Z family's amazing race

Z's dad's been really busy with work lately (and neglected his family) so to make up for lost time he decided to take us on a business trip with him. Mommy used to tag along all the time but this is the first time w/ Z....I figured it would be much more tiring to take care of a 9 month old (I know! it's been that long!) in a hotel room than our own house so I told Z daddy NO. NO. Several times. Over several days. On the morning of his trip Z's dad still insisted on us traveling with him....INSISTED. Fine fine fine!! So we packed up quickly but still missed our flight. We persuaded the counter lady to put us on a later flight, then leisurely had lunch at the airport and boarded our new flight. BTW the airport staff made it so easy to travel with little ones...we were able to get thru security in a breeze~
The first leg of the trip started off pretty well...Z snacked and nursed before drifted off to sleep til we landed. We got off the plane and casually walked over to check on our connecting flight only to find out that it was already overbooked by 5 people, and according to the counter lady our chance of getting on was "not good." NOT GOOD!! what did she mean "not good?" How come everyone failed to mention that before we left??? So we did what we thought was the next best option----we got on a flight heading to a city 3 hours outside our final destination.
Thank goodness baby Z behaved even better on this flight. She basically nursed til she passed out and didn't wake up again til AFTER we picked up our rental car and drove to a nearby mall to shop. What a good girl! And poor baby for being so tired.
We figured since we were there we might as well hang out a little and grab dinner before we drove up to our hotel. It turned out to be a nice little stop on our trip. The city was beautiful. We all had a chance to stretch our legs and ate a nice sushi dinner (including Z; She loves avocado roll and tofu!) When we finally checked into our hotel (after we swung by the airport to meet up with our luggage) it was well after midnight. What a long day but what fun!! Z baby quickly passed out alongside us on the big bed after a nice shower. Tomorrow more advanture awaits us, traveling Z's!!