We're all going on a summer holiday...

You know when you're in the queue to board the aeroplane and you spot the family with the baby and inside you just know that they'll be sitting behind you for the entire flight and you want to cry/run away? Well, for the first time that family will be us...

We've started looking for summer holidays for Henry's first ever trip. We are trying to make the most of him being so young and

A) being free.

B) being too young to want to go to the horrendous kids' clubs that parade down the beach singing songs every hour. The longer I can avoid these resorts the better!

C) being unable to walk (we hope) and thus saving us the heart stopping feeling that will undoubtedly occur every single time we take our eyes off him for a second and see him running towards a full swimming pool.

Rob and I spent every year of our childhoods holidaying in Spain and we will probably spend many more summers there as a family in the future so we want to go somewhere a bit different this year.

America would be lovely but just so far away with a baby on a plane. Would love to hear from anyone that's done it though, Florida or a Carribean island would be perfect.

Mr B wants to go back to the Maldives but that flight is waaay too long when you can sit and sleep so it will be hell on earth when we have a baby to entertain for the whole time using only the contents of a hand luggage for support...after all, there's only so many times you can read the Gruffalo in one day.

Which leaves us with Europe. We'd like to go somewhere new so wondering about Greece. Both Mykonos and Santorini look lovely...but having never been there or being unable to speak the language I have reservations. 

Any other suggestions would be great and if any of you happen to be on the same plane as us and spot us in the check in queue, I am truly sorry!!

A reminder of when holidays were relaxing...