Flying with a Baby

You know when you are about to do something you have never done before how you picture everything that could possibly go wrong? Well luckily nothing even close to the worst happened when traveling on a plane for the first time with Ryan in fact he was a pretty good traveler. The stars seemed to align with us making traveling very manageable. On the way to MA we had TVs in the seat back so he got to play with that (way better then any toy I could have packed... and trust me I packed a lot of toys). Also the flight was at the perfect time of day so he was in a good mood so we sang songs, looked at books, ate etc. Besides playing with the TV he crawled between me and Don and waved "hi" at everyone on the plane. Good times. We rented a car so after getting our bag we got our car where Ryan fell asleep on the way to Don's parents house, he was then asleep for the night.
On the way home Ryan fell asleep during takeoff! It was great. The airline was nice enough to let us take the car seat on the plane and we set it up, he was so comfortable that he was out almost immediately. He woke up during descent. This gave Don and I a chance to eat lunch and decompress a little bit, it couldn't have worked out better. He was then awake when my wonderful brother picked us up from the airport! Ryan missed his uncle David who has been taking exams so it was a wonderful treat for him.
Overall traveling was tiring but easier then I thought it would be. Yay! That means I don't have to fear the rest of our trips planned this summer..... On with our adventures.