texas bound... slowly.

Paul went hunting this past week and i was looking for something more fun to do than sit at home without the hubs so... my mom surprised me with a trip home! it was decided so last minute, it felt almost wrong.. like i needed to ask for work off and plan way in advance, but no. i really could just take off. (i love my life right now.)

So really caitlin just had to decide... hunting with dad or texas with mom. (easy choice: the girls stick together, but she did look pretty cute with ALL that hunting gear!

so off we went on saturday. unfortunately, things didn't go as effortlessly as we had hoped for caitlin's first flight. the flight was at 12:45, we got there plenty early and got through security without a hitch. got to our gate, waited a little while, gate-checked her stuff, got on the plane, got settled. as we were about to pull away from the jetway, the captain made an announcement that they just received word there were delays in dallas and we wee now in a "ground stop". about 20 minutes later we all unboarded the plane and were sent back to our gate to wait. and wait. and wait. turns out there were thunderstorms and tornado warnings in dallas and they had completely closed the airport. we eventually were able to re-board around 4:30 and finally got into dfw that night. It turned into a long day but i am SO lucky i have an angel baby -- she never cried and slept the whole flight except for the last 20 minutes when she had a hard time (tired, hungry, fussy, ears hurting) but at that point i couldn't even blame her.

First flight down, hopefully the return flight won't be as traumatic.