Jessica's Last Stand?

I'm off to Brisbane for work tomorrow, staying up there until the weekend.

In fact, I'm up at 3:30 (yes, a.m.!) to catch the 'plane. From what I can tell, the motel I'm staying in resembles a 1960 toilet block (in both form and fragrance), and is located on a highway in the middle of an industrial area (in fact, the website lists "close to industrial estates" as one of it's two highlights).

The early flight I can handle, and the dodgy motel too, but the real issue is that there's every chance I'll miss Jessica's first steps while I'm away. D'Oh!!!!

Jessica has been increasingly confident with her cruising around, and will also stand for a couple of minutes at a time (often dancing away to the music on TV). She gets to her feet in 2 seconds flat, gives herself a round of applause for being so clever (we of course join in), before sitting down and repeating the process many times over. Her assisted walking really just consists of the slightest hold on your little finger, and I think she'll very soon realise that she doesn't need even that. So it's a real possibility that by the time I get back she'll have already taken her first totally-independent steps.

Maybe I can take her with me?