You're probably wondering what the title means. With all of the interesting sites in Philly, why is the title centered on diapers? Well, let's just say that Brady was very "active" during the trip. Have you ever tried planning and packing for an infant for a 5 day trip? If you ever do, take extra diapers!
To set the scene, imagine new parents flying with an infant for the first time. Add to that a recently imposed ban on all liquids on planes...um, he drinks formula every three or so hours. We soon learned that there is a declaration form for this...that they wanted you to fill out BEFORE you got into the security line. Too late for that! We're holding things up, and it was the first flight out that morning. We were making friends right and left...not really.
Okay, we made it through security. There must be a magic force that affects babies at that point, because Brady filled his first diaper immediately after we got through. At this point, you have two frazzled first time parents and a baby that needs changed in an airport...crying!
Some of you know the agreement that we made regarding changing #2 diapers, but just in case you don't: Since Amy carried the baby for 9 months, Rodney agreed to change all #2 diapers for the first 9 months. Bad move for Rodney.
We got him changed and we were off. Quick note, 10-15 minutes of crying during the boarding process, followed by either quiet play or sleeping the remainder of the flight. Things were going to be fine.
Shortly after arriving in Atlanta for the connecting flight, he did it again. This time, the #2 got onto his
onesie. Ugh. Let's just say that he kept "Phil-
ing" his diapers the whole trip! We even had to change one on the plane...in our laps.
On to Philly. We had a blast! Among other things, we got to see the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The picture above is Brady doing his best Rocky pose at the famous spot from the movie.
Back to the diaper tornado. Brady continued his
barrage of diaper changes while in Philly, but not so bad that we had to buy more. We decided that we should be able to make it home with what we had. While waiting for our flight out of Philly, we not only had to change yet another diaper, we had to throw out a 2
nd onesie!
On to Atlanta, where the weather was not so good earlier in the day. Actually, it caused several flight delays...including ours. To make this incredibly long story a bit shorter, we missed our connecting flight...and it was the last one of the day. So, we got to spend an extra evening in a hotel.
Yahoo! Except, we were nearly out of diapers. For those of you that haven't had the luxury of staying in a hotel near the Atlanta airport, it isn't in the greatest neighborhood. Without any other options, Rodney was forced to take a cab to a 24 hour grocery store in the hood at midnight. One of the scariest cab rides ever. The things you will do for your kids!
Early the next morning, we finally made it home. The collateral damage? Amy missed another day of work, and Rodney had to cancel his plans to attend an executive development course at Northwestern. Did I mention that we got to see the Liberty Bell?
