just shy of three weeks old and we things are getting packed at the house and i am heading on an adventure with both kids...SOLO...on an airplane to TEXAS!!! the new chapter of our lives is about to begin. i am super excited, but also super scared, sad and anxious.
we planned for me and the kids to fly to san antonio as the packers were packing everything so that we didn't have to sleep on air mattresses and whatnot. thank you miss colleen for dropping us off. it really didn't sink in that we were leaving our house until colleen said "i'll put the kids in the car, you say goodbye to your house." yup, waterworks began.
this was the house we bought right after we were married. the house we brought both kids home to. the house we first laughed in, cried in, argued in and made up in. so many good memories, it was hard to hug grady, tell him i'll see him in texas and get in the car. but we did. we will be making plenty of new memories in this new chapter ahead of us.
this picture of colleen and graham will forever be imprinted in my brain. as well as the crying and hugging we did at the security gate entrance. it was bittersweet, but i know i'll be seeing this face again soon! we're already looking into cheap flights! :)
luckily there were not a lot of people there on a thursday morning. so we walked to our gate to burn some energy and when we got there it was time for hannah to eat. graham kind of walked on the seats like a madman, but he stayed relatively in one place, so i didn't care. i had plenty of bribes, so he didn't go too far!
of course our plan was late, so this only prolonged this scary part of adventure. graham was getting tired and ended up falling asleep on one of the chairs RIGHT before we were about to board. GREAT! woke him up to walk with me since i couldn't carry him. of course it wasn't a plane that you walk on from the gate ramp...no, we had to walk down stairs, put our luggage on a cart and then walk up super narrow stairs to get into the plane. a nice man asked if i needed help...i actually responded YES! although i was putting the stroller down and he didn't know how to help. he stood there until i got it down. i kindly said 'thank you.' he replied, 'no need to thank me, i didn't actually do anything.' my response, 'yes, you did. i just needed the support.' we both smiled and then got on the plane.
wasn't sure how hannah would do on the plane since this was the first flight for her...yes, at 20 days old! i knew graham would probably be fine with his ipad and snacks. hannah fell asleep pretty instantly on the plane and graham was content during take off and into the flight. about halfway through i had to nurse hannah (that was fun!) and then graham fell asleep. YEAH! and by some grace of god, they both stayed asleep the rest of the flight! i was so thankful as i didn't want to be the mother with two screaming kids on an airplane.
LANDED (after somewhat of a bumpy ride there in the middle...i was actually happy the kids were asleep. i got a little nervous, so i can only imagine how scared they would have been)!!!! our 8 hour flying adventure we were finally in texas!!! grana and grampa were waiting for us with signs, flowers and toys. we were so happy to see them.
so for now, we will be broadcasting live from TEXAS!
yee haw!
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