Ainslie Earns a Pony

We’ve decided that if Ainslie ever asks us for a pony when she gets older, we have to give it to her. She has been such a good girl on our trip, and that little smile she’s perfected has helped us make lots of friends.

She has also helped us avoid some really long lines. We already mentioned that she got us to the front of the line at the Reichstag in Berlin. At the Louvre we walked to the front of the line, right pass security. And, today she got us to the front of a line that was so long it took us over five minutes to walk to the front of it. Amazing.

Lest any of you think that traveling with a baby is all fun, games, and skipping to the front of the line, we have plenty of other little “bonuses” too. Lately, they’ve come in the form of diaper malfunctions, like the one on the hotel bed in Paris. And there was the one at the Louvre that was so bad we had to buy a little souvenir onesy because we forgot to bring a spare (there was no saving the one she had been wearing). Most recently there was the one at the Roman forum where Josh held arms and legs while Janae wiped Ainslie down with wipies from her shoulders to her knees. We're getting better at handling things like that, and we were doing a pretty good job at the Forum until it started to rain (hard to hold an umbrella and do all of that at the same time).

But, with all the bonuses and everything, we're having a great trip. Ainslie really has been great. Hopefully she never asks for that pony. . .