
The highlight of our trip was that my awesome former roomate Alissa and great friend mike came up from DC just to see us!! Plus my friend Will and his wife Sara came down from Providence as well! And we got to hang out with our friend Katie (also in our DC ward)! PLUS Alissa brought lots of wonderful baby gifts from other roomates and DC friends. It was so nice to catch up with everyone. We went out to lunch, got delicious hot chocolate, and sat talking about babies and life and such for hours--nothing better then reconnecting and having friends willing to go to such great lengths to make that happen :) It just made me feel so blessed and loved. THANK YOU!!
3-Traveling with a baby is TOUGH
Although Harrison was generally good I have to say that traveling with a baby is just a lot more complicated. More stuff to bring--Car seat? Stroller? formula? how many diapers? how many onesies?? (I thought I brought far too many clothes and ended up using them all by the way) how am I going to keep him warm? what about his poor little ears and the change in pressure on the plane?? And the GERMS--ick!!?? Also, you can't just play around and sightsee when you constantly have to think about feeding and diapering and where and how that will happen....it's just more stressful--Although I will miss the little man when this day comes, I can't help wishing for the time he will be old enough to leave with some (hopefully) willing grandparents.
4-And PICTURES-here ya go (sorry to make you read all my ramblings first but I have to make you work for it don't I??)


On this trip I had the first chance to pack the baby into the sling I recently purchased...the 24.99 was totally worth it!! I was able to lug him through several airports and he had fun too...usually sleeping...
I love my sling!
With some Student Chapters Board kids--the fact that I slept like two hours in three days hopefully explains the state of my hair (ok you can't really tell, but it was gross)
Harvard campus and SNOW
Alissa let us borrow this awesome fleecy suit so Harrison was nice and warm despite temps in the 30s
First time on the plane--no idea what's going on outside
And the trophy that will soon be gracing my mantle...