Thank you

I just want to take a moment and shout a huge THANK YOU to the inventors of this....

Norah used to not sleep unless I was holding her and it made life very difficult.  Now all I have to do is set her in this and she falls right asleep and stays asleep!! It is the best thing ever!!!

Flying with a Newborn

Well Norah just had her first flying experience.  I’ll admit I was a little nervous at first but it ended up turning out just fine.  However I learned a lot and I hope to help anyone else who may be traveling with a newborn in the near future.

Things to know when flying with a newborn

• You will need the birth certificate for identification
• The security guards will be extra friendly to you and your baby
• If you have a car seat put it upside down to go through the X-ray machine
• Using a diaper bag that can be worn like a back pack makes things really nice.
• You can take milk through security but you will have to make it available for them to test
• TSA.gov says that if the baby is in a sling you can leave her in when you go through security, 
• I didn’t try it but it seems like it would work nicely so you don’t have to lug a car seat around
• If the flight isn’t full they will let you just carry on your car seat and you will have to set it in the window seat, otherwise you can check it at the gate
• Carrying the baby in a sling is really convenient; the only thing is they will make you take the baby out during takeoff and landing which can be frustrating if your baby has just fallen asleep.
• Go ahead, ask for two drinks because you deserve it and the flight attendant is not likely to turn you down.
• If the baby gets squirmy from the air pressure give her a bottle or a pacifier.  Bottles work best because they make the baby swallow which is what will pop her ears.
• Don’t sit in the emergency exit seat, and don’t sit in the seats directly behind the emergency exit seat they will make you move which is not an easy thing to do when you have a baby a car seat a laptop and a diaper bag.  (FYI the first seat I sat in was the emergency exit seat.  Then a nice gentleman informed me that I couldn’t do that, so for convenience I moved to the seats directly behind the emergency exit.  Then the flight attendant told me I would have to move. Well the seats behind me were taken so I decided to move to the seats next to me.  Bad move, I obviously had to move again.  It was a mess!)

 Overall Norah enjoyed the plane ride :)

 

Nuevo Mexico

I spent all last week in New Mexico with family.  It started when my parents and brother and sister-in-law decided to come up for the BYU vs UofU football game.  I thought it would be fun to drive back to New Mexico with them and then fly back to Utah a week later.  So that is what happened.  I had to leave Jordan behind so he could do the school thing, but I was kind enough to make him meals to feed him while I was gone.  Norah and I took the 10 hour drive to New Mexico and she did amazing, she really only cried once thank goodness! When we got to Albuquerque I go to see lots of family and one friend.  The sad part is that I woke up on Tuesday feeling really sick and by Thursday I was in the urgent care being told I had a kidney infection.  I continued to be pretty sick until Saturday afternoon and then I left on Monday.  So I didn't get to do anything really, but I was around family which was so awesome.  I was so grateful to have extra hands to help with Norah while I sat around being sick. Here are some pictures...

Norah and Matea meet for the first time (cousins)

Grandad and his two newest grandchildren

Sonora, Norah's cousin, and the cutest 2 year old I have ever seen!!

Hagan, Norah's cousin

Norah got really attached to her grandad

Four cousins, missing three others

Matching!!

attempted faux hawk