On Thanksgiving morning we left our house at 6:00 am and headed to the airport. In the car on the way there, Annika was looking out her window and finding planes. Then she would make the comment maybe that's our plane. She was so giddy she was laughing at everything. Once we got to the airport we parked, and then hurried to get on the shuttle. As the shuttle was pulling away I asked Brian if he locked the car. He said no, so he pulled the keys out and was trying to lock it as we pulled away. (It didn't work!).
We made it to the terminal and got our bags checked, then we were getting ready for security. I was nervous Annika was going to freak out. One security dude directed us to a different line, and we walked right up to the front. We got up there and we were not ready. We had missed all of the signs that you normally get to read while waiting, so we had nothing ready when we got to the front. We got through there, and then we only had to walk through the metal detector. But I had packed Chocolate milk, which had to be scanned twice. I think everyone felt bad for us, carrying two little girls through the airport. So none of us had to get frisked which was nice.
Then we walked right to our gate and waited.
Brian and Ady on the plane.
Once we got on the plane, Annika sat by the window, and was really excited. We sat and watched the bags load onto the plane. It was great. We started moving and Annika loved it, she even loved takeoff. And then we got up in the air and she was looking down at everything. Then she read the flight instruction book from the back of the seat, and saw a picture of an airplane in water. Then she started crying and told me she wanted to stop. I told her that we couldn't stop and she was still crying. We moved her to the middle seat and she asked me if we were going to fall. Poor girl. She is to smart. Well the rest of the trip was good. She colored and was a lot happier, she even used the bathroom in the airplane.
Annika coloring on the plane.
We landed and Allison was at the airport to pick us up. First thing Annika said to her was we didn't land in water. We rode back to Allison's house, and Annika had decided that she didn't want to get back on a plane.
When we got to Puyallup Allison had the Turkey in the oven and all we had to do was relax. Annika got to play with her cousins. And we all hung out and talked. That after noon we had a great Thanksgiving dinner, and played some games. Then we headed to bed. In the middle of the night, Heidi had Annika out in the hall trying to get her a drink, but she was crying. I brought her into bed with us, and she wouldn't go to sleep. Well then she threw up, all over Allison's sheets. We stripped the bed down and Annika fell asleep. In the morning she threw up again. I didn't know what was wrong with her. In the mean time I had washed Allison's sheets, only to find out the throw up didn't come out. We threw everything in the dryer, because we also needed a blanket to get dry and soon as possible. I went to check on the load in the dryer and the mattress pad had melted all over everything! (I have never had this happen.) So not only did I ruin Allison's sheets I had melted her mattress pad. The day was starting out great.
Brian and the kids at the Science Center
Then we had decided we were going to go to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, so we got up and ready, and got in the car. On our way there I let Annika eat some goldfish. Which later on in the ride came back up. At this point I couldn't decide if we should turn around or keep going. So we kept going. She didn't throw up again, and the Pacific Science Center was so much fun! It was huge. They had so much to do. I would love to go back. Then we left and headed back to Puyallup. Then we just hung out and let the kids play.
good quality cousin time.
On Saturday Heidi and Jeremy went into the city. So We went with Scott, Allison and the Boys to ride on a ferry. We headed to Tacoma and got on the ferry.
Ady and Aunt Allison on the Ferry.
our family on the ferry.
We watched the cars drive on, and rode to an Island. We didn't even get off the boat, we just stayed on and watched the cars drive off and more drive on. We got off and went and looked in the water. It is so cool, we saw 2 star fish and a crab, just hanging out in the water. It is just so cool to see things like that. Then we walked along the shore for a while and let the kids play.
The kids and Allison on our walk along the water.
After our walk we got some lunch and headed home. The kids had naps and the adults talked. Saturday night we left the kids (minus Adalyn) with a babysitter, and the couples went out on a date. We went and ate Thai food (which I didn't know if I was going to like, but it was delicious!).
On Sunday we went to church and had one last night of talking.z
And on Monday We walked Abe to the bus stop that morning, which Annika loved. (She wants to go to school so bad.) Allison, Heidi, and I went and got pedicures. Brian got to Babysit Henry and Annika. After the pedicures we loaded up the car and headed to the airport. The Seattle-Tacoma airport is really cool. Once you get past security you walk into this area that is a huge glass wall and you can sit and eat and watch the planes take off. It was so cool! Annika loved it. She still didn't want to ride home on a blue plane. So we made our way to the gate and we never let Annika look out the window. We told her that the plane was orange and red, and she was good. We flew home and both of the girls were great. When we got back to Salt Lake we got to dig our car out of some snow, but it was good to be home. What a fun trip!
The girls waiting in the airport
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