AIBU to take an 8 week old on holiday to Spain? Poss pfb...?

[HopingforHols]

DH and I regularly go on holiday with another couple and have done for years, works great. We are all currently planning a trip to Spain for a week in a villa in few months' time.

At the time of the holiday our friends will have 2 DC, 3yrs and 6 months.

Our first DC is due in the next few weeks and will likely be around 8 weeks at the time of the holiday.

AIBU to plan to take an 8 week old on a totally not necessary holiday? This is my first and haven't a clue what to expect. Will me and DH enjoy it or will everything just be too new and we end up stressed? Will we have to take loads of baby stuff on the plane with us and would we be better just setting off in the car to somewhere in the UK or France maybe, where we're a bit more in control?

Please help. I don't want to be pfb, but I do want me and DH to have a good first holiday as a little family. What age is the earliest you would take a pfb on a plane to Europe in late Spring?

Thanks

[JustHappy3]

When you register the birth get extra copies of the certificate - they are only a few pounds and means youcan keep one safe and post the others off eg for passports without worrying about losing them. Also fill in the form as much as you can before the birth and post it note the pages with info missing listing what's needed. Your sleep deprived shellshocked self post birth will thank you for it!