Well this is very 2011: posting from the skies.
I am currently wedged in a window seat--26 A, the furthest from the front--while two men sleep a little too comfortably beside me. Nella is tucked away in her pouch, and I am taking it all in.
From my window, I can see through a few pockets of open air in a thick layer of clouds to make out the Ohio River snaked around a vast grid of streets and fields.
I like adventure. I love the opportunity to explore new places, meet new people, embrace new landscapes. But every time there's a ticket booked and it doesn't involve our entire family, I wig out a few days before. This trip was no exception. I almost made a last minute decision to cancel everything last night after a few hiccups in our plans, but alas (I love alas), I am here. In the clouds. A Mile High.
I have a good stash of home memories from the week to balance the next few days of travel adventure.
Nella feeding herself with O.T. She insists on feeding herself now.
And a nice hunger for California adventure to balance out our homey pleasures.
Nella and I enjoyed a layover hidden in the dark corner of an airport burger joint. She's been a little gem so far.
But her kicks to our sleeping neighbor right now suggest Sister wants to stretch her legs and move. Soon. As in four hours when we get out of this sky cell.
My battery light is blinking, so moving quick.
Early Friday Phone Dump as I don't know what we'll be doing tomorrow.
And a welcome to our new sponsor, The Pat-a-Cake Baby. Check out their fine selection of hip baby accessories.
We love their bibs (I never thought about bibs much when Lainey was little, but I can't get enough of cute, unique patterns this time around).
One of their best selling items is their wet bag, perfect for keeping wet clothes separate in your bag/purse (great for Florida beach and pool trips!)
And, after finding out yesterday one of my good friends is expecting a girl, I can't wait to give her this new swaddle wrap.
One random commenter on this post will win a $30 gift certificate from The Pat-a-Cake-Baby, and use code KHBLOG for 20% off on purchases from the site.
Man waking up beside us. Battery fading. Nella kicking.
More from California soon.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Mile High Club
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1 – 200 of 635 Newer› Newest»That is so cool that you are posting from the sky!!! Hope you have fun!!!
Love the bag, swaddle blanket and the bib is adorable. I am due in November, so I would love to stock up on some goodies. Thanks!
I love the swaddle wrap!! I would love to get one for my sweet new baby girl!
Have a great trip. Love the wet bags-so useful with babies (grand babies too!)
Mile High Club, yeah baby!
Love that Nella. And Lainey. And, well, all of you! :)
Enjoy CA!
I've never been to Cali and would love to go!! I've never even been off the East Coast :)
safe travels! I just love Nella's pig tails!
Hope you have a great trip!
I'm the same way with travel, it's a tumultuous love/hate/mostly love relationship. Safe travels!
Ps. I'm leaving your blog open just to fully enjoy this epic song :)
Safe travels <3
I'm so glad she's traveling well for you...my little one was always a beast to fly with!
Hope you have a great trip!
Have a fun trip!
posting from your seat while being wedged between 2 people, with a sleeping babe and miles high? too cool! enjoy your new adventure! love that you found a way to kill time on the plane, entertain us and blog out!
Looking forward to hearing of your adventures in Sunny California! Once the battery recharges, of course. :)
Yay for travel and adventure! Double yay for beckoning home and family! Enjoy. :)
Wish you had a layover in SLC! Have fun and give Nads a big hug from me! Love the Friday phone dump picture of Nella looking out the airplane window with her piggies! Such a big girl now!
xo
You're so lucky to be visiting San Diego. I absolutely love California & SD is one of the lovliest places in the state. Hope you enjoy the convention. I'm sure you'll meet & make so many new friends. Have a great time. Can't wait for the recap.
Have a wonderful trip! I love San Diego!
That swaddle wrap is awesome! I have two friends currently cooking baby muffins so I will be passing this along! Enjoy California! :)
Wow. Love the wet bag! Brilliant. And, have fun fun fun in CA.
Have fun at the convention! San Diego is SO you ;)
I love the wet bags! So handy!
Mmmhmm! California! Have a sweet time.
We just moved to San Diego... I'll be waiting to see if you find any little hidden gems for us to go check out. =)
If you're near Orange County you MUST come to Red Table! It's a restaurant that my mom just opened in Huntington Beach. We would love to see you and Nella! It's really delicious.
Oh, Nella is getting so big and girl-looking! Sweet thing.
I love the photo dump-palm.tree-pic. Makes me ache (again) to go to Miami. When will I be able to go, eh?!!
Have a grand adventure in California!
I just got back from a grand adventure in Devon and Cornwall, Britain, and sucking such marrow (!!!) is simply fab!
/A
Wet bags are a godsend, no doubt about that. I live in the SF Bay Area, where in CA are you headed ?~! I moved here eleven years ago from Sarasota County-Englewood specifically, but in the thirty years I was there I lived all over the place from Key West to Deerfield to E-wood. Climate here is so different, it took a few years to get acclimated but now I love 65-70 degrees and wouldn’t want to have to return to your neck of the woods. (we don’t have bugs here)
loving the wet pouch. what a great idea!
Love your blog. You are so talented. Exoecting our first this winter and cannot wait for all of the joys of parenthood
Enjoy! Nothing gets my creativity in gear like getting airborne.........I fly along and dream of all the dresses/paintings/etc, etc, I'll enthusiastically execute when I'm no longer confined. It's like being in a 'dream tank' for a few hours....and then upon landing...........an adventure! b
Have a wonderful trip! You are so brave to go alone with your little one!
Have a fabulous trip!!!
Have a great time!!! I swear, everytime I read one of your posts, it inspires me to be a better blogger/mother/woman!!! :)
So...you have thousands of followers...does any of them ever spot you in the airport..or out and about? And then of course, do a bit of stalking!!!
wish I could be at BlogHer but maybe next year..you're on my coast now, stop by for a visit! Lils can't wait for that playdate with Nella:)
if you have any secrets on how to entertain an 18 month old on an airplane, I'd love to hear it. My son insists on feeding himself too - most of the time i tolerate it. Bravo little Nella - she is well on her way to becoming a little girl!
Oh gosh! I meant "do" not "does"...and I'm a teacher to boot!!
Wow, I didn't know you could even connect to the internet on a plane... I'm definitely behind the times!
Soooo 2011, IMPRESSIVE!!! So fun in the sky, minus the two sleeping guys, unless they are hot of course :) Enjoy Cali!
Bon voyage!
You make flying sound so peaceful and exciting with your sweet baby girl!
flying by yourself with a little one..ohh, soo brave:) Have a great time in Cali! Love the swaddle bag!
Welcome to Cali! We're happy to have you. Hopefully the sun stays shining for you. I have a shower in a couple of weeks and these bibs and burp cloths are perfect. Your sponsors always have the best stuff!
Safe travels!! =) Enjoy!
That wet bag is a genius design! I love traveling, and I love airplane rides. The people you meet, the things you see. All of it brings a great feeling of adventure to me. Enjoy your time in Cali, I am headed out that way next month!
I wish I were squeezed in there right next to you. Exchanging stories and you letting me hold your sweet Nella. Oh what a glorious flight it would be. Have a blast at BlogHer. I bet it's going to be wonderful Someplace I would love to be some day.
Be safe.xx
Enjoy your trip!
I have to tell you, my son got a card in the mail today just because. It reminded me so much of your Hallmark post and it really touched me to see how much it made my 5 year olds day to receive a card in the mail full of stickers for no other reason then, "because I haven't seen your smiling face in to long".
I would love to know your tricks for traveling alone with a little one! You're becoming a pro and I'm impressed! Have a wonderful trip!
Welcome to the land of sea, sun and crazy drivers! Those bibs are so cute and might actually fit the thick neck of my son! Yay for bib shopping!
yeah for nella using a spoon! she rocks! so proud of her :)
You are a cool girl jet setter you. :)
Ooooh....that owl bag is super cute! Just to let you know, sometimes I leave your blog up on my Mac just to keep listening to the music!
Jealous of your California adventure...I almost had the hubby convinced to go this summer, but it's looking like it will be postponed - sigh. I was actually thinking of doing a nostalgic Disneyland trip all by myself sometime soon...weird? I can always bring the kiddos later!
Have fun :)
what a great idea that little bag is! Love your pictures.... again!
Thanks for the great post for our products :-) Have a wonderful trip!
Safe Travels. I have yet to bring my 19 month old twins on a plane. I think their first trip will be in your direction... aka Disneyworld in Orlando.
Love fun fabrics! I never thought of a wet bag!! I live in Florida where that would be perfect!
Love the wet bag! Who doesn't need one of those. And look at Baby Girl using that spoon!
Have a great time in CA!
Took my own sweet baby to San Diego last fall when my hubby had a business trip there. All I can say is FISH TACOS!! (You might be able to get good ones in FL, but in CT it's slim pickins.) Definitely check out LaJolla. Have Fun!
Mental Picture of you and Nella and the man next to you, is too funny! Awesome that you are a "sky-blogger". Have fun on your trip!
You do everything with such grace! Have a great trip and enjoy your time with just Nella! <3
I'm not a great traveller, I want to be-but I love home too much....next year we're working up to my first real overseas trip (New Zealand from Australia doesn't really count- they don't even stamp your passport) to Canada. I'm already trying to come up with excuses....hopefully I can give myself a good talking to.
I hope you aren't in the middle of those two men. Flying isn't very comfortable anymore.
Nella's hair is getting so long. She looks cute in the bibs. Cute things. Love the swaddle too.
Love that bag to put wet clothes in!
I totally thought this blog was going to be a flashback from your "crazy days." Good hook. I bit. :o)
great new sponsor! I hope I win!
I had something else completely in mind with this title. ;)
That wet bag is genius!
love the blog!
Posting from a mile high....that's dedication! Great song playing by the way, Florence can rock it!
Gotta get myself a wet bag! Enjoy the friendly skies.
Matt just looked at Nella's picture and thinks she is so big!
ooooo have safe travels!!
can't wait to hear and see more :)
Oooh! I must have a wet bag! And bibs for my niece! Love their stuff and would love to win . . . have fun in CA!
would love to send you a card just because.. I have to have a p.O. box for you... Have a great flight.. back... and Love the new sponsor.. wet bag.. great idea.
Love the swaddle wrap. I recieved one similar as a gift when my daughter was born and used it all the time.
What an incredible journey with your little one by your side. Safe travels to you can't wait to hear about all the things you are doing!
Have an amazing time! LOVE that stuff! So so cute! My future little lady could certainly use a few items from them!
Brooke
www.TheAnnessaFamily.blogspot.com
enjoy CA! Soak it up, take it in...not too different from FL, but it's a trip! Stay safe, and snuggle Nella.
Man that wet bag is genius! Makes my walmart bag seem pretty ghetto ha!! Crossing my fingers I win this one so I can be all classy :)
Have fun!!
I have a pregnant friend to use that gift certificate on!
Nella must be an amazing traveler!! And Big Sister will get some fun daddy time at home, I'm sure :)
My sister just found out she is having a girl. This aunt is sooo excited I was the only one that thought she was having a girl!! I know she would just love this pink swaddler. Being the favorite aunt I have a long list of things to get. Thiswould help out! Thanks!
I also almost cancel trips and vacations last minute because things always get crazy at the 11th hour! It just makes the trip that much more relaxing when things fall into place. Enjoy your time! Looking forward to hearing all about it!!
I have a 6 week old baby, and would love a gift certificate! We cloth diaper & need another wet bag. Thanks!
Kelle, I've been reading your blog for a little over a year now. I'm always left with a smile, so thank you. I'd love the chance at being randomly selected, my husband and I have a 'little' 10 week secret we are trying to prepare for before this winter ;)
I love the cowboy bib! Lots of friends of mine are having babies, so I'd love to stock up for them!
I am such a homebody that I have a hard time before trips. But they are almost always worth it. Have fun!
Have a great trip! Nella gets to go on a big adventure-you go girl! Can't wait to see pictures.
We live in the Valley near Fresno. My son lives in San Diego and just retired from the Navy as an officer. He is 38 and retired.....what a life huh? Love Nella's piggie tales and pecious smiles she has been displaying lately. Enjoy your blogging experience, I am sure you will meet some wonderful people! Also your new goodies are so much fun!
Have a safe trip!! :)
Enjoy your travels! Soak it in like only you can. :)
-Jennifer from Annapolis
I love that damask swaddle! Have a great time in CA!
ooo I'm due early November with a baby girly and would love to snag some goodies! hope you have a great trip!
enjoy all your adventures....
xoxo
cathy
Ohhh I'm sure my sweet October babes will look cute in that! Someday very soon I will get to experience the joy of meeting my little one's face.
Wet bag is also great for traveling with cloth diapers :) Cute owl print!
The sky cell reference made me think of my daughter's doctor appt. last week. It took an hour longer than expected because she wouldn't pee, and it felt like a cell to me and my two other kids. We were all begging her to please pee! Hope you have a great trip!
I love your new sponser! I am due next month and would love to spend some money on her site! I am obsessed with her cute fabrics! I am thinking about a wetbag for our kitchen because we are switching from using paper towels for cleaning to old cut up tshirts! I could spend a fortune on her stuff! Sweet baby Lucy needs some hip gear!
Oh....I love summer and hula hoop girls! Have a good rest of the trip!
The wet bag is great! (Giggling because I already have some: they say Safeway, Giant, or Shoppers). Fancy, I am.
Oh! Have a wonderful trip! Jealous. You are such a wonderful mom ... with beautiful children. You are blessed! (and the pic of Nella smiling with the bib on - gorgeous!)
can't wait to see your cali pics. we were there back in may and loved it!
Enjoy the break from this SWFL humidity! I'm catching up on 2 months away from your blog. Time flies when the baby started toddling. Thanks for the continued wing beneath my wings this week. Have fun!
LOVE California weather!! It is one of my favorite places to visit, especially SoCal! Cannot wait to see you there and your pics!
I'm glad Nella is behaving so well! My own always surprises me with her good behavior on trips. Have fun in California! :)
What sweet babies you have. Love seeing the pictures and their adorable smiles!
I just love your blog. I love to read it, I don't always comment but the way you word things and the pictures you take are amazing!
My best friend is due with a little girl in November...I'm heading over to buy that adorable swaddle wrap right now! I love your blog...enjoy your trip to CA!!
WishI was in Cali have a great trip
Have an awesome trip...and seriously your kids couldn't be any cuter (until the next post of course) :D
oh boy, we are taking a long plane trip in a couple of weeks too with our almost 2 year old and I'll be 16 weeks pregnant. Luckily my fabulous hubby will be with us to help with squirmy legs :-) Can't wait to hear more from Cali!!
Hi Kelle,
Is there an email where I could reach you regarding business?
Thanks so much!
Carrie
Higher Level Group
ctaaca@gmail.com
Love that wet bag! No more Safeway grocery bags for wet swimsuits. :)
I'm always so impressed that you can write "quickie blogs" and include all of the photos! Enjoy the trip! And I really need a wet bag for our outings with 2 kids in cloth diapers!!!
I am set to fly with a baby in one week and I imagine there will be alot of neighbour kicking on our trip! Oh, and I do so love sprinklers! I'm excited for when my little is old enough to enjoy one.
OH MY goodness! I think this Pat-a-cake is made by one of my best friends family member...Gonna have to check on this! :-)
nella's pigtails just make me smile. happy traveling!
these are so cute! I would love to put one of those bibs on my little one - have a safe trip!
Love their bibs, I want some!
I am a new reader of your blog, and I love reading it. I am a new mom and really enjoy reading about other mom's adventures. You're girls are absolutely beautiful and I look forward to reading about the new things they learn and experience
A cross country adventure with your littlest girl. What a collection of memories you will make to keep in your pocket. Enjoy every moment. Even those moments you're wishing for home. Home will always be there. Adventures are fleeting.
p.s. Nella is a rock star!
Have a WONDERFUL trip!! :)
ohhh.. sky post. how fun. Have a great trip.
Have fun! Wishing I was going to CA too. I'll be making a trip to Korea with the 2 kids soon and that scares me enough to keep me from any other plane trips.
And I love bibs! I also wasnt big on them with kidlet #1 but now theyre great for the drooly teething snotty pukey boy :D
I love the cowboy bib.
i have a friend that loves the swaddle wraps! they are amazing :)
Enjoy your special time with Nella. I understand the stress of leaving some of your family at home. I have almost cancelled a trip or two myself!
What a little sweet heart. Have a great trip!
So jealous I wish I was off on a fun adventure...hope you have a blast!
What a gorgeous swaddle blanket:). Have a lovely trip to CA; here's to hoping you have an empty seat next to you on the trip back; no men sleeping dangerously close;).
Safe travels!!
xoxo,
Blair
Love, Love, Love! Nella eating is the most adorable thing ever
I love the wetbag too. I think I need it :)
LOVE that bib nella has on!!
What sweet pics of the girls. LOVE!
About to head over and buy that wet bag riiiiight now...
So pretend that your Friday Phone Dump grid was a BINGO board...k, without the 'O', so a BING board, and I love I2, I4, N1, N4, and G3. Have so much fun in California! Can't wait to hear about your adventure. :)
Such cute stuff that I am pretty sure my newborn girlie needs!!
Thanks for your always entertaining and uplifting words... such a joy to read!
How very hip you are posting from the sky! Have a fun trip. Love the wet bag....we could have used it yesterday when this momma forgot a bag to put our wet swimsuits in! lol
Enjoy your trip... I am going to HAVE to get me one of thoes wet bags!!
I was just thinking I need more bibs! So adorable!
Have fun! I'm so jealous!!!
I am so happy I stumbled across your blog. you inspire me
I'm jealous cuz I wish I was in CA with all our family right now too but, flying with my little one is a nightmare!! I'm so glad yours did so well!! Enjoy your time!
Is Lainey checking for more teefers coming in? Say hello to the west coast for me. :-)
That bib is awesome.. and one can never have too many wetbags!
Have a fabulous time! Glad you decided to go...i am the same way about traveling without everybody - stay strong! ;)
Have fun on your adventure!
Have fun on your adventure!
oh I am so pro-swaddling and that is the cutest swaddler ever! Enjoy your trip!
Love the bag!!! Enjoy your trip!!!
I love the swaddle wrap!! I need to learn how to do this soon! Our little one will be here in 7 weeks!!
adventure is so fun! and so are those bibs!
I hope you have a great trip and try to enjoy the new experiences even though you will miss the other half of your family. Love the new sponsor too!
I love the phone dumps, and this one is my fave so far. I'm diggin' the swaddle wrap. I love those things. Enjoy your trip. Can't wait to see the pics. We are taking Adam & Levi to their first movie tomorrow (Winnie the Pooh)!! I am excited!
I love that Lainey and Nella have the same red and blue swimsuit! I buy matching outfits for my girls too-something I swore I'd never do! I'm turning into my mother; but what the heck, it's a good thing...she is amazing!
Aww, she looks so proud feeding herself. How sweet. Enjoy California.
OMGoodness! I just have to say how grown up Nella looks in her bib! She's starting to look more and more like her big sis :)
I am the same way about travel! As a teenager, I love it and would go anywhere the wind would take me. Now that I have 2 babies of my own, I flip out. Isnt motherhood the craziest best thing ever? Safe travels to you!
enjoy your trip! i'd love to win the giveaway to stock on gifts for my soon-to-be niece!
Love love love the music. Really brings you INTO your blog. Makes you take time to read and look at the pictures.
I just started a blog myself. I'm flying on Monday and will have a babe swaddled (hopefully sleeping) in my lap. Might have to blog from the sky and join the "mile high club".
Love the bag...I live in Florida too (and am from Michigan originally)!
Safe travels mama!
I would love a wet bag, we cloth diaper and I always need more wet bags!
Hope you have a great trip!
be safe girlie and have fun. i would wig out too. can't believe you can blog from an airplane. i wouldn't even know where to begin.
Awwww you could have dropped Nella here in Arkansas and picked her up on your way back. Love the pictures. Have a safe trip.
Pam
Hope you have a Wonderful trip!
oh oh oh! I want a wet bag PLEASE! I hope that you and Nella have a great time in cali!
I think I might be the only person who giggled at the title :)
I would love to go to Cali, one day....
One adventure after another ... Mommyhood in motion. Have fun. :D
Enjoy your trip!!! Your chicks are gorgeous!! :)
Beautiful pictures! You amaze me, traveling with a baby & blogging from the airplane - I can do one or the other, but not both! Hope you have a wonderful trip :-)
Love the wet bag. and owls... how can you go wrong? Enjoy your trip, and the one on one time with Nella.
Have a wonderful trip! Can't wait to hear about your adventures and vicariously live through you.
If you happened to get laid up in OKC look us up.
That bib is adorable!
I love when they feed themselves!! She is a lil doll! I don't blame her for wanting to stretch. Sitting on a plane for an extended period of time is hard for me at times. :) I love CA! Can't wait to see some pictures.
Love that this post came from the air! :) I totally freak out too before anything having to do with travel having nothing to with my man. Ah! It's always easier with everyone along. That way your heart is all in one place too. Enjoy Cali... can't wait to hear about the trip!
Welcome to SoCal Kelle,
You should be here by the time you read this.
I wish I was off to the conference to meet you and give you a hug....
We were in San Diego last weekend visiting the zoo, its only an hour away from us...it made me wonder who or what created all the animals so magnificent..makes me believe in heaven!
You do know if you join the 'real' mile high club they give you a set off wings on your way off the plane ha! Just kidding...
enjoy
love
Diana x
Can't wait to hear all about the trip! Have fun and enjoy your time!
Posting from the sky! Technology has come so far! Happy flying!
As excited as I am to not only take a trip, but to have my kids fly for free, our six hour flights to CA make me pray.
Have fun in Cali! We're all about bibs in this house - we went from six months of constant spit up to now endless amounts of drool due to teething. Fun times that call for adorable bibs!
really cute bibs!
Love this stuff and your blog! I just had my 3rd baby (a girl) and I would love to get that swaddle wrap!
Gotta love the bib.
I now look forward to the friday phone dump... what a great idea! Nella is getting so big, and he hair is getting so long! Beautiful!
I love those sprinkler photos! Is there anything more summery than a sprinkler?
Love the pigtails! Just for a second I was sad my littlest guy is a guy and I don't get to do all the fun hair stuff. :)
omg the pic of Nella at the burger joint and the phone dump pics with Brett are the BEST!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE her sweet little face! Love that bib, and that swaddle wrap? Enough to make a sister wanna get knocked up!!! I want one of those!
ahhhhhhh! I wish I was going to blogHer!!!! SO JEALOUS!!! Have a blast!
and I would LOVE a wet bag :) we live in CA on the coast, so it would be fab for those wet things to come home in!
Hope you have a fantastic time in San Diego! It's one of my favorite cities! Melissa R.
I am dying over Nella pig-tails. dying.
that swaddle wrap is possibly the cutest thing ever!
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