1st Plane Ride

This past weekend MG got to take her 1st REAL trip!  Yes...on an airplane!! We flew from Houston to Atlanta, GA for my Samford tennis team reunion! Getting through security with a car seat, stroller, carry-on bag and diaper bag was QUITE a challenge!  I had to take my shoes off, take MG out of the car seat, take the car seat out of the stroller (because it had to run through the x-ray scanner too!!), take the liquids out of the diaper bag, AND get the breast milk I brought litmus tested before even walking though security to our gate!!! Needless to say, I was a nervous wreck.  It was almost as if every possible person who could have helped me ran the opposite direction when they discovered I was traveling by myself with a four month old! I'm not sure if I blame them!!! And they had me thinking I was nuts by the time I got to our gate.  Fortunately the Delta crew at my gate were nothing but helpful and gate-checked my stroller and car seat and allowed me and sweet MG to board last.  Once at the entrance to the plane the crew must have notified the pilot that this was going to be MG's first flight and let us snap a couple of pics in the cock pit! 

MG and I in the cock pit.  She was really into the pilot on the right!

Finally in our seat!

 Once we finally made it to our seat I was informed that the crew had left the middle seat open between me and the other passenger so I could put the diaper bag if I needed to. Luckily the other passenger was a sweet teenage girl who kept telling me how good MG was being!  That made me feel good.  She took a bottle as we were taking off and then fell asleep the rest of the way!

Slept the whole time!

As we were exiting the plane the pilot handed MG her first set of "wings" and his card with a note on the back with all the details of her first flight!  So sweet!! I am so blessed to have a sweet little girl!  Everyone just loved her and I was so glad she was such an angel on the flight.

My team tries to get together once a year and catch up and this year we got to initiate 3 little Bulldogs into the group!  My best friend, Christie, met us at baggage claim and then drove us to her parents house where we would be staying the weekend. Once we got there we met up with Emily and her little boy Hudson (8 months).  It was so much fun seeing the two of them together.

Christie with Hudson and MG

We had an awesome lasagna dinner and then got the kiddos to bed! The rest of the girls came in on Friday!  Whitnie and Bethany from Birmingham, AL and Anna and Analei from Columbus, OH!  We gathered from around the country for a fun weekend! The weather was perfect and even got a chance to get the kids in the pool.  Here are a few pictures from the rest of our weekend!

Hudson and MG in the bath.

Chase (Christie's brother) with MG

Analei and Whitnie

Trying to catch a good girl pic.  This is all we got!!

Our first time in a bathing suit.

First time in the pool.

Anna and I with the girls in the hot tub.

Katie Mac drove in to have dinner with us on Saturday night!  Everyone minus Analei.  She was napping!

Trying out Hudson's bumbo seat.

Analei helping MG with her bottle.

The one shot of all three of them in one place at the same time!

Mommies and babies in the pool.

Christie's sweet parents offered to baby-sit while we went to a quiet dinner at the Country Club.  This is how I foud MG and Mr. Mac when I got home!! (Naked and asleep!)

Ready to go home and see Daddy.

Overall we had an amazing trip.  I thought MG was such a trooper, battling not sleeping in her own bed and in a different time zone! We were sad to leave our new friends, but excited to come home to Daddy!  MG did great on the flight home!  I think we have a world traveler in the making!