First Christmas!

Aarush and I made a trip to NJ for Christmas to visit my sis, BIL and little niece Megha.It was Aarush's second flight and I was a little apprehensive about managing him all by myself. So with Aarush in one hand and all the paraphernalia in the other we set out for our vacation.To give a hint, this is what I had to carry- Aarush, his car seat, stroller, diaper bag( a huge one at that), my purse, his body suit(what is with winters here?), my jacket and his blanket.

Flight was very smooth, I fed him during take off, covered his ears and he dozed off only to wake up 10 minutes before landing. The tough part was to hold him in my arms for 2.5 hrs, tough because I had to fight my sleep, stay awake and try not to drop him.

We had great time in NJ, Aarush comfortably played with all of Megha's toys and didn't quite like Megha coming towards him to grab her toys:)
Little Megha is beyond cuteness, she can crawl and would come to Aarush whenever she spots a new toy in his hands. I should do a separate post on her. It was soo good to watch them both play, coo and cry. Sis's home has hard wood floor and Aarush banged his head a couple of times in an attempt to crawl, sit and now he can crawl backwards. We took lot of pictures, met friends and family and all in all it was a great trip, only Kiran was missing.

Our flight back tested my patience. We reached airport around 2:45 PM for our flight at 4: 00 PM , cleared the security and was waiting to board then comes the announcement that the flight was delayed because the crew hasn't arrived, so we wait and then comes another one saying our terminal has changed from A to C, we are talking about Newark airport I mean its bigggg and takes long to go from terminal A to C . Cursing the stars I went to terminal C and there was a good 1.5 hrs wait time, I changed his diaper , played with him a bit and it was almost time to feed, I gave him milk and he slept off just before boarding. This time I managed to read a magazine, drink, eat, lift the diaper bag up and down and mix formula- all with a sleeping baby in my arms. ( ambidextrous anyone?) Aarush woke up exactly 5 minutes before landing, I fed him again, read a book( he enjoys the 'how big?' book each time I read to him) and finally arrived home, sweet home.

Aarush seemed to miss his dad , cause he wasn't at his active best and when we came back he was all laughing, screaming, kicking looking at his dad.
Here are some of the pictures from our trip.