Jun 9
I thought Eli had set the clock for 7, because that's the time in which we said we needed to be up by. My experiment with Martyn trying to sleep in the bassinet resulted in Martyn being back in the bed with us around midnight, which resulted in me hogging the middle of the bed and jack knifing my butt into Eli, which resulted in him scooting to the edge of his side of the bed, which resulted in getting up about a quarter after 5, and storming out to the man cave.
See why I'm ready to have the bed back from the baby? (I'm smiling though.)
He came back to bed around 6:30 saying "nature keeps waking me up out there...." I had taken the Styrofoam down from the windows and opened them up, so it was really bright, and you could hear the birds chirping loudly.
We got up and started getting ready....I was very glad I took the time to pack last night! I had everything pretty much ready to go. Eli was a little cranky because he didn't get much sleep the night before. On that note, I decided to drive since he would be getting out and coming inside with me anyway. He made us a good breakfast, good way to start the day. We needed to be at the airport by 9 or so, my flight was supposed to leave around 10:30. Last time, we made the mistake of taking 26 from Cedar Hills Boulevard, where we normally get on the free way, and it was a parking lot. That was also part of the reason I decided to drive. So I went up and over the hill, rather than straight to the freeway and that was much quicker.
We got to the airport with plenty of time to have to wait in line to check my bags and the car seat (Southwest has the first two bags fly free, and the car seat is always free) and get Martyn's boarding pass. Then over to the security area, where there seemed to be a lot more people than the last time I went down to San Diego. Still it went pretty quickly. There were a ton of people traveling with little ones...lots of babies, lots of toddlers, lots of strollers and lots of car seats.
The girl who sat in the middle of the row, next to me (I was in the isle) was really cool. We ended up talking the whole flight to Sacramento. She was a couple years older than me, and a business professional, heading to Southern CA for some much needed relaxation, with a friend of hers whom she was meeting there. Martyn, always the little charmer, won her over it seems. She held him for me when I was getting readjusted after nursing him. He was just wonderful!
Then when we got there to Sacramento, I had to change him in the airplane bathroom, and when I came back I was trying to put my changing pad and wipes away, and balance him in the middle seat at the same time. The guy in the window seat, who was also going to San Diego (no getting off the plane) just reached over and picked Martyn up, and held him for me, while I went to the bathroom. Martyn was very happy to just look out the window and watch all the goings on down on the tarmac.
When we left, the lady who filled the middle seat had a little dog in a carry on bag, that went under the seat in front of her. Martyn was better behaved, and quieter than the dog the whole trip....the dog wasn't that bad, just got a bit restless and whiny for a few minutes. At the end of the flight, when we were all parked at the gate and deplaning, and I had to wake Martyn up so I could get up with my bag, he started crying....I heard a lady behind me say in surprise, "oh, I didn't even know there was a baby there, he was just so quiet the whole flight!" That brought a smile to my face.
Martyn is just the best traveller ever! When we got to San Diego, I met mom and Jack at the baggage claim and quickly found my two bags. They usually put the car seats and strollers at the back wall, but I didn't see mine back there. I waited for a few minutes, and then asked one of the airline people there. The told me my car seat had accidentally been taken off the plane in Sacramento, but they were sending it on the next flight. They had a loaner one for me to use in the interim. That was slightly inconvenient, but at least they had a loaner for me, and since I came back down to pick mine up when it came in, they gave me a $50 travel voucher, good for a year! Awesome.
I hadn't brought any "nice" clothes with me, except for my bridesmaid dress, so I had to borrow a skirt and shirt (and purse) from mom to go to the wedding rehearsal tonight. That was pretty cool, and kind of funny that mom just totally dressed me. The rehearsal went pretty smoothly, hopefully the actual wedding does to. I'm totally going to cry I think, especially watching Nicole's mom, Julie, walk her down the isle....makes me a little teary just thinking about it. I'll have to keep a tissue handy in my bouquet or something. I think it's going to be a beautiful wedding. Very much looking forward to it.
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