Birthday's and Packing!

Tomorrow is my 30th birthday. Eh. Blah.  Feels just like another day except that I will be in the "30's" club.  I'm starting to be okay about it.  It's not like I can control it or anything but I do hear alot of people tell me that your "30's" is a whole new world and that it's a lot of fun.  We'll see.  Tomorrow will be the first day of it. =) 

Well, its just about that time for us to finally go on vacation to Las Vegas and celebrate our birthdays!  The day we leave is also Sean's birthday (our birthday's are 4 days apart).  We will be there for the whole week.   I do feel like our vacation is kinda long compared to the previous times that we have been out there but on the other hand we are not staying on the "strip".  We will stay at our Timeshare that is right off of it and does not have a casino and is a family oriented resort where they have lots of things to do for kids and has a pool and gym, etc. so it won't feel so much like we are in a casino contstantly.  Sean's family from C.A., his sister in Lake Tahoe, his sister here in Miami, and my brother and his wife will be joining us as well.  We all can't wait to see each other! Also, Hunter will be meeting his Grandpa Jim for the first time so we are very excited for them to finally meet.  

This week, I have been getting everything ready for our trip.  I purposely made sure to book our flight through Southwest because they allow 2 free bags to be checked in (per person) and also the carseat and stroller are free. Seeing that I am like every average mom and woman in America, I will be packing  all of the overthought "essentials" in the 4 suitcases we will be bringing.  Here are what each of my suitcases will be carrying:

Suitcase #1: Hunter's toys, bath toys and swimming stuff (float, goggles, ear plugs and toys) and swimming diapers and some books

Suitcase #2: Hunter's clothes, bibs, medicine cabinet (haha), bath lotion and cleanser, wash cloths, his blanky's, bottles, bottle liners (we use Playtex), sippy cups, extra pacifiers, sound machine (for him at night)and I'm sure I will find a few other things (haven't packed yet)

Suitcase #3: Me and Sean's clothes/shoes (haven't packed yet

Suitcase #4: Me and Sean's clothes/shoes( haven't packed yet)

+ Carseat

+ Stroller

Now in case you are wondering or even you even thought of it, I am planning on going to the store to buy his diapers, wipes, baby food/table food and our food,  water, formula etc. the morning after we get there.  We have a kitchen in the room so it will be nice to make ourselves meals while we are there because spending money on food out there is ridulous plus I don't want Hunter eating junk. 

This was before the suitcase was packed and Hunter decided that it was really fun to get on top of it. 

Oh, I almost forgot I have to bring Hunter some new toys for the flight along with his food, diapers, etc.  So I have the bag for new toys and things that we know he will like to fidget with and then the diaper bag full of stuff.  Over the past few months we've been collecting Hunter new toys from the Consignment shop, yard sales and even had some left over from this past Christmas! Hunter has all new stuff to go on the trip with and explore all of them.  Hopefully some of them will help to keep him occupied for the long flight over there and back.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  When we get to the airport it will be a nap time for him so I'm hoping that we can keep him awake until we get on the plane and then he will pass out for awhile on the way there.  Last time we flew with Hunter, he had breakdown in the airport right before we got on the flight.

Then to top it off, when we get back we are closing on our house on the 17th and then closing on our new house at the end of the month and will be in our new house by August 1! Phewww....this is such a busy month for us.  I'm so ready for everything to be settled. This mommy needs a break (not the vacation one) an official b-r-e-a-k!