So much like everything else in life lately, this post is a little late. A month to be precise. Hubs and I love to travel and when we found out we were pregnant with Ela we decided that our family would learn to love to travel too. We travel any chance we get, but once a year we usually try to take a trip overseas. Typically it is by ourselves around our anniversary.(May 9th) This year I (we ) could not bear the thought of leaving Ela for a few days and decided to take her with us. Flash forward to standing in line in the post office getting Ela's passport.
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| Doesn't it look like a baby Mug shot?! |
And away we go to London! Although Ela has racked up the frequent flyer miles over her two years of life, this was going to be the longest flight. 8 hours is even long for me! I was armed with the Ipad with tons of new apps, coloring books, snacks, stickers, and a new Dora etch a sketch. I figured the way home would be the hard part because it was a morning flight. Quite the contrary;on the way there we left at 8pm and she did not fall asleep until 12am our time.She did great on the way home, and fell asleep as soon as we took off for 4 hours. The even bigger bonus is that she woke up with a dry diaper and did not go in her diaper once the entire flight...Not sure if she just liked going to the plane bathroom but ever since she is almost potty trained!(Sorry for the excited parent segway...Diapers suck) I dont know why she could not sleep,this girl had it made on the flight....
When she finally did fall asleep, we were able to carry her off the plane and she slept the hour wait in Customs and the hour train ride to our hotel....
We had a great trip, however Jet Lag really kicked her cute little behind.
Check out this video of her falling asleep at lunch.
Once we all got showered and slept a little, we went out to see the town for a few days.
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| The London Eye...It was HUGE! |
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| Grabbing some lunch at a British Cafe--CHEESE! |
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| She takes after my heart. Ice Cream |
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| First taste of Sprite |
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| Big Ben |
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| Little Girl in a Big World |
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| London Bridge is Falling Down... |
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| A local Zoo... |
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| Dont Worry its Decaf! |
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| Probably the highlight of her trip...She loved these little cars. |
We all had a great time, but boy were we exhausted when we got home. At the end Ela kept saying " Ela go to her house". Coming home was so much easier as far as the flight and recuperating from jet leg. We just kept Ela up to her normal bed time and she slept for 14 hours straight! Traveling with a toddler overseas is a different experience. Our trip that normally consisted of first class, sleeping in and bar hopping now consisted of coach, early rising, Zoo's, parks and toy car rides :) I wouldn't have it any other way! <3 I feel so blessed to be able to teach and show her new parts of the world.
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