On the road again

Courtney and I boarded a plane on Saturday to make the journey to the frozen tundra.  Or Connecticut.  Which isn’t so tundra or so frozen but isn’t warm.  Although, it’s not warm in Atlanta.  Except for right now, when I’m not there.

Sorry, this is not a post about the weather.

We boarded yet another flight, I think that was Courtney’s 10th or something like that.  She was awesome but a handful for sure.  Our flight was more tightly packed than a sardine can, so it was very intimate.  And uncomfortable.  Courtney was up and down and up and down and up and down and holy crap please stop!!  We had taken Courtney to swim class on Saturday morning also so by the time we landed at 2:30, she’d napped not a minute all day and was exhausted.  Now, because I’m cheap and airfare is out of control, we flew into White Plains so still had to drive the 1 1/2 hours to our final destination.  Courtney rocked the nap in the car but with 15 minutes to go, she woke up and decided she was done with the travel and the car seat and the confinement.  I have to say, traveling with a toddler is exhausting.  I think I was ready for bed by 6 on Saturday.

I’ve been exhausted since we got here.  The 24 hour parenting is exhausting.  Not sleeping in my bed is exhausting.  I keep waking up at 6 or in the middle of the night.  It’s all exhausting.  Being out of our element makes for no naps and long days.  It’s more work for me to be on the road without Paul.  I signed up for this trip on my own, so it’s not like Paul didn’t want to come, he’s coming later.  But I’m pretty sure by the time he gets here, I’m going to be a blubbering fool.  You know, more so than normal.

But, we’ve gotten to see the new baby a couple of times.  And she’s adorable.  And tiny.  Really tiny.  She’s actually the same size as Courtney was but it’s amazing how quickly you forget.  I picked up the baby and practically chucked her over my shoulder, I wasn’t expecting her to be as light as a feather.  We watch our kids grow and change every day so the incremental changes go almost unnoticed.  They gain 2 or 3 pounds and you can’t even tell because you pick them up all the time.  The 15 months it’s taken Courtney to go from 6lbs 11oz to 21 pounds has happened in the blink of an eye and in some ways, you can’t even tell.  Sure she’s bigger and heavier and taller and all over but I don’t really know when it all happened.  Where the time went.

I have pictures but they’re trapped on my camera.  I’m pretty sure this will be a picture heavy week, you know, if I can get the images onto the computer…