Last week was really exciting. Bobby had to go to Chicago for two days of training. Since I am still on maternity leave, we decided that Addison and I would tag along. Our plans were to leave on Wednesday and return on Saturday. Initially when we booked the fight we thought we would leave Addison with her grandparents so we booked an early fight, 7:00 am. (I backed out on leaving her.) It was definitely more difficult packing with Addison. Bobby and I shared a suitcase so that Addison could have her own. I do not think I have ever backed so light. We encountered two types of people while flying, those who smiled and told us about their children or grandchildren and those who were completely annoyed that we were there. Addison flew like a champ. She cried for about 15 seconds on the way there and about the same on the way back. We could not have asked for her to be better. While we were there, we saw the Sears Tower and went to the Wood field mall (the second largest mall in the US). It was raining on Saturday so I checked the web to see if any flights were being canceled. Eveything looked good so we headed to the airport. Our flight on Saturday was scheduled to leave at 1:55. When we arrived at the airport there were tons of people standing on the sidewalk. They had closed the airport due to the basement and runways flooding. We had to stand on the sidewalk for about thirty minutes before getting into the airport. Our flight was one of the many that were canceled. The only flight to Tallahassee was going to be on Sunday so Bobby and I looked at each other and said... 'What do we do now?' Normally we would not have thought anything about it, but now we are standing in the airport with an 11 week old and massive flooding. It would have taken us hours to get away from the airport due to all the roads closed. Luckily the Hilton across the street had rooms availaable so we stayed there. There was no way to get to restaurants and they were not delivering due to the flooding, so we ate hotdogs at the airport for dinner. All in all it was a fun trip. Addison was great and went along for the ride. She seemed to have a good time and since the weather was cooler, she and I were able to enjoy the outside more than at home. Enjoy the photos from the trip.
Addison on the plane...
The hotel provided a pack and play that we used as her bed.
The park where Addison and I had lunch and took a walk.
Picture from the top of the Sears Tower.
Addison would take her naps on our King bed. She looked so small in the middle of the bed.
We tried to give Addison tummy time while we were traveling.
Addison is getting good at soothing herself while in the car. She has moved from her thumb to pretty much all the fingers now.
This is the car in front of us as we were trying to get to the airport.
Addison and I wasting time during our layover in Charlotte.
