Come Fly With Me

So we are back from our first trip away as a family of three! Sure it was exhausting and we are a little crazy, but we had such a great time and I now feel more confident than ever that you really can do anything with a baby (well almost anything). There are too many pictures to put in one post, so first we will talk about Jax's first airplane rides!

I cannot tell you how much anxiety I had over these plane rides. It wasn't until VERY recently that Jax would be happy to just sit in your lap for any length of time. I was convinced that he would have a meltdown or a blow out diaper that needed changing or both! We decided to go forward with our plans anyway and it was well worth it.

Packing for a trip was much more challenging than ever before. Not only were we taking clothes and baby gear for a week, we were taking a rock n play for him to sleep in, a play mat to use in the hotel, a stroller AND a car seat! This is what we had to deal with at the airport!


Waiting for our first plane. Luckily the airport was not crowded at all so we had a corner area all to ourselves.



On the first flight and headed to Vegas. Jax started the flight like this...

and ended it like this. I might have taken a nap along with him.

As easy as it was to get out to Vegas and San Francisco, getting home was another matter. Our first flight was initially on time. After we boarded and waited for awhile for take off we were informed there was a mechanical problem with the plane and we would have to get off and wait for another plane. We were then told that there would be a 4 hour delay. This is what Jax thought of the situation.



Even with the delay we did manage to make our connection flight home so it all turned out fine. I will say that Jax was amazing on all the flights. Apparently other people assume a baby will cry on flights though. When we were boarding our first flight heading home I asked a lady if the two seats next to her were empty. She told me she was waiting for her husband who was somewhere behind me, so I moved on to the next available row. I noticed though that no man got on the plane to sit next to her and she ended up letting an older lady sit next to her who she didn't seem to know! I couldn't believe she flat out lied to me. Her loss because Jax was perfect on the flight and she missed out on this cuteness.