Last weekend, Tyler turned to me and said, “We need a vacation.”
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
I feel that. Historically, we’ve taken multiple trips a year. In just 2019, we managed to go to:
• Copenhagen, Denmark; Hamburg, Germany; and London, England
• Fortaleza, Brazil
• Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
• Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland
Plus, I somehow fit in my girls’ trip to Ireland between those last two!
We obviously had travel plans disrupted last year, thanks to COVID, so our trips to Shanghai and Barcelona became trips to Savannah and Asheville. We’re fortunate that we lost very little money to cancellations, and we were still able to road trip while I was pregnant. But now that we have a baby, it’s harder to spontaneously grab great flight deals, like those ones we briefly had for Tahiti.
Of course, we’re so excited to show our son the world, now that he has his passport, and we think that our family trip to Ireland next year will be a great start to his traveling adventures. But we also want to make sure we’re still taking time together, just the two of us – even if those trips aren’t quite as elaborate as they used to be!
We found that our anniversary trip to San Francisco, California was a great getaway, but a little long to be away from the baby. So we’re hoping to take a long weekend trip sometime in the next couple months. We’ve been scoping out flight prices to the Caribbean, potentially so we could stay at an all-inclusive resort for a few days. I also think a short cruise could be a good option, since Megan had such a great time on her last one, and we really enjoyed our cruise through the Mediterranean for our honeymoon.
It’s been hard to accept that travel isn’t as easy as it used to be for us, for several reasons. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done – it just means we need to adapt it for our current phase of life. You know, the one where we’re raising a kid and trying to get through a global pandemic. 😅 I am confident that we’ll be able to do a quick vacation that recharges the both of us – I just don’t know where it’ll be yet!
If you have recommendations, please send them my way!