Well.. not there.
Josh and Leah are there.
In the wintry mess.
In the care of their fantastic Grandmom and Pop-Pop.
Al Sarah and I, on the other hand, are here.
In California. San Diego to be exact.
Celebrating a big milestone in a friend's career and taking advantage of an opportunity to bask in sun, warmth and the Pacific.
Josh and Leah are there.
In the wintry mess.
In the care of their fantastic Grandmom and Pop-Pop.
Al Sarah and I, on the other hand, are here.
In California. San Diego to be exact.
Celebrating a big milestone in a friend's career and taking advantage of an opportunity to bask in sun, warmth and the Pacific.
Random blahging on the week so far:
1. My husband grew up with some wonderful people, who picked a wonderful place to live and work.2. After weeks and weeks of horrific cold and relentless snow, sun and warmth can literally make me weep.
3. Baby Sarah travels as well as Baby Leah. Timezones may confuse her, but she is hanging in there like a champ.
4. Tourists are easy to pick out. We are the ones walking around in shorts and flip flops while everyone else is wearing coats and scarves.
5. If I remembered the photo cable this post might be interesting.
6 comments:
Yay for sunshine! I was wondering if you use a car seat on the plane for the baby? We are getting ready to take our baby on his first flight, and wondered if it was safe to hold the baby on our laps instead of purchasing a seat to use the car seat. I know you have posted before about car seat safety and would appreciate your thoughts on that?
Yes, we always buy a plane seat so our kids be harnessed in their car seats. Whenever we plan vacations we just figure that into the cost as a given. Aside from the safety factor, it is a comfort thing. We spent about 7 hours flying last week. I love Sarah dearly, but if we had to spend 7 hours passing her back and forth we would have lost our minds. She slept comfortably, buckled in her seat, for at least half of both flights.
Is a car seat going to matter much if a plan drops 10,000 feet out of the sky? Probably not. But if there is bad turbulence or a difficult landing? It could. For our older kids, we've used seats because they travel well with them in the car and it helped them to be comfortable in a plane.
I've done a lot of traveling with babies, so we have it down to a science. It works beautifully for us and I wouldn't do otherwise. I don't think, statistically, it is as important as proper use in a car, but it just isn't an area we're going to cut corners, no matter how much money we can save. If we can't pay for seats for the baby/kids, then we don't make the trip. At this point it is almost moot, because Josh and Leah are over the "lap child" age. ;)
Yay for a trip to where it's warm! I'm in Nebraska, where it's eleventy seven degrees below zero, and there is what seems to be miles of snow piled up everywhere. Luckily, I like the cold and snow. I know, you think I'm nuts!
You probably don't remember me, but when I was pregnant with my son in '08, I came across your blog and decided to email you about cloth diapering. You were SO kind, and gave me tons of helpful information about everything I needed to know! I never forgot how nice you were, and how much you helped. I became rather.... er, addicted to cloth diapering (and babywearing) and pretty passionate about it (and babywearing, and extended RFing).
Anywho, to make a long story short, my local paper did an article with me about cd'ing. They just briefly mentioned how I decided to CD, but I gave you a bigger shout out on my blog. I know you probably don't follow me (no biggie!), but thought you might want to see that I still appreciate your help!
http://www.newlywednewlybred.com/2011/02/so-proud-my-baby-is-famous.html
Thanks again for your help!
Megan
I miss the sun SO much - I can't wait for Spring! Or, I guess, to move to a warmer climate!
Yeah for your trip and fun time in the sun. Enjoy!
Having a family trip is one of the things my family loves and always eager to do at least once in a year. My kids love to travel, and I'm happy that we haven't had any major problems with them traveling. Hope you enjoyed your trip.:-)
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