Family Travel

After a crazy 4 months of internship, we all needed a vacation!  I was excited for it, but also nervous about taking our first family vacation with a little one in tow.  How would he do traveling for that long?  How would he do without his usual 2, 2-hour long naps (this kid loves to sleep!)?

When I go on vacation, I like to have things super planned... but more on that in the next post.  First we had to get to our destination... Washington, D. C.

We had a 2 hour drive to the airport and that was no problem; Cooper slept during most of it.  Since we were traveling with a baby, we needed to bring a stroller and a carseat.  After some research we found that Delta will let you check both for free!  But it was a little difficult getting a stroller, carseat, baby, 2 suitcases, 3 carry-ons and ourselves from the car to the terminal.  Scotty and I haven't flown since our honeymoon about 5 years ago so neither of us were sure how to proceed once we made it into the airport.  We got our luggage checked and the carseat, then we had to get through security.  We took Cooper's food and formula bag and his medicine bag out so they could inspect them.  Then I had to take Cooper out and put the stroller through the scanner and we got to skip the body scanner.  I guess they trust a woman and her baby.

Once we make it through security, we realize Cooper has had an inevitable blow out!  There goes his cute travel outfit including a shirt that says "are we there yet?".  We make it on the plane finally!  Cooper got wings and a note from the captain, because it was his first flight.  After some exploring Cooper slept through most of both flights!  We made it in one piece... mostly.  I ruptured my ear drum during landing.  But we made it!

Cooper exploring the plane

Snoozin' on the plane