Getting ready to head into the airport to begin our cross-country trip
This year for Thanksgiving, our family went to St. Louis, Missouri to visit Amy's brother, Parker, and his family. We flew to Hawaii when K-Man was only three months old, and he traveled great then, but we weren't sure we would have quite as smooth of sailing now that he is an independent, opinionated toddler.
In preparation for our flights (we would have five all together), Amy went and bought some fun new toys for the plane rides, and some other fun new toys for our airport time. We planned ahead, got everything packed, and arrived nice and early to make it as easy as possible. Luckily our checked bag weighed in at 48 something pounds so we slid in right under the weight limit, and we were off to our gate. Traveling side note: did you know that when you are traveling with a small child, the nice airport people let you skip the huge line to go through security and you get to use the "really special people and airport workers only" line where you don't ever have to wait? Yeah, it was a very pleasant surprise!
So after making it through security and finding our gate, we hung out and played while we waited to board. K-Man was a rock star! He played, and made friends with the people sitting around us, and was just a happy kid! We boarded the plane and Amy was nervous that he was going to be "that kid" who cries or barfs or kicks the seat in front of him the whole time, but he did great! We even had a couple of people comment to us that he was the "best kid they had ever sat by on a plane," which stroked our parent egos nicely. And really, this picture sums up all five of our plane rides:
In preparation for our flights (we would have five all together), Amy went and bought some fun new toys for the plane rides, and some other fun new toys for our airport time. We planned ahead, got everything packed, and arrived nice and early to make it as easy as possible. Luckily our checked bag weighed in at 48 something pounds so we slid in right under the weight limit, and we were off to our gate. Traveling side note: did you know that when you are traveling with a small child, the nice airport people let you skip the huge line to go through security and you get to use the "really special people and airport workers only" line where you don't ever have to wait? Yeah, it was a very pleasant surprise!
So after making it through security and finding our gate, we hung out and played while we waited to board. K-Man was a rock star! He played, and made friends with the people sitting around us, and was just a happy kid! We boarded the plane and Amy was nervous that he was going to be "that kid" who cries or barfs or kicks the seat in front of him the whole time, but he did great! We even had a couple of people comment to us that he was the "best kid they had ever sat by on a plane," which stroked our parent egos nicely. And really, this picture sums up all five of our plane rides:
Sleeping K-Man = Happy Mama
And this picture pretty much sums up our experience in the terminal:
Don't worry, there are a LOT more pictures to post from our fantastic vacation, but time is short tonight, so they will be posted soon.
