Traveling Tales - or - First Big Family Trip 1:45 PM

One hundred percent of the people that I have told that Dana and I took a six week old on an airplane to California for ten days have given me the same "I-can't-believe-you-did-that-you-foolish/brave-people." It was an interesting journey, here's some quick hit thoughts.

- Airplane bathrooms are not nearly as tiny as I had expected. I had never been in one prior to the diaper-changing dallies. One occasion, Stockton took aim and let fly (#2) sans diaper, and I was forced to use the clean diaper to cover him....and me. This would have been ok had I brought more than one diaper....but the stewardess was nice enough to go get another diaper from the hottie in 16F.

- I only got one "how old are you?" Maybe I should make a shirt with my driver's license?

- When I become an old man, I want to be an old man that wears hats. And ties. No matter what I'm doing. And a pipe.

- In Dallas, during a fast diaper change (the flight was LEAVING SOON), I lost the cap to the travel backside lotion. I discovered the aforementioned cap after we landed in Louisville. In my baby's diaper....

- Stockton caught a little bit of a cold on the way to Cali but is over it for the most part now. Thanks for the prayers and the well-wishes.

- Stockton was wide awake to ring in the New Year...but he seems to want to watch the ball drop EVERY night.

- (The third sentence in a row that starts with "Stockton") Stockton is starting to smile now. It is the sweetest little smile you have ever seen.

My new year's resolution - to not play video games quite as much :)