🗓 Timeline
Fri Aug 14
Fly out — UA 2818 · check into Hyatt Regency St. LouisAug 14 – 17
Hyatt Regency St. Louis, MO (3 nights)Sun Aug 17
Drive St. Louis → Jacksonville, IL · check into Airbnb (host: Ann) · Grandpa checks into his hotelAug 17 – 31
Grandpa's hotel stay (14 nights) — cancel 24h before if he doesn't flySun Aug 23
Due date 🎉Aug 17 – Sept 6
Airbnb — 1428 W Lafayette Ave, Jacksonville, IL 62650Wed Sept 2
Return — UA 1257 · contingent on pediatrician travel clearance✈️ Flights
- Outbound
- UA 2818 · Fri Aug 14, 2026
- Return
- UA 1257 · Wed Sept 2, 2026
- Return flex
- Local pediatrician (in IL) must clear baby for air travel before departure
- Grandpa flight
- Not booked — still deciding whether to travel
🏨 Lodging — Hyatt Regency St. Louis
- Dates
- Aug 14 – 17 (3 nights)
- Purpose
- Buffer nights before driving to Jacksonville
🏡 Lodging — Jacksonville Airbnb
- Dates
- Aug 17 – Sept 6 (20 nights)
- Address
- 1428 West Lafayette Avenue, Jacksonville, IL 62650
- Host
- Ann
- Drive to hospital
- ≈ 5 min to SIU Women's Health (610 N Westgate)
🏨 Lodging — Grandpa's Hotel
- Dates
- Aug 17 – 31 (14 nights)
- Charged to
- Vy's United card
- ⚠ Cancellation
- Must cancel by Aug 16 (24h before Aug 17 arrival) if Grandpa doesn't fly
- Decision needed
- Grandpa go/no-go by Aug 15
🛂 Passport Fast-Track for LLcoolj
- Reason
- International trip: Taiwan + Japan, Jan 8 – Feb 2, 2027
- Window
- Birth (~Aug 23) → Jan 8 = ~19 weeks to get passport + shots + paperwork
Critical path (in order):
- 1. Birth certificate (IL) — order at hospital, expect 2-6 weeks
- 2. SSN — usually filed at hospital, arrives 4-6 weeks
- 3. Both parents apply in-person with baby at passport agency or acceptance facility (baby must be present)
- 4. Request expedited processing (~2-3 weeks) or in-person appointment at a Passport Agency (life-or-death not required for expedited fee)
- 5. Pediatric shots per Taiwan/Japan CDC guidance — start at 2-month well-visit, confirm any additional travel vaccines with Dr. Cappiello
- 6. Consider Global Entry / TSA PreCheck enrollment (kids under 12 use parents' PreCheck free)
📌 Open Items
- 🔴 Rental car for IL trip (St. Louis pickup? one-way to Jacksonville?)
- 🟡 Grandpa flight decision by Aug 15 (hotel cancel deadline Aug 16)
- 🟡 Confirm Dr. Cappiello can be the "travel clearance" ped or if we need a local IL ped visit before flying back
- 🟡 Book pediatric passport appointment ASAP after birth (slots fill fast)