Vacation!

We are planning a trip to Las Vegas in July (like my new background?).  I know that I am talking about this 2.5 months in advance but I am such a planner that I have to talk about it (or I'm just super ready for vacation).  Here's the situation....me, Sean, Hunter, my brother and his wife, Jessica, Sean's stepmom (Nana) and his Dad, Jim, Sean's sister, Ferrell and her boyfriend and Sean's sister, Marnie are planning on coming on our trip.  Nana and Jim (Grandpa) live in C.A. and his sister, Ferrell lives in Colorado so they will be meeting us there. We are staying in our timeshare that is off of the Vegas strip and it is a very family oriented resort (they don't even have a casino) so that assures me that taking Hunter there at 10 months old will work out nicely.  Luckily, we will have the help of our family to watch Hunter while we are there. Not saying that they are going to watch him the whole time but at least Sean and I can have a little bit of a vacation.  I'm so excited! I can't wait to see everyone and have a good time.

Right now, we have everything booked except for the flight.  We prefer to take Southwest Airlines because they allow you 2 bags free and we are going to have to take a lot of stuff out there.  I check everyday (seriously, everyday) and the flights roundtrip leaving from Fort Lauderdale are still at $1,000! We were also planning on Hunter having his own seat because at 10 months, I can't imagine him trying to sit on me or Sean's lap buuuut I called to see how much extra it would be for him to have his own seat and it was $525! No way!  I understand that we are traveling across the country but we will be broke before we get there with just the costs of the flight.  I have checked at every different hour of the day because they suggest looking at midnight on a Thursday night or something like that.  We've considered flying the day before or after we planned on leaving and it doesn't make a difference.  I'm hoping that they will go down here in the next month. If not, I guess we will have to pay that much money (minus getting Hunter his own seat...yikes!).  I have looked on other travel sites and they are cheaper but by the time we add all of the extra baggage fees it comes out to the same amount.  I'm thinking that I'll just give it a break for about a week and see what happens.  

Also, I am really nervous with flying with Hunter at 10 months.  It's not like he is 3 months old and can nurse on me the whole time and be fine. Plus we have a long flight! We definitely have decided that having a layover is most likely needed.  I just think that Hunter is going to be squirmy and want to crawl and not want to be on our laps the whole time. He already is getting like that.  We are also considering taking a overnight flight where we could take a non-stop flight and Hunter would sleep the whole time (well, hopefully).  I already have a stash of new toys that I will be bringing for the flight and in Vegas for him.    So that should help. I've read on my message boards of all the things that you should bring so I think I have that covered.  Just hoping Hunter will cooperate but oh well, if he doesn't.  He will be 10 months old, he is going to cry, he is going to yell and be a baby.  Now I will be one of those parent's that will be traveling with a child hoping that they will cooperate.  So this is definitely going to be an adventure. 

Another thing, we are hoping that we are moving before this trip because it would be exhausting to have to come  back after vacation and move.  Right now, looks like we should be in a new house in early June.  Let the packing begin! 

My pumpkin! Thinking hard about something.