All of my thinking happy thoughts could not have prepared me for the journey over here. It truly is hard work managing two young children on such a long journey. I was overwhlemed with relief that we actually made it all alive and still in one piece. Our children did amazing. It was such a rush leading up to the trip that I really did not have time to dwell on the bad or the what ifs. I was shopping and packing up to the last minute. I did make a few mistakes that I realized after arriving, but all in all not too bad. Of course my parents were wonderful. They took care of us and the kids and there weren't too many discussions with tears. Those will come I'm sure ( and they have), but staying with my parents prior to our departure was absolutely wonderful. We or should I say I decided that Tyson, our cat, was coming with us. He stayed behind and leaves a few days after us.
We had an eventful, but decent trip over here. The first flight went well. We had a bassinet for G, but you have to take them out when there is turbulence. I had to do this at least twice and then she moves a ton in her sleep and the bassinet was literally the size of her....like someone built a box around her so if she stirred I had to pick her up. I ended up sleeping with her in my lap. I got some sleep. Reid had more difficulty sleeping. He was very upset there was no bed. He slept in Bill's lap. Unfortunately when you have the bulkhead seating the armrests don't raise because they have the trays and tvs in them. Our plan was to raise the armrests and let Reid sleep with his head in Bill's lap and stretch out on his and G's seat. Well that didn't work. We had a few discussions about what seating arrangement would be best in the future, but in the end (after the second flight) I will do everything I can to have the extra space in front in the aisle or bulkhead seating. So our scheduled connection had a 40 minute layover. We got in a little early, but the Doha airport doesn't have gates so we had to deplane outside and then take a bus. When we walked in the airport ( I wish I had a picture) it looked like a free for all. We saw a sign that said transfers and a mass of people trying to squeeze through the line. Bill and I looked at each other like what in the hell are we going to do - there is NO way we can even attempt to make our flight connection. I went to ask a man for help and overheard someone else asking the same question and luckily there was a fast track line that we just had to push ourselves to. So with Bill carrying two bags and holding Reid's hand and me carrying two bags with G strapped in the Babybjorn (lifesaver) we pushed our way through the massive crowd. We got to our gate and it said last call for KL! Holy moly we could not believe we made it. So they take us to our plane - on another bus - Reid is totally having a good time now- we board sweating our butts off and we keep waiting for them to close the cabin doors. Oh no - the pilot comes on saying 
there is a problem with the plane that is a no go issue so they are trying to fix it. I thought I was going to die. We have no room - no bulkhead seating on this flight since we were so late - and we are sweating to death. They have to turn the power off to the plane so we lose all air and we are just trying to manage. Thankfully G and Reid are being great. I took a picture of G because her hair was completely wet from sweating. Thankfully they fixed the issue and I think we took off about 2 hours later. Oh my - that was not a fun time. The flight was ok. G only had a few screaming moments. We just fed her whenever she did that and that seemed to help. She napped great. She actually fell asleep before we took off and Bill and I were like of course - we'll need that nap later! But she did good. Almost impossible for you to change a diaper in those bathrooms. And I was challenged to go to the bathroom while I had her in there because there is always a darn cart in the aisle so you have to time the potty just right.... in the end I told Bill that we should do everything we can to get plenty of miles to upgrade to business class. It would be pie for Reid and would also allow one of us to sleep more comfortably with Gigi. I can see myself asking Bill "don't you have a business trip this week?" we need the miles!!!! Probably won't happen for our December trip, but I'm not giving up yet! It was so good to land in KL and see it again. It made it a little more real on the drive from the airport to hotel as it looked familiar to me. That put my mind at ease.Reid is loving the hotel. He even said mommy I really like living here. He loves hotels or what he calls "who tells".We are going to walk over to the grocery store this morning to get bread, wipes, drinks for Reid. In an effort to send tons of stuff by air, I didn't move more wipes to our suitcase and didn't buy any drinks for Reid for while we are in the hotel. I did pack peanut butter and jelly so he'll be living off that for awhile. This morning he had peanut butter on crackers with some dried fruit. I am so happy I packed the trunk full of food. Being in the hotel there is not much available for a picky eater. We are planning to hit a couple of furniture stores today to find mattresses so we can move into our house whenever it is ready.I think that is about it for now. Just wanted to give you an update on our "trip"!
there is a problem with the plane that is a no go issue so they are trying to fix it. I thought I was going to die. We have no room - no bulkhead seating on this flight since we were so late - and we are sweating to death. They have to turn the power off to the plane so we lose all air and we are just trying to manage. Thankfully G and Reid are being great. I took a picture of G because her hair was completely wet from sweating. Thankfully they fixed the issue and I think we took off about 2 hours later. Oh my - that was not a fun time. The flight was ok. G only had a few screaming moments. We just fed her whenever she did that and that seemed to help. She napped great. She actually fell asleep before we took off and Bill and I were like of course - we'll need that nap later! But she did good. Almost impossible for you to change a diaper in those bathrooms. And I was challenged to go to the bathroom while I had her in there because there is always a darn cart in the aisle so you have to time the potty just right.... in the end I told Bill that we should do everything we can to get plenty of miles to upgrade to business class. It would be pie for Reid and would also allow one of us to sleep more comfortably with Gigi. I can see myself asking Bill "don't you have a business trip this week?" we need the miles!!!! Probably won't happen for our December trip, but I'm not giving up yet! It was so good to land in KL and see it again. It made it a little more real on the drive from the airport to hotel as it looked familiar to me. That put my mind at ease.Reid is loving the hotel. He even said mommy I really like living here. He loves hotels or what he calls "who tells".We are going to walk over to the grocery store this morning to get bread, wipes, drinks for Reid. In an effort to send tons of stuff by air, I didn't move more wipes to our suitcase and didn't buy any drinks for Reid for while we are in the hotel. I did pack peanut butter and jelly so he'll be living off that for awhile. This morning he had peanut butter on crackers with some dried fruit. I am so happy I packed the trunk full of food. Being in the hotel there is not much available for a picky eater. We are planning to hit a couple of furniture stores today to find mattresses so we can move into our house whenever it is ready.I think that is about it for now. Just wanted to give you an update on our "trip"!
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