More about Florida later, but Mollie and I got home this afternoon and I just want to revel in the fact/encourage other moms that we did it. And it was actually kind of awesome.
Reasons it was awesome:
1. We had really good advice.
2. We had really good luck.
You end up juggling a bit when you're traveling solo with a baby, but everyone who said that people will come out of the woodwork to help was right. I think the pilot folded up the stroller for me on the way there? We ended up with pretty empty flights in both directions, which meant at the last second the kindly stewardesses worked their magic and gave us an entire row to ourselves, which meant I could have an extra seat for the car seat for free. Such a berry! Mollie ate on some take-offs/landings, used pacifiers on others, fussed a little, slept a little, chatted a lot, and generally won fans. It feels so good to have a successful trip under our belts!
And of course, once we got to our destination it was almost too good to be true, because we had four days of this:
Ach du lieber.
Yay! Good job, Anna and Mollie! I'm so glad it was a successful trip.
ReplyDeleteDas Foto mit Mollie und Ihren Kusinen ist aber Toll! I love it when you throw German into your posts, so thought you might like a partially German comment, too. : ) So glad your trip was so successful! I remember the first time I did a trip alone with Sebastian (he was a toddler and I was pregnant with Bruno), and I still wish I had had the courage to take that trip earlier. It was so empowering to be able to do something so challenging alone.
ReplyDeleteYaaaayy it makes me happy to read it :). It was crazy empowering! I need to remember this the next time I'm psyched out by something baby-related :).
DeleteI UNDERSTOOD MARY'S GERMAN WITHOUT A DICTIONARY!!! I will be reporting this to my German class on Tuesday. And she is right.... which I have not clue how to say. Sie ist right? ; )
ReplyDeleteHaha hooray! I had just been thinking we should get together for German dates...which of course would really mean coffee and yummy food and a smattering of botched German conversation :)
Deleteummmm can i invite myself to these german dates?? sounds delicious.
DeleteAch, Du liebes bisschen , it's so cute. I really like those bits of German amidst all the American English.
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