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Road Trip w/ 5 Kids Under 5 & The Truth About Traveling With Friends

Always Here

October 9, 2026

This week, we’re recapping our road trip with five kids under five — from $30 apple juice and restaurant chaos to everything we learned about traveling with friends.

Speakers Addie, Abby Howard

TopicsParentingKids & FamilySociety & Culture

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Addie (1:00)

I don't take vacations with my kids.

SPEAKER_5 (1:02)

Yeah.

Abby Howard (1:02)

Yeah, exactly.

Addie (1:03)

I want to literally not move, but a trip, yeah, we're going to jam pack it.

SPEAKER_5 (1:08)

That's a good differentiation.

Abby Howard (1:09)

We've gone on plenty of trips where we've had different budgets and because there's always been an understanding of like, you guys might do something different than us.

Addie (1:15)

If you can't have that conversation, don't travel with them.

Abby Howard (1:17)

Because you don't want to walk away from a trip and feel bitter towards your friend.

Addie (1:20)

Yes. Abby and I have five kids under five.

Abby Howard (1:23)

That have been in the car all day long.

Addie (1:25)

We don't have a vehicle that can take them anymore.

Abby Howard (1:26)

Or have directions, but we don't know where they're taking us.

Addie (1:36)

Welcome back to Always Here.

Abby Howard (1:39)

We're your hosts, Abby Howard.

Addie (1:41)

And Abby Howard.

Abby Howard (1:43)

I feel like we've been really sinking.

Addie (1:45)

Sinking.

Abby Howard (1:45)

Synchronizationing.

Addie (1:46)

I know. It's always like a good tell of how this is going to go today.

Abby Howard (1:50)

Yeah. Are we skipping at the beginning? Are we?

Or is it flowing? Is it flowing?

Addie (1:54)

I'm going to cough so much. I literally just got back from burn and body weight condition got me wind.

Abby Howard (1:59)

Dude.

Addie (2:00)

I like every time I take a sharp inhale, it's like.

Abby Howard (2:03)

I love that feeling. Sometimes. Yeah. I'm like, oh yeah. I really pushed them today. Well, yeah.

Speaking of the lungs.

Addie (2:09)

But then also I'm like, gosh, take a deep breath.

SPEAKER_5 (2:12)

I was so proud of myself just doing jump ropes today. I was like, look at me. I'm jumping.

SPEAKER_1 (2:15)

You were crushing it.

SPEAKER_5 (2:16)

Doing jump ropes.

Abby Howard (2:17)

I started, I was yelling at Abby, I go, come on, Abby.

SPEAKER_1 (2:19)

Yeah, I was sad.

SPEAKER_5 (2:20)

So I was just like this the whole time.

Abby Howard (2:22)

I didn't realize.

SPEAKER_5 (2:24)

But I was able to jump and do everything, so it was great.

Abby Howard (2:28)

Yeah, we all went. Does it feel good being back? How does it feel being 27 weeks pregnant?

SPEAKER_1 (2:33)

28

SPEAKER_7 (2:34)

28 weeks pregnant.

SPEAKER_5 (2:35)

27 and a half.

SPEAKER_1 (2:37)

Are you off? No, I'm 28

SPEAKER_7 (2:38)

Are you off your pelvic rest?

SPEAKER_5 (2:39)

I'm off pelvic rest.

Abby Howard (2:41)

All right, perfect.

SPEAKER_5 (2:41)

I was talking to, we went to Bird together yesterday and I was like, oh yeah, I was so sore from doing leg day the other day for the first time in eight weeks and Abby goes, that's longer than I've been off.

Abby Howard (2:52)

Yeah, seriously, it's a long time.

SPEAKER_5 (2:55)

But it all moved. The placenta is up.

Abby Howard (2:58)

A praise.

SPEAKER_5 (3:00)

Over two centimeters away. So we are back to jump in and move in and groove in.

Addie (3:04)

I feel like that time they do move.

SPEAKER_5 (3:06)

Yeah, that's why I'm like, is it really that big of a deal? Well, that like did what I do.

Addie (3:13)

That's what I wondered too.

SPEAKER_5 (3:14)

Did me not working out fully affect and having intercourse affect that?

Addie (3:20)

Yeah, I wondered that too. I was like, is this really going to move the needle?

SPEAKER_5 (3:22)

Or was it...

Addie (3:23)

Is this really going to move the placenta?

SPEAKER_5 (3:25)

That's what I really want to know is if it actually worked or not.

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