Our Traveling Toddler

Good morning from warm and wonderful California!

We landed yesterday and it was 86 DEGREES. It cooled off a tiny bit when we reached CdM, but my goodness, what a stark difference between the weather here and the weather back in Chicago.

Ankur was not pleased with the fact that he was wearing jeans in 86 degree weather.

And I – normally – am not a fan of 86 degree weather.

But it was a real nice break from the wind and beginnings of winter in Chicago.

It’ll cool off while we’re here. But it won’t drop below 56 and I’m already so excited that Ishu will get to go out and play at the park every day while we’re here.

The flight from Chicago to here was 4 hours long and it was relatively smooth. I’m always pretty anxious the days leading up to a flight. This was especially true for this particular flight. Ankur was on call at the hospital overnight. He didn’t get done until 10am and our flight was at 11:55am. And we had to book it to O’Hare, park our car, and make it to our gate by 11:30.

And to do all that with a toddler?

Yeah, I was nervous.

Luckily, it ended up being just fine.

And the flight was great. Ishu fell asleep for only 30 minutes of it. But he was pretty entertained with the pamphlets, his Happy Baby Yogis, and staring outside the window. I think Ankur is a pretty calm person that does’t get flustered too easily. So that definitely rubbed off on Ishu during the flight.

I was even able to read a little bit of my book.

Which I was laughing about the night before.

Thinking, “nobody is more hopeful than the mom charging her Kindle thinking she’s going to get some solid reading in on the plane.”

BUT I DID.

Thanks Ishu Pishu.

I know it can be a pain in the butt to think about traveling with a toddler. Especially one as mobile and energetic as this one. But, every time we get out of our house and do something with him – even if it’s hard – it’s like another notch in his belt. Another experience he gets to learn how to do big, world things. And, hopefully, if we continue doing this, he’ll be an excellent little traveler.