This post is going to have a mixture of different things.
Cousins: Callie Beth was really great with Nolan. I was a little worried at first because for a little while she wasn’t exactly gentle with her other cousin, Gwynn (who is 5 months younger than she is). All she wanted to do was give him kisses and help him by taking out and putting his binky in his mouth and wanting to feed him a bottle. 
Thank you so much to the Hemphill Family for your wonderful hospitality. I won’t get too much into it because it makes me sad being so far away. We miss you so much! Every day Callie Beth randomly asks for Huck. :(
Mike took up to the airport in Charlotte and we had just enough time (so I thought) for a quick bite to eat, diaper change, and board the plane. As soon as we get to the gate, the nice lady tells me that our plane is 3 hours delayed….GREAT!!! That meant we would miss our connection in Houston. She did tell us that she would be able to get us a direct flight from Charlotte to Portland and we would only be getting in 20 minutes later than our original plan but the flight didn’t leave for 4 more hours. Not too bad!?!? Well, If I didn’t have a one year old, this sounds great. 4 more hours in the airport with a little one who needed a nap and then a 5 and a half hour flight with a 2 and a half hour drive home to the coast. I was exhausted just thinking about it….BUT it could have been A LOT worse!
We were determined to get this little girl to take a nap so she wouldn’t be over tired and throw a fit on the plane. I now know the Charlotte airport like the back of my hand. I walked this little girl in the stroller for an hour and a half. She LOVED people watching and relaxing but she didn’t shut her eyes once. WONDERFUL! I was so excited for the long flight with an overtired one year old. (sense the sarcasm?)
Callie Beth actually did remarkable…till the end. She cried for about 5 minutes and then slept on Jake and I for 3 hours and 45 minutes. She played and ate snacks the rest of the time. The flight was pretty empty (which you don’t see much these days) so we had an extra seat. She was perfect.
I don’t know if I mentioned it before but CB had en ear infection before we left. I took her in to make sure it was okay to fly and everything looked pretty good. The doc told me although it looked so much better, it could still bother her while flying. Well, it did. During the decent, CB pulled on her ear. I immediately put Binky in her mouth. Nope, it didn’t help. She started vomiting all over her, her seat, and me. Poor little girl. Jake and the flight attendant were doing everything they could to help and we were all out of our seats during landing. Talk about a great ending!!! UHHH! Needless to say, I was SO glad to be done flying.
