A little Nervous

We are going camping soon.  We are taking our children.  Even Mr. Grumpy Drew.  So far in his 9 months of life, he has never been further than 45 min away from home.  He has never been on a long car ride.  He has never slept overnight somewhere besides our house.   I am scared about taking this child anywhere.  The kid is a screamer.  Will he wake up twelve times a night?  Will he scream so loud that the whole campground hears him?

At home I let him scream fuss for a bit so I can actually get something done around the house.  He's old enough to learn that Mommy's not going to hold him all day long.  But can I let him do that when people might think I am torturing my child?  I'm serious- once at Emma's dance class I put him down so I could help Kyle go to the bathroom, and he screamed so loud I had a crowd gathered around the bathroom door wondering what was wrong.  It was really embarrassing.    

At least I am prepared if he screams in the car the whole time.  I remember a trip from Seattle to Madras where Kyle cried the last 2 1/2 hours.  Nothing we did helped- except getting to Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Come to think of it, Kyle was just about the age Drew is now.  Oh no....

Okay, I am going to try to be optimistic.  We're getting out of the heat, we get to enjoy some beautiful scenery, and we get to have S'mores.  S'mores will make the rest of what MIGHT happen, worth it.

Right?