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Just found your PTR ... So glad to be able to follow again! I am glad you are able to go to Disney with Briana ... How exciting (although I am a tad jealous). Love the pic of her in your signature ... She is adorable! .... Ok I am off to look at your old TR and catch up with it!
I LOVE that picture of Briana. We took it at our family reunion, and she was laughing up a storm. Every time I look at it makes me smile.
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I don't think I ever really thought about how much fewer moments I would have to do Disney Vacation Prep with Briana around until I realized that I am 34 days out from Disney and I haven't done a single thing to get ready. Normally by now I would be twiddling my thumbs, wishing I had more to do. As it is, I have a very large to-do list and a shrinking number of days in which to mark things off of that list.
Here is my original to-do list. Things in bold still need to be done. Things in regular font are already done.
1. Finish touring plans.
2. Put together travel book (choose picture for cover, print, have bound).
3. Write packing lists.
5. Purchase socks, sunscreen, and first aid kit refills.
6. Purchase travel sized shampoo, conditioner, bodywash, etc.
7. Do Garden Grocer order.
8. Purchase shoes/sandals for Briana.
9. Purchase new shoes for David and new flip-flops for me.
10. Purchase new shorts for me, and possibly tank tops.
11. Figure out what we need in our carry-on and in the diaper bag for the plane.
12. Purchase a check-bag for stroller and car seat.
13. Purchase rain-cover and sunshade for Briana's stroller.
14. Purchase a small clip-on fan for Briana's stroller.
15. Print Mousekeeping Envelopes and put tip money in there.
Yikes! 15 items on the list...at least I've already done 2 of those things, and I'm going to finish up the touring plans tonight and get the travel book printed and bound on Friday. I'll also print the envelopes on Friday. So once those are done I'm down to ten...and a half things. My problem with those ten things is that they all cost money, and money is so tight this year, I'm having to really work hard to find the money somewhere, and also save money for spending while we're on the trip.
I think I'm going to have to cut my spending budget from our usual hundred dollars a day to...60 or 80 dollars a day. That'll cut down on our purchase power, since our dining tips will have to come out of that money, but at least we'll be in Disney. As long as we can buy our annual Christmas ornaments and maybe something small here and there for Briana, I'll be happy. If we cut it down to 80 dollars a day, even, that will save us $140. And $140 is a lot for us right now! And that's 140 dollars that I can spend getting us ready to go on the trip, rather than panicking that we don't have enough money.
I will have to look at the menus for our restaurants and calculate probable tips, and then see what the lowest daily budget I am comfortable with will be. The lower the better, honestly! Our food and snacks are taken care of with the free dining plan and what food we'll have in the room from GG, so the rest is just extra anyway, aside from the tips. I'm babbling! Oh my goodness. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I can live without souvenirs if I have to! Whew. Glad I finally got that out.
David and I were going to bring three outfits per day with Bri, but when I wrote up the packing list, I got the giggles. 21 outfits for seven days just looked ridiculous on paper, especially considering that most days at home she only wears one. So we're cutting it back to 2 outfits per day and bringing quarters in case we need to do laundry.
I have some questions for mommy's (and daddy's) who have traveled on planes with babies before and had to bring things like formula and baby food on board. Do we have to show it to the security people? Are there special rules? Does anyone know if we can bring the blue ice packs onto the plane, or if we will need to bring regular ice, or do without ice at all? I've looked at the website for the transportation whatever security people online, and I feel like it's all sort of vague. Going through security stresses me out anyway, so I am trying to get more concrete information so I don't get any unpleasant surprises at the airport. Anyway...
Oh!
For those of you who have been wondering how my nephew Toby is doing, he is grand! Home from the hospital, getting rid of his feeding tube by the end of the month, off of oxygen three days before he left the hospital, and growing bigger all the time! He'll still have to have another surgery around six months, and another before he is 3, but he's growing stronger every day, and we're cautiously optimistic that all will be well at this point.
That's great news about Toby!! Continued for him to continue growing stronger and stronger.
Good luck getting everything on your list done! It's hard with a little one around, but you'll get there
I haven't traveled with a baby, or formula for that matter. But, I would say it would probably be best to let TSA know that you have it before going through the scanners (especially if it's in liquid form). Last year we traveled with some full sized liquid medicine for DD's allergies and forgot to let them know it was in our bag. It wasn't a problem that we had it, but because they weren't aware, when they saw it going through the xray they got all bent out of shape that we were bringing water bottles on board.
Your plans are coming along great! Sorry, I don't have any advice for traveling with an infant. So glad to hear Toby is doing better! that he continues to make progress!
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That's great news about Toby!! Continued for him to continue growing stronger and stronger.
Good luck getting everything on your list done! It's hard with a little one around, but you'll get there
I haven't traveled with a baby, or formula for that matter. But, I would say it would probably be best to let TSA know that you have it before going through the scanners (especially if it's in liquid form). Last year we traveled with some full sized liquid medicine for DD's allergies and forgot to let them know it was in our bag. It wasn't a problem that we had it, but because they weren't aware, when they saw it going through the xray they got all bent out of shape that we were bringing water bottles on board.
See, I know TSA has a job to do, but it's stuff like that that makes me so nervous about flying! It's not the actual plane part (well, except my claustrophobia, but that's a whole 'nother animal), it's the "Oh my gosh am I going to be yelled at/pulled aside for additional screening/detained because I forgot to take my ziploc bag with my 3 ounce or less bottles in it out of my bag!" Good grief.
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Glad to hear that Toby is doing so great!
I have no answers for the plane stuff. Good luck getting all your to do list stuff done. Don't stress, you'll do it!
I know I'll get it done...I just was shocked to realize how much I still had to do. Does that make sense? Lol. Pre-baby I would have been done three months ago, except for the last minute stuff, and I would have been twiddling my thumbs.
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I'm glad to hear Toby's doing so well.
getting everything done on your list.
Thank you!
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Your plans are coming along great! Sorry, I don't have any advice for traveling with an infant. So glad to hear Toby is doing better! that he continues to make progress!
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Glad to hear Toby is doing really well!
getting everything on your list done!
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Glad to hear Toby is doing really well!
getting everything on your list done!
Thank you!
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So glad to hear that Toby is doing well! Good luck with chipping away at that lengthy to-do list!
Oh my goodness, I really need to get on it!
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Wonderful news about Toby!
Loads of and for finishing off that to do list in 34 days, especially in figuring out where money will go.
David and I are going to look at the menus today and work up a daily budget. I know we'll figure it out. Although, we have agreed that next year and the year after we'll be headed to Disneyland to save ourselves some money. We'll be back in the World in 2016.
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See, I know TSA has a job to do, but it's stuff like that that makes me so nervous about flying! It's not the actual plane part (well, except my claustrophobia, but that's a whole 'nother animal), it's the "Oh my gosh am I going to be yelled at/pulled aside for additional screening/detained because I forgot to take my ziploc bag with my 3 ounce or less bottles in it out of my bag!" Good grief. 
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