8 days to go!!...

Not too long ago I was in countdown mode for my trip to pick up Matteo! This time I'm in countdown mode with Matteo for our partial vacation, partial working trip. I remember writing about this upcoming conference when I was waiting for news on a referral ( will try to go back and find it) and wondering if it would happen...actually there were two conferences in Italy, one at the end of April in Udine and this one in Venice at the end of June. There were some changes in the Udine one so opted for this one as I knew it would be a bit of a challenge to go to both, with Matteo, and financially...so the smaller suitcase has been pulled out again and the lists are made, and a few other things to purchase but I think I'm as ready as I can be.

While I do go between stress and calm, (that could also be because there is too much on my plate at the moment) there is definitely a huge difference to preparing for this trip from the last one. Of course one of the reasons is because I am not travelling on my own, as my adult nephew is coming with us. So when I remind myself of coming back from Vietnam on three flights with an infant, this one bus ride and flight will be a piece of cake. Of course there will be a few train trips while there, but they are short ones. I will be travelling much lighter than with Vietnam as I won't be packing as much for Matteo as now I know his size etc. I also won't be bringing my netbook with me so will try to post when I can from my phone. I am hoping to get some great photos of Matteo with some of the sights in Italy as he won't remember any of this trip but one day will have these photos.

For now here are some photos of Matteo in his travel carriage both happy and not so happy shots.....but the important thing is that he is able to sleep in this stroller so hopefully that takes care of some of his needs while out and about!!