We are Back! Happy, Accomplished! & Wiser!

my favourite shot!

Wow! Where should we start? It had been a wonderful experience for my queen and i. Thankfully to my mother in law and our domestic helper, our princess jazlyn was in their good hands and we were able to have a fantastic trip!My queen was extremely happy that we were in time for their sakura season and able to bring our princess to Disney! And i am sure for all the anxious parents out there who is thinking of bringing the young one overseas, they will have the same fear, worries and concerns as us. We were afraid that we may forget about the experiences we have learnt and thus decided to write immediately and it may take a few blogs to compete the whole trip. so pardon us ok? =)

Generally, the trip has been very fruitful. It bonded the family especially my princess and me. She wanted daddy to do everything that my queen was kind of jealous initally but was pretty happy that i have to do all the work instead of her! =) Anyway, from the preparation of the trip to the actual trip itself, having a kid with us have been an experience. You can't move as freely as before and by the time we are ready to go out, it's already noon.

FIRST, FIRST , FIRST

Yes, it was our first trip with our princess and our princess's first too. Thus for the preparation, we have to prepare the usual stuff such as the diapers, milkpowder, winter clothes, light weight stroller and my queen went further to get some medicines for common cold and cough and our princess's favourite books and toys to entertain her on the plane. We also bought the family travel insurance which will cover our medical expenses especially for jazelle and for the usual baggage delays or loss. The best is that if we fell sick after the trip, the insurance will cover that too!! 6 hrs flight is usually quite alright for us as we have the inflight entertainment but 6 hrs with a 2 yr old KID? we have to plan their entertainment!

For the flight, we deliberately booked the night flight thinking that our princess could sleep through the night and awake upon arrival. We even asked our agent to book an empty seat between us so that if we are lucky, our princess can have a seat for herself instead of the bassinet(as we were worried it will be uncomfortable) and she could sleep better. We were so WRONG! We prepared her before takeoff but she finished her milk before the plane took off ( as it was past her usual milk time) thus my queen went on to her plan B, Apple juice! We need to let her suckle so that she will have no problems with the pressure change during the takeoff. We had to come out with creative ideas how to prevent her from finishing the juice and fortunately, Plan B was well executed. Lights went off , and we were off to Japan! and our princesses was about to enter her LALA land and suddenly, the annoucement was made for refreshment and the lights came on again! (We were not warned about that!) Our princess was awaken and by the time the meals are served and lights off, an hour has passed! And we didnt realise that we have to book for infant/kids meal in advance and thus our princess didnt have her meal. You can't image our anxiety. There it is, 3 am , the queen and king were half awake and our princess was whinny, sleepy but just couldn't have her usual comfy position..

We managed to have the empty seat to us but it took us another hour to pacify her to sleep and she just can't find her comfy position and by the time she does, i have to relocated to another seat nearby so that she can sleep across the chairs! Guess what, by then the plane was about to prepare for arrival!! As for our friends who was with us, their son was with a bassinet and he slept through the flight. Wat a night and a valuable lesson learn.

up next! Sakura aka cherry blossom!