Leavin' On a Jet Plane

I'm not sure if I mentioned it on the blog or not but...Emma Claire and I are in Texas! We left yesterday and got in around four. I just have to take a few seconds and brag on my wonderful little travel buddy. This is our second trip to Texas just the two of us and she did even better than the first time. I am so proud of her! I won't sugar coat it, traveling alone with a seven month old isn't easy, but she did so well it was about as easy as it could get!

 I think it may be time to say bye to the moby. She looks HUGE in this picture! My Mom even said it looks like I have a toddler strapped to me! ha!

How we spent our time waiting for our flight.

 "Playing" with Sophie, watching the airplanes arrive and depart, laughing, nursing, and making lots of new friends. I just have to say that I almost feel like I'm accompanying a celebrity when I'm out with Emma Claire. I'm not trying to be vain or conceited but literally every where we go there are people CONSTANTLY pointing at her (or her bow! ha!) and coming up to talk to us. Thankfully she has gotten over her fear of strangers talking to her and is quite the little flirt. It's just a hoot to watch her interact with people. And I get the FUNNIEST comments about her bows. Yesterday a woman said to me, "Why, there's a baby attached to that bow."

She was quite the little chatterbox on the plane. She talked (screamed) a lot, she played, and took a little nap. The last flight we took she slept all but thirty minutes of the three and a half hour flight. However this time she was awake pretty much the entire time. She slept for maybe twenty minutes. She fussed at the very end of the flight, as we were landing but that's it. Again, she made lots of friends on the plane.  

 I have so many comments about this picture. First of all I am OBSESSED with the paint color of my Mom's Jenny Lind high chair. I'm thinking I want to paint mine this color too. I mean she got the same high chair after I did so it's only fair that I steal her paint color, right? ha! And second, she got a puff stuck inside her lips today and it looks almost like she has hillbilly teeth in! My Mom and I were DYING laughing about this. My best friend, Rachel, and I have quite the ongoing inside joke about hillbilly teeth so I texted her the picture right away so she could laugh along with us! And last, note the bib. My Mom strapped that on her the second we got there. It's her favorite. 

 Got my strawberry lime-aid this afternoon. Love. 

 After running some errands we had pool time in the front yard while G-Pop did some yard work. Do any of y'all have sweet gum trees? The ones that drop the spiky little balls??? Well they are a pain to rake up and get rid of. Anyways, that's what my Dad was doing! You can see a huge pile of them in the background of this picture!

After Emma Claire took a nap we finally got to go swimming! I have been itching to get her in my parent's pool and it was fun "introducing" her to the big dogs! My parents have two LARGE labs. This one in the picture is Sammy and he is just a big goof. He cracks me up. Emma Claire loved him. 

How CUTE is this little bumblebee pool floaty?! My Mom got it for EC and I am in love with it. My little swimmer liked it too! She was kicking her legs and loved moving around the pool.

We had a great first day and can't wait to have more fun! Aunt Paige is coming up tomorrow to spend the weekend with us and we have a family party on Sunday! Excited for Emma Claire to meet some friends and family that she didn't get to see on our last trip!