
Santa loves her too!
If you didn’t catch Part 1, Braylin was an excellent flyer! Well, there was a tiny mishap, but I didn’t realize that it happened until we were off the plane. Once we arrived in Florida, I overheard the flight attendants in the restroom talking about the baby that threw up all over the front seat. I looked on my shoulder and had it all over my arm… oops. Poor Braylin, she must have been air sick.
As bad as I felt about her getting sick, there was nothing I could do at that point. So, I moved on to more important things …

Flying with baby was easier than I expected.
We just took our first flight with baby from North Carolina to California. I have been worried about this flight since I booked it months ago. I didn’t want to be “that” woman with the crying baby. I felt like I would have no control of the situation if Owen was crying and I couldn’t get away from people.
Strangely the hardest part turned out to be getting through the security trying to hold the baby, take off my shoes, and move all my stuff into the X-ray machine. Up until last week I thought I would by traveling alone …

Nora looking out the plane window
Garrett and I flew to New Mexico for Christmas this year. This was Nora’s first plane ride. I was very nervous and didn’t know what to expect. I talked to my girlfriends, got some tips and felt relatively prepared to fly.
Garrett and I drove to the Raleigh/Durham airport and only needed to stop twice for Nora. When we got to the check-in counter the airline employee asked for Nora’s birth certificate. “Why do you need that?” I asked, slightly panicked. We had not brought it and if we drove home and back we’d definitely miss our flight. The airline …