I had some friends getting married on Saturday, but the wedding was in Vegas. So once again, I packed up Jameson and I and headed to Vegas. I scheduled our flight Friday morning during his naptime so he would sleep the whole plane ride down. Did he? NOPE! He flirted with the girls behind me the entire trip. And now that he’s somewhat mobile he doesn’t want to sit still. So I finally strapped him into his seat just so I could drink my nice little cup of free soda. And he still tried to escape that!

Here are a few trick I have learned through our many flights

1. Always bring a stroller… Babies that are 20 lbs kill your back in a front pack!

2. Have everything liquid already in a plastic bag in one location.

3. Bring an empty water bottle through security, then use the drinking water mixed with the hot water from the coffee places to fill it up. That way you have warm water for bottles.

4. Bring your carseat up to the gate. When you get there ask if it is a full flight or not. If it is not, they will let you take your carseat on giving you an extra seat you did not have to pay for. If it is full, they will check it and it will be the last thing on the plane and waiting for you as soon as you get off.

5. Sometimes those $3 carts are well worth the money!

So we got to Vegas, I managed to get to the rental car with our bags, plus on with my sister’s baby clothes I was returning. We drove straight to my friend’s house getting there about noon. I love seeing her! We’ve known each other since the womb, so now it’s fun to see our kids play. Gavin absolutely loved him.

Gavin talk…

“Hey Mom! Is the lady with the baby still here?”

I had mentioned the phrase “bite my tongue” While I was talking and a few minutes later…

“Hey look, I can bite my tongue.” (Took us a minute to figure out why he was biting his tongue.)

My sister was out of town, so her dog was at my dad’s house, which is where we were staying. Jameson would watch her and then laugh. She kept running in and out of the room I was sleeping in, since my door was open (in case Jmo cried). So I finally just brought her pillow in the room so she would lay down and sleep. That was great except when Jameson woke up at 4:30 crying and she went running. She would poke her head in his room and kept checking on him. While he took his nap she went and laid on the floor in front of him and took her nap. Quite funny.

We were trying to take pics of Jmo and his Grandpa, but he was way too interested in Annie.

Jameson eating his breakfast in the same high chair I use to eat my breakfast in. Notice the nice safety strap! 🙂

Saturday we had a good day. We got to visit with friends and my grandma and aunt. We got to show everyone how Jmo can now sit, roll where ever he wants, and scoot to whatever he wants. Saturday evening we got ready and went to the wedding. Everyone looked great. Congratulations to Zach and Tiffani!

Were weren’t able to stay at the wedding long, because we had to be able to return the rental car and make our flight by 8:55. (On a side not: Chrysler Seabrings have huge blind spots and no horsepower.) We returned our car, caught the shuttle to the airport, made it through security, got to our gate, and found out we were delayed due to a delay of a connecting flight. Our plane was sitting there waiting for us. So I got some dinner, fed Jameson, changed him to his pajamas, found out there were like 30 open seats (SCORE!) and waited for the plane. We ended up boarding by 9:15, I got my free extra seat with the carseat, and got comfortable. I strapped in Jmo and as soon as the plane started moving he was out. Yes! We landed, met Kevin, and headed home. It was a quick trip but we accomplished a lot and had fun.

*Disclaimer: I got a new camera and still trying to figure it out. This is why some pictures are blurry.