amanda & greg

A few weekends ago, we flew to Chicago to help celebrate the wedding of my high school best friend, Amanda and her husband, Greg.

We were a bit apprehensive about Aaron's first airplane trip...and rightly so.  He was NOT a huge fan.  Although, you couldn't tell from this photo.

If you look out the window, though, you will realize that his joy is because we were still on the ground.  He was completely unaware of what was to come.  In fact, it kind of hurts my heart to look at the pure innocence on his sweet little face.  Never again.  He is now a world wearied traveler.

He struggled the most during takeoff and landing, as well as during the flight when there were changes in altitude.  He really does not like the funny feeling that you get in your tummy when ascending or descending, and it was scaring him.  We probably should have seen it coming, since he has a pretty deep seated dislike of elevators as well.

So, we spent the entire plane ride holding hands and watching Elmo on our DVD player.

 

Once we arrived in Chicago, all was well again.  Aaron was a big fan of the hotel.  

He and Tutu spent a good chunk of the weekend here - watching TV and playing on her iPad.  We had plans to see more of Chicago, but unfortunately, it just wasn't really feasible with the schedule.  Poor Aaron struggled a bit with the (slight) time change and busy schedule.  It involved a lot of late nights and ridiculously early morning (only for Aaron).  Thankfully, Aaron is addicted to the iPad and Elmo, so staying in the hotel room wasn't really a hardship for him.
 

Here is our only family photo from the wedding.  Partially because I didn't take nearly enough pictures from the weekend and partially because Aaron spent the ceremony in the hotel room and then fell asleep about six minutes in the reception.  What a party animal.

And finally, the newlyweds.  It was a beautiful wedding and we are so glad we were able to be there.

 

For an encore, we'll rinse and repeat in a few weeks, completely with double the airplane rides, twice as much travel time, more pregnant Mommy and a more significant time change.  Bet you can't wait for that blog post.  Yeah, me neither.  :)

Congrats Amanda and Greg!