• L.L. Bean Women's Hiking Backpack - (fit in the overhead) - this bag had so many openings, I could access just about anything, without unpacking it.  Awesome.
  
  
  • 2 changes of clothes each, dark.
  • diapers.  wipes.  more of each than we thought we'd use.
    
  • small toiletries bag. 
    
  • Ergo baby carrier (soft backpack)
  • ipod loaded with nursery rymes, and portable speaker/player. (we forgot a charger & converter plugs though, natch)
    
  • Snacks.
    
  • Big bottles of water, purchased near the gate.
  • Sippy cups.
    
  • 4 Small toys, still in child-proof wrappings… each took at least 20 minutes to open, and then another 10-15 minutes to play with.  We then hid them and re-wrapped them later.
  • More reusable "sticker books". Personal favorites are Thomas the Tank Engine and Where the Wild Things Are.
  • small toddler's etch-a-sketch.
  • crayons & paper.
    
  • personal travel items/documents we weren't carrying in our pockets.
  • cameras.
    


• Dress Bag (checked)
• clothes for the wedding.  And for an anniversary night out in Paris.
• regular clothes
  
  


• Large LL Bean rolling duffel (checked)
  • folding pack-n-play
  • Fisher Price Healthy Care Booster Seat
  • 2 stuffed animals that she selected
  • light blanket
  • shoes
  • sweaters/rain gear


• Diaper Bag (fit under the seat)
  • more diapers, snacks, water.
  • - 3 small lightweight books, to be swapped out with books in the backpack.
  • - medicine, etc.
    


• Beloved Maclaren Stroller (checked at the gate)

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