Traveling Across the Country

Not as challenging as we had worried about leading up to the day. Surprisingly, we were packed by Monday and had most details taken care of in advance of our early Wednesday morning departure. Here’s our loot {minus a car seat, lunch pail and stroller}… more carry on weight than our checked luggage, I’m sure. ;)

E loved seeing all the big airplanes. It was fun that we just went to the Airplane Museum so he already knew what they were.

We lucked out the first leg and got a whole row to ourselves. E loved putting his feet up.

We sure asked a great deal of E on our travel day: waking up at 4:30, and a loooong day of travel. This included one 4 hr flight and a 3 hr flight. Although, there was very little sleep that day, he did amazing. We read, snacked on yummy treats, colored, made pipe-cleaner bracelets, stuck stickers everywhere, and played with kind neighbors.  He even let us watch the in-flight movie on the last leg—which was Unstoppable, a movie about Pennsylvania and filmed in Pittsburgh. 

And he loved blowing off some steam by way of the 'moving walk'. We went on that thing again and again and again and...while waiting for Mama Judy to land.

We arrived in the early evening at W’s Aunt Pat and Uncle Jim’s place in southern Pittsburgh. Aunt Pat is Mama Judy’s oldest sibling. Mama is the youngest of 8! I am really looking forward to meeting some of W’s extended family for the first time—as he was too since the one and only time he’s seen them was when he was three!

{I'm hijacking some internet so while I hope I can continue to post while here, no promises!}