Virginia - Day 1

We we made it, and all in one piece! Cade did great. I could not have asked for him to behave any better. But I was not expecting him to be horrible in the first place. We woke up Thursday at 5 and got to the airport. I was so nervous going through security because I had all this white powder (formula, baby cereal and his medication) and then water to mix it. So I was telling the security lady all the crap we had, as I was taking it all out and she stopped me and just asked for the laptop. So I pulled that out and that was all. I was excited I did not have to pull all our crap out because I still had to pull Cade out of the stroller and then close that up to put it through. Luckily they let me go in the line where the pilots and flight attendants go, so there was not a lot of people waiting on me. 

We got through security ok, and then I thought that the stroller was broken. It would only go in circles! I tried and tried to push it forward, but the front left wheel kept turning weird. I tried pushing it back into place and I just couldn't. I almost was going to go over to a family and ask the dad to help me, when I realized somehow the brake got set! So I fixed that right away. 

After that we went to our gate and sat down. I was going to get some breakfast when I realized we only had about 20 min before we could board. I realized that we had to walk down stairs, across the tarmac, then up the stairs to the plane. So I went up to the desk and ask for some help since I had the stroller. They said no problem and then assigned me to my own row. 

So I sat down and started to fix his medication. I started to realize that everyone was looking at me mix this powder with this bottle of water that was labeled nursery water. Can you say terrorist? I mean they did search me or anything or take out our formula, just sort of scary. So I got him his medication and since he was so awake at 6 he wanted food. So then I had to feed him that. No biggie, I realized when I was doing it that I was crazy for not planning on doing it. Good thing my kid told me. But I held off on the bottle until the plane. 

Then they came over and said there were taking us down with a man in a wheelchair and his daughter to the elevator and onto the plane way before everyone else. They even had someone push the stroller for me since I was holding Cade at the time. They folded the stroller and set it aside for the gate check and we got on. It was great. They were so nice.

So we got to Cincinnati, walked down the way to our next gate. Again I asked if we could board early and they reassigned us to our own row and got us on 20 min ahead of time. I believe we were the first flights of the day too. He was awake for about half that flight, but so happy. Jumping up and down on my lap and talking away. He feel asleep and was hard to wake up when we landed. 

When we got to Norfolk aunt Sharil was there and picked us up. It was great to see her.  Mom was at her house and just got there. So when we pulled up she came out to meet us. Luckily we got to stay the night at aunt Sharil and did not have to drive to moms (2 hours away) right away. I did not want Cade to have to go through all that traveling in one day.

So instead we went into the pool! Cade's first time. Yes, I have pictures, but I forgot the cord for the camera, which John mailed me and I should get Monday or Tuesday. So I will post them then.

He loved the pool so much. At first he just sort of like, BATH? Now? Outside? But after like 3 minutes he was laughing so hard. He just loved it. He was kicking like crazy. That is all he did was kick and slap the water. We so should have got him into water classes. John wanted to, but we just did not do it. I did check with the "YMCA" about it right before I left, but they classes had already ended. I am going to check on base when I get home as they have an indoor pool. But I mean he just loved it. I had never seen him react to anything like that before. It was great. I just wished John had got to be here to see him too.