A 21-hour day and two long {and miserable} flights brought me 3,000 miles away from my baby girl and into my hubby's arms yesterday. Bittersweet is definitely an understatement. I flew out of Orlando yesterday evening and arrived in Seattle late-late-late last night..or I guess I should say early this morning. And since I wasn't able to get any sleep on either of my flights {due to a dreaded middle seat assignment on my first flight and being surrounded by a pseudo-daycare on my second flight**}, exhaustion would be the other understatement of the day.
I am beyond thrilled to be able to spend some quality alone time with my hubby as we explore a new city together, but I am definitely missing our Shelby-girl. This is my very first time being truly
away from her...as in, I can't get to her in 5 minutes to scoop her up if I need/want to. It was a bit harder than I thought it would be to leave her...but I know she couldn't be in better hands! She is back in Ormond Beach with my mom & sister {Thank you, Grammy & Auntie Em!!} having the time of her life I am quite sure. :) I was able to Skype with Shelby this morning, and she was blowing me kisses! Heart melted.
This is Shelby in the middle of blowing me a kiss. And please ignore the ridiculously dirty computer screen. Ha! I didn't realize it looked like that until I saw this picture! Yikes!Derek had to work today, which was actually a blessing in disguise b/c it is giving me time to recuperate from my jet-lag. When he gets off later this afternoon, we are heading over to Mount Rainier. Then we will be exploring all that Seattle has to offer this weekend! I'm sure I'll have lots of photos to share with you soon! :)
**I simply could not believe how many young children were on my second flight last night. It was a 10:20pm departure Pacific time. I just kept thinking to myself...why would these parents choose to fly this late at night? I have yet to brave flying with Shelby, but I have taken tons of long road trips with her...so I know first-hand that traveling with small children is no piece of cake. And while driving usually makes for a much longer journey, it is easier in my opinion b/c I can pack as much I need to for Shelby {b/c let's face it...you have to practically pack the entire nursery when you're traveling with a baby} and not worry about checking bags, lugging stuff through an airport, etc. And driving is less anxiety-provoking for me b/c if Shelby is fussy or crying, the only person it affects is me. I get sweaty/anxious/embarrassed just
thinking about dealing with her fussing on a airplane where there is no escape if she gets too loud or upset or whatever. A year ago, I would have been totally annoyed at whiny/fussy kids on a flight, in a restaurant, or whatever and probably judging the parents too...but now I have total sympathy for them b/c I know what it's like. It doesn't matter how good of a parent you are or how well-behaved your kids are, we all have our moments. But I had absolutely no sympathy whatsoever for these parents on my second flight last night...they were just asking for trouble choosing to schedule a flight hours after their kids should have already been in bed. And not to mention, they did little to nothing to control their children's behavior the entire time. Ugh. Ahh...that felt good to get that out. Thank you for indulging me in this rant, and I certainly hope I didn't offend anyone!
This is Shelby in the middle of blowing me a kiss. And please ignore the ridiculously dirty computer screen. Ha! I didn't realize it looked like that until I saw this picture! Yikes!
When we flew from Orlando to DC in Oct, Carter screamed the entire 2.5 hours. I'm not exaggerating...he wouldn't stop. We tried all we could and nothing worked. He had been sick the day before so we were thinking maybe his ears wouldn't pop? It was hell on earth. Not to mention the lady in front of us was AWFUL...kept making rude comments, even saying she wished his head would explode from all the crying. It was seriously one of the worst experiences of my life. We were completely helpless. The only thing that saved me is when we got off the plane a woman came up to me and said that she thought we handled Carter beautifully and that he didn't bother her at all (she was in the row next to us)...she also said that she thought the mean lady was just a b*tch and drunk and not to worry about a thing she said. I cried right then and there....because I had been feeling so horrible about myself and the woman had me so upset. I am now TERRIFIED of ever flying with Carter again :) I can't imagine flying that late at night with him!!! We paid extra money to fly at times that didn't affect their naps! Glad you got to Seattle safe and sound :)
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