How on earth did Mummy manage to take you and your big sister, along with 4 suitcases, 3 carry on bags, didi’s backpack, 1 car seat and 1 stroller all the way to India alone on a 36 hour journey? It was crazy but super fun. You were a very good traveler and didn’t cause mummy any problems. We went from LA to Chicago to Delhi to our final destination Hyderabad. Along the way you played, ate, slept and repeated the cycle several times over. Several people double looked to see if I was insane to travel alone with 2 kids. We had lots of fun. On the flight from LA to Chicago – we played games as much as possible. When we got to the Chicago airport mummy found a wheel chair and made didi sit in it and put all the luggage in the chair and pushed it to our gate. We found a nice little corner where I fed you your first jarred food. It was okay. You had a few bites and didn’t care much for it. Next we changed you and tried to feed didi. We did a bathroom run only to find out that they were boarding the flight when we came back. We made a mad dash and boarded our plane. We got the only bassinet on the plane, but there’s a story behind that. I had packed some beads for us to play with. You love beads and didi loves to play with them too. Once we boarded the plane we were playing catch catch. All three of us were having so much fun that the other passengers kept smiling as they were walking by. 3 parents even said that they will come back to play with you guys since you were having so much fun. They did come back later in the flight but both of you were sleeping. We arrived at Delhi and this is where your sister had had enough with the journey. She was tried and cranky and I had woken her up from her sleep. What she wouldn’t have done to swap places with you in your Baby Bjorn. Oh well.. she cried a little well a lot actually, all the way through immigration. Nana had arranged for some cop to pick us up at the gate so that was very helpful as I plunked the entire hand luggage onto him to manage the two of you.
Once done with immigration, security, and customs we went to Claridges for the night. We had a blast there. You kept moving around all over the bed.. while Mummy and didi enjoyed some aapams and rasmalai. We took our baths and left for Hyderabad. Once we got here.. you happily went into Nana’s arms….
