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Home from Vacation: 07/16/07
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably noticed I haven't posted anything since Thursday night. I've been on vacation to Santa Barbara with my family. Friday night I was packing and it was about a million degrees in here (okay, more like 90° F) and I was just too hot and stressed to blog. Saturday through today we were on our trip. I will be posting about our trip and using our lovely photographs as fodder for upcoming Thursday Thirteens. In the meantime, if you want to see the highlights, check out my livejournal site.
By now Harriet and Sean are car-traveling pros. This trip was Harriet's fifth long journey by car which averages out to one trip every two months for her in her short life so far! We didn't travel as much with Sean when he was her age and didn't really start taking him other places beyond seeing the relatives until our trip to Redding in 2005.
With now traveling with Harriet and Sean, I've found that traveling with two children (even when one is an infant), is easier than traveling with only one. Sean and Harriet amuse each other. They also look out for each other. It's easier to gauge when we need to stop and when it's safe to press on. Therefore we're making fewer stops but better timed stops.
Harriet at this age does need a few special extras, like a crib at the hotel. So far we haven't had any trouble getting a crib for her and as long as she has her favorite blanket and her sleep positioner, she'll happily sleep anywhere. Now that she's weaned and on whole milk we also had to remember to stop at places where we could get milk for her to drink and to carry milk between stops when we could. While both of these things require extra planning, they were still easy enough to do and she was able to eat and drink with us whenever we made stops.
vacation | family | santa barbara
Comments (2)
Comment #1: Tuesday, July, 17, 2007 at 12:06:09
Sounds like you and your family had a nice little getaway, and that you are all old pros at car trips!
That picture is adorable!!!"
Comment #2: Tuesday, July, 17, 2007 at 14:26:21
I'm so freakin' jealous. Harriet looks so comfy!
Glad you guys had a good time!
Cheers!"