Saturday, March 13, 2010

Louisiana in a BIG PLANE

Before I started my new job, Blair and I took a quick trip to see Mimi and Papa in Louisiana ... on an airplane. Blair was beyond excited, and I was beyond terrified. Flying out of ATL with a 2 year old - alone? I believe that I bought every imaginable "no mess, no noise" activity I could find, plus a couple of new movies to keep her occupied.

I was pleasantly surprised - she did great! I am ashamed to say that I have no pictures of the occasion. I took out my camera when we got situated in our seats only to find out that the battery was completely dead. Nice. As soon as the plane started moving, she yelled "3-2-1 Blastoff!" And she kept yelling it as we taxied down the runway. Finally, when we weren't going superfast or flying high in the sky, she turned to me and said, very matter-of-factly, "Dis plane broke. Needs batteries."

We had a great time while we were there. I'm not sure who had more fun, Blair or Mimi! We played, ate and shopped until we dropped. We also visited my family in Mississippi (we flew home from Jackson). My cousin had just had a baby a few days before we got there, and Blair was so excited about the "teeny-tiny baby!" The baby was jaundiced a little, so she had a little tube-light thingy that was attached through the back of her diaper somehow. I'd never seen anything like it, but Blair figured it out immediately. She announced that "That teeny tiny baby has a LONG tail!" and proceeded to pull it off! We got it back on before anyone noticed, thankfully.

I was horrible about taking pictures, but here are a couple from our trip:


Grandaddy, Mimi, and a reluctant Blair.

Swimming in Mimi's "swimming pool"

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