Phew, some weekends are a doozy.
We spent most of last week in New York so Ben could spend time at the work branch there, and we also wanted to be there to attend the work Christmas banquet planned for Friday night. We traveled up on Tuesday (first flight with Ayla! she did great!) and the trip was fairly uneventful, thankfully. I was a typical first-time mom and was pretty nervous about how Ayla would do on the trip and no one wants to be the one with the crying baby on an airplane full of people, right? But she took a nap on each flight and was easily entertained when she was awake. It was our first time back to New York since we moved, and it was just really good to come in for a visit and see family and some friends!
Saturday: Our flight back to Tennessee wasn’t scheduled to leave until the afternoon, so we took the morning to relax and pack up and stop to see some family before leaving for Rochester. We had time to grab lunch at one of our favorite spots in Pittsford and then headed for the airport. Our flight had a slight delay, so we had an hour or so to wait before boarding. We finally got on the plane and made it all the way to the runway for takeoff before making a sudden turn back towards the terminal…and the impending announcement that the plane was un-flyable because of some emergency electrical button not working correctly. We de-planed and stood in line at the ticket counter to figure out our next plan, and ended up having to stay the night at a hotel in town to catch a flight home the next morning. It was frustrating to have to wait to get home, but we decided to be annoyingly positive about the whole situation, hehe. Hey, better to be delayed than to be in the air with a broken plane, right?! We holed up in the hotel room for the evening with Panera Bread takeout and watched the Heisman award ceremony and tried to get to sleep early since we had an early morning flight the next day…but between a restless baby, the marijuana smoke wafting into our room from the room next door (no joke! we called security and they came and put a stop to the college kid party going on), and doors slamming in the hallway all night, we got only a few hours of sleep.
Sunday: Our first flight took off at six o’clock am, and thankfully we made it through without any delays or issues. We had a three hour layout in Baltimore and grabbed some breakfast and tried to get some naps before our final flight to Nashville. Ayla slept in a little nest on the floor and Ben and I laid out on some chairs, and thankfully we were all able to get a little sleep. We landed in Nashville around noon and it was the best feeling to finally get back to our car and make our way home! I don’t know what it is about traveling and flying and delays and changed plans that just exhaust you, but we were exhausted! We took more naps in the afternoon and spent the evening relaxing at home. Ayla was having a rough evening and would just burst into little meltdowns for no apparent reason, bless her heart. She did good while traveling, and seemed to love all the walking around and seeing people and smiling at everyone…but I guess all the action caught up to her once we got home! But we all got a good night’s sleep and waking up in our own home in our own beds the next morning made everything seem right again.
Here are five things I love:
– this pretty Christmas song
– this pretty tee
– yes to this
– these holiday pancakes
– this simple wreath tutorial
Have the best week, dears!
Oh my. I am still getting over the crazy college party.. it reminds me of the time Tim and I went to Chattanooga for Valentine’s when I was 4 or 5 months pregnant, thinking, oh, how nice, we’ll get away for the night, and instead our neighbors were LOUDLY LOUDLY GROSSLY celebrating Valentine’s next door so much that we put our earbuds in and played music super loud, laying in bed trying to fall back asleep. It was a nightmare! We laugh about it now though. And, you know, at least we were together. : ) Glad you guys are back!