Pretty soon we're going to do something that's either our awesomest idea, worst idea, or somewhere in the middle. We're taking our two month old child to Australia for a trip. I think that it's going to be one of our more, if not most, challenging trips ever. I think that we keep on alternating between "are we out of our minds??!?" and "I'm so EXCITED!".
We're trying to prepare as best as we can. We've been reading Travels with Baby and absorbing as much as we can. A Baby B'Air Flight Vest has been ordered on the chance that they'll actually let us use it in-flight. We even got (as far as I can tell) the last Naya Water Gear Baby PFD's in Canada. Not to mention the KidCo PeaPod. Let's not even talk about the stroller gear. Now we just have to find a tiny little backpack so that Alice can carry her own stuff. :-/
We've had some helpful people point out things like "the baby won't remember any of this" and "you're not doing this for the child". Well, yes and no. We'll be more sane (hopefully), so she'll have better adjusted parents to deal with. She'll be able to watch and fall asleep under the leaves of the trees, listen to the sea, and get more fresh air than we can provide at home in the winter. Are we doing this for experiences that she'll remember? Of course not.
Most of the travel posts are just "where have I been" posts, devoid of details and, for the most part, emotion. I've not even posted about our last trip. I thought that it's be good to document how I feel about this today because tomorrow or 4 months from now can be completely different. To quote Shelly Rivoli, the most important thing that I'm planning on packing for this trip is my sense of humour.
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