Travelling and missing her nap messed up Carrie’s sleep schedule and she was up for hours last night. I am so tired. At some point we tried bringing her into bed with us, and she was climbing all over me calling “blue? blue? blue?” because she couldn’t find her blue binky. Which was in her mouth. Did I mention I’m tired?
Disney ’06
Florida or Bust
I am *not* a good traveller. Carrie, luckily, got the “good traveller” gene from Denis. She seemed to like being on the plane, although the 30 minutes we sat on the tarmac after landing in Atlanta but before they “parked” the plane wasn’t too thrilling for her. She kept saying “no airplane, no airplane!” The flight had been delayed in the first place, and then we were 30 minutes later to the gate, which gave us 20 minutes to change a diaper and sprint to our connection. And then I had to let go of my parental anxiety and let Carrie ride unrestrained on a bus on major highways to get to the rental car agency. Considering we’d actually gone so far as to rear-face the carseat on the plane, I was freaking out a bit internally.
It was a very long day, but as soon as we walked in the rental house Carrie was thrilled to see all of her cousins!
We had to set up her pack & play in the closet in our room, since there’s not a whole lot of floor space. Don’t worry, we can’t close the doors to the closet with the p&p in there even if we wanted to! :)
Oh, and the promised internet access is not actually working, so I won’t be able to publish any of these posts until we get home.
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane…
In a mere 12 hours we’ll be on our way to Disney. It’s Carrie’s first time on a plane, and our first time packing checked bags and carrying on stuff for three people instead of two. It’s something of a logistical nightmare, because while we have three tickets’ worth of luggage allowance, there are only two people who can lug/tow/carry/push whatever we bring. Plus, that third person requires a car seat and a stroller.
We think we can tandem two rolling suitcases together. That leaves a stroller to push, a backpack to wear, a diaper bag to shoulder, a car seat to carry, and a toddler to corral – because there’s not a chance in the world she’ll actually consent to sitting in the stroller for more than 27.3 seconds.
The thing is, all of Carrie’s stuff easily amounts to twice what Denis and I are taking combined. How can a person so small need so much stuff?!? There are diapers, dollies, binkies, diapers, straw cups, books, toys, diapers, stickers, snacks, crayons, bibs and diapers. (All those diapers would be daytime diapers, nighttime diapers, swim diapers, and carry-on diapers.) We’re currently arguing over whether it’s really necessary to try to bring the booster seat with us. I vote no. Denis votes yes. The laws of physics are going to side with me tomorrow morning when we try to cram our toiletries into our already overstuffed suitcase. (I’m way better at spatial relations than he is.)
Theoretically, I’ll be able to blog from the house we’re renting. If not, see you all when we get home. :)
Obsessing
We’re going on a big family vacation with Denis’ side this summer, to Florida – mainly Disney, although we plan to hit Sea World and a couple of other places while we’re there. Even though I still have more than three months to plan, I’m starting to think about various things we’ll need to bring and how we’re going to get everyone and everything through the airport.
My biggest concern at the moment is cameras. We have three cameras we use on a somewhat regular basis: the digital SLR, a digital point-and-shoot, and a digital video camera. I’m OK with leaving the video camera home as we don’t use it that much anyway, my real dilemma is which still camera to bring. I really adore my digital SLR, and don’t really want to leave home without it, but I’m feeling like it would be a hassle to carry it through the parks. Plus I imagine my worry about valuable things that could get lost should probably be more focused on the munckin than a camera. (To that end, I’m thinking I might get one of these for her. Do you think that’s too paranoid?)
The pros of the digital point-and-shoot are that it’s small, takes decent pictures (especially outdoors, where we’ll mostly be) and can also take small video snippets. The cons? It’s not my digital SLR.
The pros of the SLR are that it takes fabulous pictures, has a better flash, and has interchangeable lenses. The cons? It’s big, heavy, has extra lenses, and doesn’t take video.
The choice is clear, right? So why am I obsessing? Besides, if I bring the little camera, I can buy one of these nifty bags (in lime green, of course!) and stick the camera right in that handy-dandy side pocket. And I’ve never been known to pass up a chance to buy a new bag…