Flights

I was so worried about flying by myself across the country with the twins, but they were troopers! I could not have asked them to be any better.

Our day started with my friend Kim picking us up from Amanda's house bright and early (5am!) and taking us to the airport. She is amazing. Not only did she pick us up at the unmentionable hour, but she made us hot egg and cheese sandwiches! She also went through security with us and hung out and helped with the kids until we boarded the plane. Thank you so much Kim!!!!

Our first flight was a small plane with two seats on each side. Parker and I sat on one side and Rylee sat across the aisle from me. We were so lucky to have a nice gentleman sitting next to her. He talked to her the whole time, helped her with her breakfast, helped her color and do stickers, and even watched one kid so I could take them to the potty one at a time. At the end of the flight he introduced me to his wife and 4 teenagers that were on the plane. I guess he's had a lot of experience with toddlers!

We had about an hour layover in Chicago. The poor kids only got out of their car seats for about 10 minutes to use the potty and have a quick snack. The rest of the time in the airport was spent at the ticket counter because the airline didn't have the three of us seated together on the plane. I told them that would be a problem unless they found some nice people that were willing to be like the guy on our previous flight!

The entire plane was pretty much boarded before they finally assigned us three seats together. The people on our flight were more annoyed with us than willing to help. Everyone was ready to go and I had to get the GoGo Babyz off the car seats, get the carseats installed, put the bags away, etc. Eventually, we were all seat belted in and ready to go. Kids did awesome. We had lunch on the plane and Parker napped for a little over an hour. Rylee however, stayed awake the whole time! Thank goodness for my friend Kimberly (Cannon's Mommy) who gave us surprise activity/goodie bags for each hour of our flights! They kept the twins, especially Rylee, entertained the whole time. We have such amazing friends in SC. We were given so many thoughtful gifts to make this trip go smoothly. Each one of them was so helpful. Thank you everyone!!!

FINALLY we land in Portland Oregon and are greeted by my mom and my Auntie Barb!