flying to chicago 2010

oh my goodness! we are going to chicago for 10 days this thanksgiving. mommy has not been home in 1.5 due to having lil c! we usually make this trip home every thanksgiving but last thanksgiving, i was 8.5 months pregnant so we skipped it. this was c's first airplane ride! so how did she do???

WELL, our flight was a mess. we hit a storm just as we were about to descend to chicago and the plane was rocking SOOOO hard. i usually am fine on flights - it's your dad that doesn't like to fly but i was actually really nervous at one point! but you know what, i told daddy during the turbulance that because we were all together, i didn't even care what happened to us. for some reason, just having our whole little family intact made everything ok. so anyways, our flight was diverted to madison, wi (which you both missed because you were both sleeping) for 1.5 hours and then we flew back into chicago.. chicago was totally clear when we landed and it seemed very surreal that we had to go through that whole ordeal...

with all that being said, you guys were amazing on the flight! jt, you always do well on flights. you have your tv and that's about all you need (yay, jetblue!) c-bear, you totally amazed me. you took both your naps in a sling, lying on mommy when you have NEVER been able to sleep on me before. you have to be in a crib, pack-n-play, swing or stroller but not held. but this time, you did it! you didn't cry except your normal 5 minute cry before naps so in total, you cried like 10 minutes!! the rest of the time, you just hung out, looked out the window, played with daddy and even watched a little bit of tv! you're awesome :) thank you for being such a good girl!!

the sad thing is, c-bear and daddy are here in chicago one day later - SICK. stomach bug of some sort. mommy and jt are fine so far. mommy's friend from college also just had the baby today so i hope to see her so stay healthy, little ones, so you don't get me sick! i wanna hold a newborn again!!!! here's to a great rest of our trip!