Baby's First Bus Ride

We are invited for supper at my parent's house tonight. I decided that I wanted to go spend the day. So I took Luca for his first bus ride. At first I was trying to figure out the logistics of it all. Stroller? Car seat? Diaper bag? Snugli? Winter sucks! LOL! First of all, the stroller was left in the trunk of the car....so no stroller available. The car seat would be too heavy to carry all the way. Forget the car seat. Then I realized that Luca doesn't have anything warm enough to wear outside. I usually have him in his car seat in his bundleme, which is very warm. Then I remembered that I had received two one piece snow suits from a neighbor. They are size 6 months and are both HUGE on him, but hey it was better than nothing. So I threw one in the washer and dryer and we were ready to go.

I tried putting him in the Snugli, which I figured would be the easiest thing for me to carry him in while I also carried all his luggage (babies come with so many bags!). But of course, with his snow suit on, he was too big to put in the snugli. In the end I decided (quickly because the bus was passing in 2 minutes) to just carry everything in my arms, including baby! Not the easiest task, but I did it. Luca seemed mesmorized by the bus. He was looking around very curiously. Its really not a long bus ride to my parents house, maybe 5 minutes. Then once we got off the bus, another 5 minutes walking. He seemed to have enjoyed the whole experience. The fresh air did him some good too. The excercise did ME some good. My arms were shaking for 10 minutes after we arrived and unloaded everything. So, another first for my little one. Seems like a lot of firsts lately!

Ni -xox-