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s still good although it wasn t the leisurely red wine sipping film watching experiece like the first time she didn t sleep much and wanted to walk constantly and with all of the other emotions of moving it just seemed a lot harder i wept with relief when we landed and vowed never to travel again much less with a toddler silly me because within 2 months i was booking a trip to san fransisco to visit my bestie emily and i was taking maya with me alone what the third time i travelled with maya she was at the worst possible age 14 months she didn t sit still she didn t sit at all domestic flights are horrible the crews aren t as nice and the planes are small there wasn t even a changing table in the bathroom i changed maya on the floor in the galley yesss luckily we sat next to pretty nice people on our way there we had the aisle seat next to an older hippie man from california maya was very curious about him she touched his arm and wanted to get a good look at him i appologized and he said it was ok he has cats eh he was really nice though and played with her maya handed him everything out of the seat back pocket and her bunny and he handed it all back and they went through this routine most of the flight toward the end he looked at me very seriously and said something along the lines of i can tell she is a really generous spirit she reminds me of a dog i used to have children and animals always know the right thing to do i believe she will carry this gift with her always i don t entirely agree with that but i appreciated his thoughfulness anyway our flights back were less amusing and she was fairly good i just gave her snacks the entire time which kept her happy so here are my travelling with a young toddler tips be realistic in your expectations be prepared to walk the aisles and stand in the galley the entire time when going through security ask a staff member for help it s hard to get everything onto the conveyer belt while taking off your shoes folding up your stroller and keeping your toddler out of the scanner if no one readily offers to help just ask don t take a lot of toys you ll need room for snacks and everything on the plane is more interesting than anything you take maya found a little torn off piece from a chips bag and delicately carried it around trying to put it in her hair and showing it to people as we paced up and down the plane it was like she had found a rare and precious gem stone let them play with stuff anything that entertains them is your friend and if you re a germ freak take antibacterial wipes and wipe every surface down around you as soon as you get on the plane take antibacterial wipes and wipe every surface down around you as soon as you get on the plane not that it will make any difference at all because they will touch other horrible things but it will make you feel better and that s important a cardigan worn backwards doubles as a nursing cover don t waste space taking something when you can use something else you will need space for snacks take three times more snacks that you think you ll need little things that take a long time to eat boxes of raisins goldfish cheerios don t worry about feeding schedules while on a plane just keep shoving food in they love it and it keeps them quiet and still obviously take enough diapers and wipes for 24 hours just in case and a change mat but if you forget your change mat your cardigan will work for this too the hardest part of the flight is the beginning and end when the clueless crew expects you to keep your toddler in your lap for 30 minutes you are not a bad parent if you let your kid stand in front of your seat when the flight attendants aren t looking if you need to go to the bathroom don t be afriad to ask a flight attendant to hold your child your child will most likely cry hysterically but this is your chance to get revenge on that flight attendant for not being more helpful earlier when they wanted to sit down and read during their break at the back of the plane on the fold down seat you were standing next to with your boob out trying to breastfeed standing up because your child was screaming and they impolitely asked you to move to the other side of the galley revenge is sweet even if it only lasts as long as it takes to pee and at the cost of 30 seconds of your child s happiness since when did flight attendants get reading breaks anyway don t look anyone in the eye especially the people seated near you if your toddler has been particularly unpleasant you will feel their hate and it will ruin your confidence stay strong stay positive remind yourself that wherever it is you are going there is most likely a place in which you can quickly be united with a margarita you can do this have fun try and appreciate it for what it is an adventure these times will become precious memories possibly ones you mention in a toast at your child s wedding you will never see these other passengers again except we did actually sit next to the exact same guy on the way to and from texas that first time and we were all wearing the exact same thing it was like a scene from seinfeld but what are the chances and they will most likely forget about you as soon as they get off the plane your flight will land eventually and the fun part can begin any other great tips i didn t mention anything quirky that worked wonders any horror stories about flights with kiddos i love those best posted by bethany at 2 25 pm 1 comment we are still alive howdy it s hard to believe impossible to believe that we have been in texas for almost 5 months so much has happened we have worked our way through almost all of our after the move to do list we have jobs a vehicle phones insurance etc etc etc the house thing is still in the works this transition has gone very smoothly better than expected since we ve been here maya turned one celebrated her second christmas sprouted 4 teeth and curly hair and she is now walking almost running and saying a few words big time there has been some culture shock mainly on my end i just find some things so shocking even though i am a native american portion sizes wal mart people lack of vacation days it s weird to move back somewhere maybe it s the negative undertone of the word back like you re going backwards i feel like i should feel weird about it i think that s it but i don t we are where we are supposed to be and it feels really good posted by bethany at 1 17 pm no comments tuesday october 16 2012 hopscotch mat take 2 a friend asked me to make another hopscotch mat for her daughter s 4th birthday and wondered if it was possible to applique the numbers on i gulped and very hesitantly said of course it is and guess what it was exactly as maddening as i expected but it looked so good that i didn t mind in the end after several glasses of wine although i definitely met my swear word quota for the month anyway i think it looks great with sage green canvas and since she is planning on having it in her daughter s room as a rug next to her bed i thought it would hide dirt a lot better than white just in case you were wondering it s about 2 yards long by 3 4 yard wide posted by bethany at 4 00 am no comments sunday september 30 2012 name tags a friend asked me to make some name tags for her kids to have on their back packs here they are posted by bethany at 2 44 pm no comments thursday september 27 2012 moving continents after the after list is not as pressing since we can do absolutely nothing about it right now and it s also the exciting part find a place to live preferably buy a house which depends on selling our house in england we will live with my parents for a couple of months they have more than enough room for us and a pool and if it seems like it s going to take a long time for the sale to go through we will assess the situation and consider renting find jobs we are fairly certain this can be accomplished pretty quickly we wont be too picky to start off with and we re lucky that houston has a strong job market right now buy a car or two we have shared a car for the past three years but we will most likely need two now and of course we are now thinking about size and safety ratings since we have a baby to protect although i am drawing the line at mini vans or suburbans aint gonna happen it s just a personal preference thing get phones we will need to get new cell phones in texas so that will probably be one of the very first things we do that way all those companies who want to offer us jobs can get in touch pick up our shipment this should be fun we are so lucky to be moving to a port city so we can go pick up our stuff ourselves either borrow a truck and trailer we are moving to texas after all most people have a trailer lying around somewhere or get a uhaul truck catch up with friends we figure if it takes us at least a month or so to get jobs we can spend that time visiting with friends we haven t seen in a long time so we will be doing quite a bit of driving around and catching up i can t wait eat or not whenever we have gone back to visit we always have a list of places we want to eat and we have to plan out our time so we can hit them all up it wont be like that this time since we wont be there for just 10 days like we usually are in which case we need to be careful because we really don t want to live up to the old steriotype of becoming fat because we live in america it could totally happen i love me some chick fil a drivers licenses my texas drivers license is expired and sam will need to take a test to get one so we will need to do this pretty soon after we get there we can drive on our uk licenses for up to 90 days am i missing anything major i also have a personal to do list which includes sleeping in shopping drinking margaritas and getting my hair cut it s really hard to think that we are moving back on a more or less permanent basis it still feels like a holiday where we just have a lot to do i bet it will take a while to sink in posted by bethany at 3 30 am 1 comment friday september 21 2012 moving continents before moving can be stressful hahahahahhahaaha that is me laughing insanely at such an understatement i have been having a little trouble sleeping and went to see my doctor recently and he said that moving can be as stressful as getting a divorce i don t know about that but at least he said it s normal that i m experiencing anxiety about it but as with anything else a good to do list can help keep things under control well at least it should i have a before the move btm and an after the move atm list that s how it s working for me right now two completely separate and yet not exclusive lists of things to worry about somehow it helps to focus on only 50 of my worries at a time today we will look at the btm list before the move not in any particular order sell the house sort of a priority we have had an offer but they still need to sell their house so it s a waiting game i ve always been terrible at waiting a lot of things depend on this one such as the ability to get a house on the other side so we don t have to live with my parents forever such as not having to continue paying for this house when we are not living in it we are on a deadline because of sam s visa he has to be in the usa by christmas for his visa to be valid we always knew we could have trouble with timing but since we could control neither the processing times of sam s visa nor the sale of our house we just have to do our best with what we ve got ship belongings we went back and forth about this one for a long time and have considered all of the options in the end we realized we were either going to be checking about 30 suitcases of things we simply can t part with onto a plane with or we could get a shipment sam has a lot of sporting equipment that would just be silly to replace bike snowboards surf boards cricket and rugby gear golf clubs etc we were able to find a company with a great reputation where we can ship about 2 3 pallets worth of stuff for less that the cost of sam s bike and golf clubs it would cost so much more to take it all onto the plane with us and we d need a moving truck to pick us up at the airport which would be ridiculous this company will come pick up all of our stuff which will be all of sam s sports stuff our kitchen table and maya s cradle and then about 20 boxes of our personal things like photo albums pictures kitchen stuff and odds and ends take it to their warehouse and pack it all onto a few pallets then measure and charge us for the exact amount of space it takes up it will be shrink wrapped so everything is nice and secure then they ll put it into a container with a bunch of other peoples stuff and send it to texas transit time is 16 days amazing right buy boxes and packing stuff you can find reasonably priced moving kits on ebay that include lots of boxes in whatever sizes you need tape bubble wrap and markers it s the cheapest i have found so far pack this can t be done until right before we go we will probably move in with the in laws for the last couple days after our shipment is picked up since we wont have anything in our kitchen i think we will pack what we want to take on the plane first so we can make sure we have what we need and can ship anything else that doesn t fit we will have up to a month without the stuff in our shipment so we will need to spend a little time thinking about what we absolutely need during that month especially for maya book flights simple enough we just hope to get the bulkhead seats which will be easier with a mobile baby get rid of stuff we have been doing this little by little for a while now we are giving away almost all of our furniture to family and friends the rest we will ebay or donate we are also going to leave behind our appliances since they wont wont work in the us so we will sell bigger items like our fridge and washing machine and give away or donate little things like the toaster and mixer we are also leaving behind lots of clothes shoes pictures books pillows linens and basically anything we can live without get record copies we will need to get copies of our medical records as well as vaccination records they have different required vaccinations here than they do in the states and maya will need to be up to date in the far and distant future when she starts school cancel utilities services this is something else that we do at the last minute some of them we will have to keep paying until our house sells like our house insurance but we will need to change our correspondence address change our address we need have our mail forwarded and let our bank know we are moving and make sure our statements are forwarded to our new address as well as a few other bills we will have to pay until the sale goes through change life insurance companies we both got life insurance policies before maya was born but we will have to change to a us company when we move because the one we ha...