California, Baby!

We survived our trip to California! Baby was a champ in the airport and on the plane (but for a bit of fussing in our terminal), and as much as I would like to take credit for that, the truth is that she's just cool like that.

Special thanks go to:

Jodi, the world's best flight attendant, for making our first flight with baby a raging success. If you must know, she did the following:

• Oogled over how cute Emma is, in a not creepy way
• Made sure that nobody sat on our row so that we could have those three seats to ourselves
• Gave us a "My First Flight" certificate for Emma's baby book that included the flight and the attendants' and the captain's names. 
• Stopped by every once in a while to hold the Emma or just make her smile
• Helped me feel confident that the flight would be a good experience just by being there, being awesome, and treating us like champs

Emma, for being so lazy and awesome at being good ...and for not needing a diaper change during any leg of flight

My "girls", for being accessible at all times for my greedy little eater

Darren, for being THE BEST daddy/husband a woman could ask for on the plane.  He handled everything and made sure that my only responsibility in the airport/plane was our baby

Dad, for driving us to the airport at that terribly early hour

Jaymie, for getting us from the airport in Oakland and chauffeuring us all over the place for the first day...and for taking us to the airport on our last day

Edward, for getting us from the airport in Houston when we returned home

Air travel is not my favorite (especially with a baby!), but it gets the job done way faster than the car, so it is still my preferred.

We took lots of pictures on our phones during the trip, most of which have made it to FB if you care to see them.  This one is probably my favorite though, because she was so into watching out the window on the train, and you can see that in her expression.  She really looks like she's taking it all in! Such a cutie.