Here's the super late post about our first family vacation.... I have had so many thoughts about what to post and write about but just couldn't get the drive to actually do it. Now that it's been a couple of weeks I am ready to write about it! Our first family vacation was exactly what we hoped it would be and everything we needed it to be. I cannot say enough about getting away and bonding as a family. In the midst of the stress of rules, trying to understand expectations, school, work and balancing everything all while getting to know each other, going on vacation was exactly what our family needed. Doing only the good things in life for a few days with no worries about being anywhere on time and the hardest decision being ice-cream now or later was the perfect way to learn our family interactions better. It can be hard to adjust to new expectations - for us as parents and for our girl as part of our family. Having a minute to breathe and re-set was exactly ...