Monday, July 21, 2008

It is hard to believe we leave on Saturday for California. I’m so not ready. That said, a lot has been done to prepare:

1. Mail is on hold starting on Saturday.

2. We have a friend scheduled to come check on the cat.

3. I have a full mp3 player (thanks, Dad! - it’s actually only half full and I have 5 books and about 100 songs on there).

4. I mailed a package with Jesse things to Beau’s uncle on Friday. I was assured that it will arrive by Thursday.

5. Jesse is mostly packed. Because we’ll be in both hot and cooler weather areas, we’re packing two sets of clothes. Layers. Although for Jesse we’re including long and short pants as well as long sleeved shirts and a fleece in case the evenings get cold enough. I have yet to pack a thing for the adults.

6. Jesse’s diaper bag is pretty much ready to go with only enough diapers to get through day/night one, jarred food, two small milk cartons and two bottles of Pediasure, disposable utensils/sippy cup. Another carry-on tote bag contains two boxed meals for toddlers, the DVD player, DVDs and CDs (in a small case to save space), books for Jesse. To be added to that tote are his Moo-Moo and a blanket for the plane. The third carry-on tote will have to contain the stuff that both Beau and I want to take on the plane. This is where the tiny mp3 player is crucial for space saving. We’ll probably have additional Jesse things in there, too.

7. The car seat/stroller adapter thingy needs testing. We need to actually practice attaching the car seat to the thing so that when we get to the airport it isn’t a frustrating battle.

8. My Mom is adding pockets to the Mei Tai child wearing carrier that I bought. This means that I can wear Jesse without having to deal with my purse. We plan to buy an umbrella stroller once we’re there, so we’ll have that, too.

It’s going to be a busy week.