Right now is one of the busiest times at the stores so there was no way that Ben would be able to come with me. I was a little stressed out about the thought of flying with a 2 month old by myself, but I was up for the challenge!!!
First up, getting on the plane from St. Louis. I had a 6 am flight on Thursday morning. Should be no problem, right? I've had the super early morning flight many times and the airport is a ghost town that early. Boy was I wrong! I completely spaced the fact that it was Spring Break time. There were a million people at the airport. Yikes!!!! Ben dropped me off and it was about 4:50am. First I had to go through the ticketing line. I had two bags to check and had to get Addison an age verification boarding pass. There was no way to skip this step. The line was moving very slowly and I was beginning to get nervous. I finally got up to the counter and got my bags checked and the boarding passes set. By this time, it was 5:45am. Crap. Now I had to get through security. I run over to the line and explain to the woman at the beginning of the line that my flight leaves in 15min and asked as nicely as possible if I could move ahead to the front. No dice. So I enter another very long line. Luckily this line is moving faster, but still not fast enough. I am certain I will be missing my flight. Now it's just a matter of whether there is another one I can get on. With the help of a really nice gentleman behind me, I get the stroller, car seat, diaper bag, baby formula and me an Addison all through the security scans. I can see my gate as I'm throwing my shoes back on and shoving the formula back in the bag. Addison is mad at this point because I've waited to feed her in hopes of her eating during take off to help with the pressure. I can see that the plane is still there as I'm sprinting over (looking like a crazy person, no doubt!). Seems I wasn't the only one and there is a family of four running right behind me in the same direction. SO SO lucky to get on the plane! whew! I did, of course, have to sit in the middle of two people but Addison stopped screaming the second she got some food and she did great during the flight after that. Only a couple small moments and I was able to quickly calm her down.
Our layover was in Denver and Addison was happy to have some time to stretch out her legs. The second leg of our trip went smoothly and once in Seattle, the Enterprise rental car folks were awesome.
The wedding was so great!! It was a wonderful reunion of the four girls I shared a house with and were teammates with in college - Suz, Leah, Em and Amy. And on top of that, I got to see my two wonderful friends from Portland! Gayle and her husband Bryan came up on Friday as Bryan was taking photos for the wedding. Gayle was wonderful and watched Addison during the wedding ceremony and in between the ceremony and reception so I could do all of my bridesmaid duties. Addison had a great time at the reception--playing on the floor and kicking her legs and even joining me on the dance floor (sometimes awake...sometimes basically asleep!). And then Sunday my friend Alyson and her boyfriend Brad drove up from Portland for the day to meet Addison and hang out. I have such wonderful friends!!
Addison got a stuffy nose Sunday (maybe caught the cold Ben had? maybe caught something from the hundreds of people she was exposed to at the airport? who knows....). That was sort of a mess. My first time having to use that snot sucker thing and you can only imagine how much she loved that. Being able to walk around outside on Sunday with all my friends I think helped her a little too. Sunday night was still a little rough, but I kept her propped up which helped the snot drain better I think. She was, however, a bear on Monday. I was "that lady" on the plane with the baby that cried almost the entire trip. Yikes. At least Amy's flight was about 45min after mine so I had her help all through the airport and security. Thanks Amy!
Here's a couple quick pics:
Addison stretching out before the wedding in her cute yellow dress. Yes, in the pic it looks like a belly shirt (!) but it really was a dress :)
Mike and Suz riding in the bus after the wedding ceremony. We took some pics at the public library in downtown Seattle. A very cool building! You also can't quite tell from the photo, but the sun was out. Unusual for Seattle that time of year. I'm so happy it was a sunny day for their wedding--they deserved it!! Congrats Mike and Suz :)
This is from the AWESOME donut shop/coffee shop, Top Pot, that we went to not once, but twice while in Seattle. Thank goodness my friends have as big of a sweet tooth as I do!
Thanks for sharing your account of the weekend. It is so fun reading about what everyone was up to while they were in Seattle. I wish that I could have spent more time with you, Addison and the rest of the Truman gals. Next time... I can feel a push toward more frequent reunions, you?
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