Nathan and I took our first drive up to Ithaca a couple weekends ago for the wedding of my friend Jocelyn. For some reason I wasn’t too nervous about the trip, though I was a little worried about how breastfeeding him on the road would go, and hoped he’d sleep most of the time. Nathan didn’t disappoint! He slept the majority of the trip both there and back, and we only had to stop once each time for him to eat. Nathan got really tired of the car seat during the last 40 minutes on the drive home and pretty much cried that entire time, but otherwise he was great.

On the way down we met up with my friend Mariah at a rest top. She was also traveling to the wedding from Baltimore, with her daughter Olive and her husband. I’m so glad she was there for that first stop because it helped me feel comfortable nursing in that environment. It was a beautiful day and we sat on a picnic table in the sun nursing our babies. What a wonderful and liberating experience that was for me!

I was really happy that my mom got to see Nathan since she lives kind of far away and hadn’t seen him in two months. He’s changed so much since then and it was exciting to show off some of the new stuff he’s doing. It was a quick and busy trip, but I hope she got her fix

The wedding was simple and beautiful. It was held in a park, and the ceremony was on a rock ledge next to a waterfall. Jocelyn has been following our website and all the updates, so I was really glad that she and Nathan finally got to meet. He did really well at the wedding despite the heat and noise. He flirted and smiled at everyone, and even endured getting passed around quite a bit.

I’ve said before that it’s becoming harder to be out and about and still keep Nathan to any sort of schedule. I knew there was very little chance of keeping to one during the weekend but hoped for the best. Even though Nathan was definitely overtired at certain points, he was a good sport and seemed to really love all the new stuff he could soak in.

There are some pictures from the weekend in the September Photo Album and pictures from the wedding here