All Our Ducks In A Row

Just about a month ago, Jon, Hailey and I took a trip up to Vermont for a wedding over a long weekend. This would be the first time we would have flown away from Olivia since she was very little. It was a very big deal. My sister, who is amazing with Olivia, offered to take care of her for the weekend. This would be a first for her also. She had taken care of Livy before but not for that length of time. The day before we left, I was having serious doubts about leaving. So nervous for something to go wrong. So many medications to give. But Meaghon was confident and I trusted her completely.

In the days leading up to the trip, Jon and I had a lot of work to do. It was amazing how much information we had to gather. We finalized our wills, made sure there was plenty of medication and supplies in the house, and we completed Livy's Care Notebook. I knew for some time that this Care Notebook would be important. It is Livy in a book. It lists all of her doctors, therapists, medications, schedules, school information, pharmacy information, and just about everything else someone would need to know if God forbid something happened to Jon and me. We keep it all together with our wills and insurance information in a neat little folder. Here is the link to the site where I downloaded the Care Notebook.

We really have to take ourselves out of our shoes and look at this from someone else's perspective, someone who may need to step in and take care of our child.