August 2- Ready, Set, Fly?

 Tomorrow we are attempting the almost stupidest thing that we have ever done in our parenting  lives. We are about to take a 16 month old, on an two and a half hour airplane ride to Colorado. Of course, when I have a "problem" I have to ask every single person that I see to tell me about their situations. I have gotten a whole LOT of interesting stories from, "oh they slept the whole way", to "yeah...diarrhea the whole flight", to the ultimate nightmare..."screaming the whole time".
A friend did mention that they gave her niece Benadryl before the flight and that she slept the whole time. At first, I was like "WHAT???", but then I got to thinking? So I asked the doctor, and he did bring up Benadryl and said that it will "get her nice and drowsy". Now, Reagan is a really good baby. She is friendly, happy and charming, so for me to want to "knock" her out for 2 1/2 hours is kind of bothering me. On the other hand, I know that she will be SO excited for this new adventure that she will not want to sleep on her own! Plus, when we get there we have so many things planned that I would hate for her to be so cranky and tired! I think that this will be a last minute "Daddy" decision, cause I just don't think that I can do it.

Now, I don't normally complain about businesses cause I hate when people complain to me about JCP or Best Buy. However, I am blown away that our airline only allows ONE "personal" item on board the airplane (purse, briefcase, umbrella?). If you want to bring a carry on, you have to pay 30 dollars! So Mr. Airline Man (of course, a man), Tanya Hernandez is not a fool! On the airplane, I will be wearing, two tank tops, my very "heavy" jeans, and my sweatshirt.(Yes, it will be 92 in Chicago and in Denver? So...?) Oh, you allow a infant diaper bag? Well...that will be stuffed the the brim with all of her clothes, bows, book, toys and snacks. My "personal" item will actually be my pool bag (within your regulation) that will carry my large purse and all of my necessary electronics! Thanks to my Mommy, who works for a competitive airline, who checked other duffel bag for free! HA! So you can take your 30 dollar fee and...

Thank goodness for my Mom checking our bag, cause Tony was going to attempt to bring all this stuff into this little black bag...HA!

Now to continue with our cheapness, we are going to be playing Planes, Trains and Automobiles (and Buses) in order to save $70 on the airport parking fee. This is the agenda for tomorrow morning:

• 7am:Leave our house (maybe)
• 7:15: Pick up my poor Uncle (who I think is pretty hesitant to come with us)
• 7:45: Drop luggage, Reagan and responsible adult at Terminal 3
• 8:15: Pick up bus at United Employee parking lot (Thanks Mom!)
• 8:30: Bus will drop off at Terminal 1 (yes, I know...Reagan/Luggage/Responsible adult at Terminal 3)
• 8:45: Take O'Hare Tram from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3.
• 9:00: All meet at Terminal 3 and breath

Now, when I called my Uncle to tell him of this little cheapskate plan, he was a little shocked but willing. He called to confirm that I meant 7am, cause our flight doesn't leave till 10:50. I explained to him that we just want to make sure that we have PLENTY of time. Tony says we are not "running through the airport like Christmas Vacation", I told him that he meant "Home Alone".

Molly playing with her Cousin Bella.

Poor Molly got stung by a bee!