Natalie's First Flight!!!

Over the weekend Natalie and I flew to Michigan to join in my sister Amy's baby shower festivities. It was quite an adventure.
Here are a few pictures of Natalie meeting her darling cousins!

Emma, Katie, Natalie
Nathan

I had hoped that Natalie would be a better flier, but alas, she was very frustrated with the experience. We spent a lot of time rocking, shhhhing, and bouncing in the aisles. But, we got through the flights without too much trauma! She made a lot of friends on the trip - everyone thought she was just darling.

Some highlights:

1. Seeing our family which was the BEST
2. All the help I got from family members - Aunt Pam spent tons of time setting up a baby "hotel room" for us at Gramma Nance's, with places to sleep, extra blankets and burp cloths, a baby bouncer, a gymini, toys, and more. And Gramma Nance loaned us her car, picked us up from the airport and dropped us back off, etc. Plus, there was no shortage of arms to hold Natalie over the weekend. All traveling moms should be so lucky! Aunt Pam could make a million dollars writing a book about how to make it easy for people to travel for the first time with their infants.
3. Natalie's first snow!
4. Of course, the baby shower, which was the whole reason we went :-)
5. When we got home from our *very* delayed flight on Sunday, and Tyler was waiting for us at the airport.

Tyler enjoyed sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday mornings... now I'm wondering when I get MY chance to sleep in... :-)