A little peek at our Bahamian getaway slideshow style…
Ok, so it’s not Party of 3 related but it was by far our favorite Superbowl Commercial this year…and it ends with ‘How to assemble a crib’…so
I’ve asked Mom, “What was Dad like when I was a baby?” many times before.
Now that Waverly is here I don’t have to ask…I can see for myself: he was a big goofball! And as he states ‘This is what gave her the great personality she has today’…and he’s probably right. I love you Dad!
PS: was that a Waverly smile? We think yes…
RW
Week 3. warm baths. tummy time. photo sessions. road trip. meeting Great Grandpa.
Video montage worthy? Definitely.
RW (told you there’d be more vids)
Time for a musical snack break? Yes, please…
More of the villa sessions by my fave guys Pico vs. Island Trees.
And it just so happens to be one of my favorite jams of theirs ‘Sugar Rush’
Munch on it & enjoy*
RW
Her first mobile. Sucking her fingers. Her bumbo seat & the Nap Nanny. Staring at any & all ceiling fans. Sleeping in her big girl crib. This is Waverly’s 5/6 week vid.
*This one is not made with iMovie — made with the Flip vid software. Mama was short on development time due to the featured star.
1 part shout out to Daddy’s Aggies & 1 part giggle video.
RW & WW
Waves takes flight!
We flew to New Orleans for a wedding I was in and I had been nervous about this trip coming up or a while now. I’ve seen the chaos a baby/toddler can unleash on a plane & it’s passengers and I’ve been the person who just wanted to scream “Can you shut that kid up? We’re flying ova here!” I didn’t want to be the one getting the looks of disapproval from strangers across the aisle.
We were pretty well prepared for the trip with a well-stocked diaper bag & with my sweet Mom coming along to help with the babysitting duties. We all got to the airport, checked our luggage & got our boarding passes - no problem. Then came the gauntlet. The big show. Security.
Security with a baby & stroller can be daunting. Once you’ve stripped down your own metallic acessories and shoes - surrendered your liquids & laptops then you have to get the baby through. This requires that you take her out of the carseat, disassemble your stroller system and get it through x-ray machine all the while people are stomping past you with their grey bins & boarding passes in their mouths. I don’t mind people passing me up in line really. I have a baby, I’m taking a long time, I’d pass me up too.
So once I was stepping through the metal detector with her I was like ‘yes, we did it!’…not really. The end of security was the worst part. I got pulled aside so they could test my bottles full of breast milk WHILE I was trying to put her back in her car seat, put my shoes back on, & make sure we weren’t trampled by pedestrians. It feels like the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona just minus the white outfits and red scarfs.
Finally, thru security. *Huge sigh of relief* From there we were really home free. Waverly was awake but not fussy & I had a bottle ready just in case. We had gotten there plenty early just in case it was more difficult than we thought so we spent a large amount of time baby-bouncing at the gate.
Once it was time to board we checked the stroller at the gate which was really easy surprisingly, and headed to our seats. We bought a seat for Waverly’s car seat (she really loves her car seat)…and I guess people don’t do that often. We kept getting wierd looks when she had her own boarding pass & when we walked on board with her car seat in hand. But I would recommend it. You get more space even if you end of holding the baby in your lap the whole time anyways. I was able to spread out a bit & change her diaper right there in her seat.
I fed her the bottle during take-off and didn’t notice any issues with her ears thank goodness. She ate & napped during most of the flight with a little bit of fuss at the end but I was able to nurse her and calm her down. When we landed we were pleased with ourselves & overall the experience was pretty painless. Note: having a quiet baby is an important factor to this equation.
Coming home was just as easy. Same security process hassles but that’s just flying these days I suppose. I nursed her at the gate & she slept the entire flight home. It was a breeze.
So now we call her our ‘good little traveler’…We’ll get to test this out again in June when we fly to Vail.
Lucky in the air & on the ground…RW
