earning her own set of wings!...

As most of you already know Miss Camryn took her very FIRST flight this past weekend. She & I flew to Minnesota to visit her Godmother Marisa. We talked about her going on an airplane with Mommy for weeks. In fact all of the kids talked about how Camryn was going on a plane with Mommy! Camryn did not seem concerned one bit. I made sure I packed something to read, color, eat, etc. I really did not know what I was in for! Me & a toddler on an airplane! YIKES! On the day we left I put the tribe down for their nap MINUS Cam. Our flight was at 340 pm so she was NOT going to get a nap in before we left. UH OH! Trust me she did NOT mind one bit! I think I worried about the lack of sleep more than she did! LOL! She acted like she was an adult & said "bye bye" to her siblings & then shut their door. Needless to say they did NOT like the fact that Cam was not in the room with them! Linz just stood there & cried! I felt terrible!
While Grandma watched the rest of the tribe her neighbor Jimmy took us to the airport. THANK YOU Jimmy! {Daddy had to work. )= } Luckily for us we got there early & had an AWESOME sky cap! He walked us right through the line & he even carried Cam's car seat & my bags! It was WONDERFUL! The bad part was that we had lightening & that delayed all the flights. The plane we were to board was late so that made us late! ugh! As we sat in the terminal Cam told me how she was going to go "up, up, up"! SO cute! She seemed unfazed about going on an airplane!I was SO worried that she would freak once the plane actually took off. But to my surprise she handled it like a pro! The only problem we had was that she wanted to sit by the window! {We had an aisle seat} She stayed awake the ENTIRE flight! She was going to take in this entire first flight experience! Luckily they sat us next to the right people because towards the end of the flight they let her sit by the window! She was looking out checking the scenery! She was in Heaven! Needless to say I now know what EXTRA things I need to bring along on a flight with a toddler! Hopefully I will not have that many trips where I am ALONE with them & need it! LOL! When I told the flight attendant that this was Camryn's first flight she was excited for her. I remember as a kid they would give out "wings" like the pilot wears to a first time flier. When I asked if they had any wings she said unfortunately they did not have any BUT they would work on getting her something. They ended up giving her this really nice "First Flight Certificate". It was NOT cheap! It came signed by the captain & the head flight attendant. SO cool! I think the certificate was just as cool as...

earning her own set of wings!...