There's No Place Like Home

We are back at home and I am very relieved that traveling by myself with an active little boy is over. I was so nervous about it that I made myself nauseous! How pathetic? My mom kept telling me to relax and that everything would go okay, but I was just so worried. I checked in on-line last night and I checked the seat assignments and I noticed that the plane was totally full except for maybe 6 or 7 seats. That is what got me started about being nervous because I'm thinking that if he has a fit, there is no space for me to let him have it. On our trip there, the plan was only 1/2 full and so we had an entire row to ourselves. I did move from an aisle seat to a window thinking that if he needed to nurse that it would be more discrete. However, he did just fine without it and I was so relieved because I was sitting next to a nice grandpa man and I'm sure it would have made him very uncomfortable. He was so good on the plane. He was really wiggly a few times, but he didn't cry and he didn't get upset. Phew!

It is quite an ordeal to travel with a little guy. I have to have a stroller, car seat, blankets, diapers, clothes, toys, etc. It isn't too bad if you have another adult traveling with you, but when you are by yourself it is a little daunting. The worst part is the security check because you have all the impatient business travelers that want you out of the way so they can get on with business! So here I am with a carry-on, a diaper bag, a blanket, a baby, a stroller and a carseat trying to remove my shoes:) I had The Boy in my pouch sling and I think I moved pretty quickly through security. When I took him in January to my parents I had him in a BabyBjorn and they made me take him out of it. I was worried they would have me take him out of the pouch sling, but they didn't and that really helped. The TSA worker on the other side of the xray was awesome because she slid everything down to me and set up my stroller for me. Yes! Those quiet acts of service!

I've blathered on for long enough, you get the point that the trip home alone went better than I thought it would. Yea! It gives me hope for my solo trip in January. This week promises to be another busy one. I feel like I have been running for about 3 weeks now. It all started with my family coming (which was fabulous) and ended with me going to see them (another fabulous thing). Now, Thanksgiving is upon us and I don't know where the time has gone. We are 15 days aways from his 1st birthday and I can't believe it! We have to do our baking for Thanksgiving, go to aerobics on Tuesday and Wednesday, do the day after Thanksgiving sales, make the little invites to the birthday party, decorate for Christmas, start making Christmas cards, and various other Christmas projects that I have going on this time of year. I'm posting an old picture from his first trip to Disneyland just for fun! Look at what a chunk he was:)