We survived our first plane ride with the kids - and all the way across country, no less! We left the house around 4am in order to drop the dog off at his favorite daycare and leave enough time to drop me and the babies off at the airport, park the car, feed the babies, check-in, etc. Getting through security was a bit a little cumbersome. 8.5 month old baby shoes apparently have to be x-rayed. I was holding both babies and trying to walk through the metal detector when they stopped me and asked me to remove the babies' shoes. Uh, right. With which hand? I can't fault TSA for being too careful, but seriously? I do have to thank them for letting us get use the employee lane and essentially bypass the line. Score!
So after all of that, we get to the gate and wait. And wait. And wait. Our flight ended up being delayed for over 3 hours due to weather in New York. And then another 45 min on the ground once we were all boarded. But the babies took it all in stride, taking their morning nap at the gate. And the delayed timing ended up working out to our benefit since take-off and landing coincided with feeding times. One challenge was to figure out how to go to use the lavatory with a baby in tow, but a lot of parenting involves problem-solving and we figured it out. :) The worst part was that the delay caused us to miss out on seeing all everyone who had gathered at Jim's Grandma's house earlier that evening.
We had window seats in front and back of each other and it was a bit hard being pinned in for so long, but Zayn and Annalise laughed hysterically while playing peek-a-boo with each other. If one was fussy, we'd just start playing. It was a good arm work-out for me!
Meeting Great-Grandma for the first time!
The babies sat in high chairs at a restaurant for the first time and LOVED it. The couldn't get enough eggplant, sigua, and green onion pancakes at this Sichuan restaurant. I am sure we'll be back!
Look what we found at the store! Daddy's favorite fruit!
