The adventures of flying with a 9 month old......

So you think you have everything you could possibly need to entertain a 9 month old, but do you?? Case in point I thought, snacks, a book, toys, Mommy's cell phone, juice cup and milk would be plenty to keep little precious Nico entertained for our short flight, but of course he had a mind of his own....

So getting on the airplane, he's asleep in my arms, safe right??? Wrong he wakes up and not just hi Mommy I am awake ready to play mood, but the rarely seen I just want to go to bed right now scream!!! Twenty-five minutes later and everyone thinking when the heck is this kid gonna shut up, he finally realizes that Mommy putting him in his own seat standing up showing the entire plane, yes I am the kid that just annoyed you!!! Luckily, when he was laughing, smiling and twinkling his beautiful blues at everyone I knew we would be making it off the plane without being pointed and stared at. Which in turn made us the beautiful baby that was screaming :(

What this experience truly taught me as I have posted in the past, it's not about Mommy and Daddy anymore, it's all about Nico. And I thank God he is so beautiful or if not I am not sure our picture wouldn't be on the AirTran board of people who are not allowed to travel with them anymore :)

NICO'S FIRST ACCIDENT....

I RECENTLY HAD A NEW EXPERIENCE WITH LITTLE NICO WHO IN HIS WORLD THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FEAR AND UNFORTUANTELY I HAD TO FIND OUT THE HARD WAY....

SO IT ALL BEGIN WITH AN INNOCENT AFTERNOON OF SWIMMING AT COUSIN JULIE'S HOUSE. WE CHANGED INTO OUR SUITS AND MOMMY WAS GETTING NICO'S BOTTLE READY. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING HIM TERRORIZE SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE I DECIDED TO PUT HIM ON THE COUNTER, HOLDING ON AND GETTING HIS BOTTLE READY BEFORE SWIMMING. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT HE IS ON THE FLOOR SCREAMING AND I AM SEEING THIS ALL HAPPEN IN SLOW MOTION WONDERING HOW CAN I AVOID THIS??

AFTER PICKING HIM AS HE WAS SCREAMING A CRY I DON'T OFTEN HEAR, AND SEEING THAT NOTHING WAS BROKEN THE TEARS POURED OUT AND THE BLOOD STARTED FLOWING FROM HIS LITTLE GUMS. I RAN OUTSIDE AS EVERYONE SAW THE EXPRESSION ON MY FACE, JULIE RAN IN TO HELP ME WITH PUTTING A WET WASHCLOTH ON HIS GUMS. AS I AM HOLDING MY INNOCENT CHILD AND THINKING I AM THE WORST MOTHER IN THE WORLD, JULIE SAVES THE DAY WITH A POPSICLE. LUCKILY JOSH WAS THERE WHO IS A EMT AND CHECKED HIM OUT, AND REASSURED ME HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE HIS FIRST OF MANY, MANY FALLS!!

REFLECTING BACK, I AM GLAD I KEPT MY COOL BUT AS JULIE TOLD ME LATER THE LOOK ON MY FACE SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS TRULY WRONG....AND NOW I CAN SAY WE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST FALL, HOPEFULLY TO BE THE LAST ONE FROM THE KITCHEN COUNTER AS MOM DEFINITELY HAS LEARNED HER LESSON....ALTHOUGH I AM SURE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN WITH THE FEELING OF NO FEAR, NICO WILL BE GOING HEAD FIRST OFF THE NEXT ITEM HE HAS THE CHANCE TOO AND IF AS IN THIS DAY I CAN'T CATCH HIM FAST ENOUGH I HAVE LEARNED KIDS BOUNCE BACK PRETTY QUICKLY AND CAN BE WRITTEN IN THE RECORD BOOK OF JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE ADVENTURE OF RAISING LITTLE NICO~