About 6 weeks ago, Luke and I decided that we wanted Colby to spend his first Thanksgiving with family. We were already going to LA in early Dec., so we decided to surprise Grammie Paula and Papa Cliff on Thanksgiving. The only person we told was Tanner.....who I now know told a few other folks in CO, but they kept it a secret from Mom and Dad. We bought our tickets and off we went. We were a little worried about flying with Colby, but as they say "ya gotta start sometime". Our day started at 2am.....its 1.5 hours to the airport and our flight was at 6am. We made it to the airport fine and the little man stayed asleep until it was time to go through security. Oh, let me back track, we ended up taking 3 bags, the diaper bag, car seat and stroller. This is such a stretch from what Luke and I usually travel with.....we were struggling. Back to security. This is where I was a little nervous, were they going to give my little guy a "pat down"? I grabbed Colby out of the car seat and we went right through the metal detector. The funniest part was watching all our "stuff" on the conveyor belt. I have to find a way to minimize for the next trip. Colby was up and ready for early breakfast. He has his milk and Luke and I had Starbucks....we needed a "pick-me-up"! As we boarded, he was quiet and we just hoped that it would last. And it did...he fell right asleep and slept the entire flight to Denver. Once we arrived in Denver, he had lunch, watched all the airport travelers and just as it was time to board to fly to GJ, he fell asleep again! Too good to be true! His first two flights could not have been better. We arrived in GJ and Tanner picked us up at the airport. We headed home and came up with our surprise entrance. Tanner carried Colby in and Luke and I followed. The look on everyone's face was so priceless. We had a great Thanksgiving dinner and enjoyed our time in CO. We truly have so much to be thankful for this year.
We are off to LA this month to watch Aunt Haley graduate from LSU and for Colby to meet the rest of his family. Let's hope the flights go just as smoothly!
First plane ride in Dad's arms.
Colby got to meet his second cousin Brian and his wife Tracey and their 3 girls, Kylah, Kinley and Kenna while we were in town.
First time sitting on a saddle with Papa Cliff! Notice both their faces are the same expression!
Saying hello to Grammie when we arrived Thanksgiving Day!
All smiles!
First plane ride in Dad's arms.
Colby got to meet his second cousin Brian and his wife Tracey and their 3 girls, Kylah, Kinley and Kenna while we were in town.
First time sitting on a saddle with Papa Cliff! Notice both their faces are the same expression!
Saying hello to Grammie when we arrived Thanksgiving Day!
All smiles!
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