Well, as far as a travel day with a toddler goes, today was pretty ideal.  Other than the fact that Addie woke up with a raspy voice and one heck of a cough (her first cough EVER), and the struggle to get her to eat anything (that was a no-go, she just would not eat!) everything else was awesome.  Seriously!  We got to the airport with time to spare and never felt rushed.  There was a group of high school boys going through security behind us and they were MORE than willing to help us carry all our stuff through.  We had plenty of time for Addie to walk around and stretch those little legs before being confined for two hours and fifteen minutes.  It was pretty great.  

But that’s not even the best news…the flight was – get ready for this – EASY.  That’s right, easy.  I had long ago abandoned buying a magazine to read on the plane because I was always busy reading “The Busy Little Train” or “Curious George.”  But Addison Claire was so fantastic today that I wound up reading SkyMall because I had nothing better to do!  Here’s how our flight went:  As soon as we sat down and buckled in Addie wanted to watch a movie, so she put on her little headphones and watched intently.  During take-off we talked about flying to see Daddy and that we would be in the clouds again; she was thrilled, she loves being in the clouds.  Once we were at cruising altitude we watched more of “The Incredibles” (her favorite movie right now) then shared a glass of water and she went to sleep.  For an hour and fifteen minutes!  

Glory, glory hallelujah!  When everyone stood up to get off the plane, FOUR people sitting either directly in front of us or behind us said Addie was so good they had no idea a baby was even in the row.  Ah, I swelled with pride.  When I responded that she was a little traveling pro, a very kind person responded that she thought Addie’s mommy was the pro.  I just beamed.  There are no sweeter words at the end of a flight than, “Your daughter is SO well behaved!”

Icing on the cake?  I actually found some christmas gift ideas in SkyMall!  HaHa…whodathunkit.

What a great day.