Keeping things simple

When I created this blog last year when I was pregnant, in the interests section I put " Exotic travel, food, wine, good friends and now parenting- is this going to be possible?" 

I now know the answer is YES! Well.... sort of. After almost 9 months of being a mom I would now change the order to "Parenting, wine (esp a good Pinot), food, good friends and exotic travel." My husband and I are about to embark on a journey with our incredibly adorable son Maddox (see photo above- not only is he cute- he is truly international as you can see from his Indian garb)- we will be visiting 5 countries in 3 1/2 weeks- and in 3 of those countries you can't drink the water. WE LIKE TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE. Whateves.


And to keep things extra simple we are trying to pare down our must bring items to the following: (1) one big suitcase for baby gear- including 150 sterilized disposable bottles, (2) another big suitcase for clothes/shoes/toiletries for the 3 of us, (3) a stroller and carrying case, (4) a carseat and carrying case, (5) a diaper bag and (6) a portable crib. I was going to leave the portable crib at home until today when my Pediatrician and I spent 5 minutes debating whether we can be sure that Russian, Estonian and Latvian hotels have upgraded from lead cribs... Hmmmm