BIG NEWS!!

A couple of firsts these past few days:

We had our first plane trip. Jack was AWESOME. He wowed the flight attendant and had she not made a big fuss over him, you wouldn't have even known he was on the plane. He flirted with the lady across the aisle and let the flight attendant snuggle him as he tried to rip her earrings out! She even gave him a "first flight" certificate and TWO sets of wings that will fit in his scrapbook! He was so good, I'm so proud of him!

To combat baby ear pain: bring Boppy (OMG THIS IS A LIFESAVER!!), book an empty flight, bring the BINK! Jack sucked his bink on takeoff and landing and was just a pleasant little monkey. He got a bit fussy so somewhere over Long Island I nursed him and he was happy again! Mommy was in extreme pain (I forgot my gum...) but he just did so well! I only wish our stupid camera didn't break so I could post pictures of how super smiley he was!

!!!BIG NEWS!!!

JACK STARTED ROLLING OVER THIS WEEKEND!!!!

He can roll to tummy and then back to his belly! Since this new development, however, he will only sleep on his side. This freaks both Todd and I out just a bit. Last night, I sat for a good 5 minutes trying to get him to go back to his back, but he kept rolling to his side. THEN every time he would roll onto his back, it scared him so much he would wake up! We were at Grandmom's so he was in our room in the Pack and Play and woke us up every time it happened! By this morning, he seemed to be an old pro though and was on his back WITHOUT waking us!! YAY!

We tried desperately to get him to roll over for the video camera, but he's just too stealthy!

Tonight on the flight home, he was even more wonderful than the flight to Grandmom's. He was awake and distracted with his bink during takeoff and then he decided he was hungry so we nursed and he nodded off. Daddy took over baby duty and I wrote some paragraphs in my paper. He was awake during the landing and seemed to have a good time throughout the flight. There was a little old man that sat in front of us that gave us wary eyes when we boarded, but I'm sure he's happy that the only noises Jack made were of pure joy. Man, that kid is a social butterfly. We stole Grandmom's camera so we do have pictures of the flight home. I can't believe he's MY baby-he's so calm and happy :) :)

Both flights were empty, so we got to bring the car seat on with us. Even though we didn't use it, I'm glad we took it with us because it was a catch all for Jack's various "things" that we brought with us and we didn't have to worry about them flying all over the plane. Really, we could not have asked for better conditions! Southwest FTW! Their crew is just awesome. I don't think I've been on a Southwest flight where I was unhappy with the flight attendants.