Nathan & Mommy fly to PA

Nathan and I flew to PA last week. I was SO nervous about flying with him alone but we made it! I am now an official fan of family bathrooms. We took advantage of several at the airport on the way there and back. (Warning: If you don't like to look at a TON of pictures, this post is not for you!)


Saying goodbye to Daddy at the airport

Courtney-Nathan got a lot of compliments on his traveling outfit!

All ready to go through security!

I was very thankful for some kind, helpful people throughout the trip. There were passengers who were kind enough to help me bag the stroller for gate check, guide me on what to do and ease my nervousness. The plane was full so we did not have an extra seat beside us. Two very sweet ladies switched their seats up with the man who got stuck sitting next to Nathan and I since there were no more seats! He didn't complain but they told me they thought it might be awkward for me. I was so grateful! Nursing could have been a challenge. Of the 3 hour trip, Nathan only slept for about 20 minutes! So, while he did well I felt I had to be "on" the whole time. I had to keep him occupied and happy despite how terribly tired he was and needed to sleep. I actually took him to the airplane bathroom just for a change in scenery! But he did great. The altitude did not seem to bother his ears either.

My parents were happy to greet him when we arrived!


And he was happy to see them.


Colin and Age colored pictures for him. As you can see he loved them :)


My mom's humor:

This was in Nathan's room to greet us. She loves positioning stuffed animals. The frog has a shirt on for Nathan and the monkey is writing on Eagles notebooks for Matt. That was their deal. Matt said if she got him more notebooks I could come out to visit!

Visit to Grandpa & Grandma Melhorn's


Nathan loved attacking Nathan. He loves his cousin!




Time with Uncle Dave and Aunt Age!


My mom being funny again. I woke up in the morning and checked Nathan's video monitor. Something didn't look right about his face. Then I realized...mom had put a "pseudo-Nathan" in the crib! Apparently, she had already rescued him from the crib!




What should have been in the crib! My cute baby.

Speaking of my baby in the crib. Check out this video. I tell the story on the video, but basically he managed to get a hold of the cord for his monitor and pulled the plug out of the wall. My parents heard banging downstairs. It was the cord banging against the wall. After we re-secured the cord, we could hear "scratching" on the wall from downstairs. He was looking for the cord again! It was a hilarious event to all of us. And he was quite proud of himself!

We went to my Pap & Gram Berry's after church on Sunday. What do you suppose my crazy family is doing here?


Trying to make Nathan smile for the camera of course!


My sweet sister


And big brother


Nathan -7 months and Easton- 8 months


All 3 cuties! Jaxon is almost 5 and half months old. He is on the right.




MY son got labeled the bully! Can you believe that?


John, me & Jeff. Cousins with their kiddos! (John & Jeff are brothers)


Colin and Lexi. The other two great grankids at Gram's that day


Pappy taking the family to Logan's Steakhouse. Yumm!




Nathan sitting in a big boy high chair! 2 cute kids.


Uncle Dave in charge of Nathan. T-R-O-U-B-L-E. ha ha. You can see Nathan loves his uncle.


Back to visit Pap and Gram.


Nathan LOVED this chandelier. Pap kept saying, "they just don't have these things out in Colorado!"


Playing with Pap




Uncle John stopped by. He's great with the kiddos. You can see Nathan is eyeing up the monkey.






Busted! Pappy Berry giving Nathan a pickle!


Bath time in Grandma Liz's sink!


Cutest boys around


Nathan going after Colin again!


Cuddle time with Aunt Adrienne


Pappy and Nathan




Blurry...but I like it


Reading the Old MacDonald Book Colin brought for him to borrow.






He looks up to his big cousin!


More cuteness


Love this family!


Uncle Dave trying to get Nathan to walk!


Another toy Colin let Nathan borrow. He like it so much we had to buy him one when we got back to Colorado.


Reading Nathan a book before Grandma takes us to the airport! "I Love you Through & Through"


We are grateful for our trip back. The airline we were traveling on grounded about 80 planes that day due to a mechanical issue they wanted to check. One of their planes had an emergency landing earlier that day that was very scary. This caused our first flight to be delayed due to all of the canceled flights. We would have missed our connection in Chicago had they not decided to hold the plane for us. Many other travelers were not as fortunate. People were missing flights and being re-routed all over the place. I can't imagine having been stuck with Nathan in Chicago! Especially since I was fighting a cold on the way back. I took Nathan in the airplane bathroom again. This time when I laid him down on the changing table he just started laughing at me. Like "What are we doing in this tiny room, Mama?" It was so cute. We were so glad to see daddy at the airport in Colorado!