Planes, New Cousins, and Cheese Curds.

We are in Madison, Wisconsin for Brea’s wedding this weekend. We flew into Chicago Thursday evening, rented a car and drove into Madison. The trip went as smoothly as could be expected. We packed enough stuff to last about a month - two huge suitcases, the car seat and stroller - and managed to get it all on the plane. I even got through security in Austin with breast milk that I brought with me. I was a little stressed about trying to carry the milk on but it was really no big deal. On my friend, Jessica’s, advice I told every TSA agent I saw that I was carrying breast milk (even the ones on break, eating their lunches). They ran it through the X-ray and then had to examine it. The woman who did the inspection was super nice, walking me through exactly what she was going to do with the milk (they have to test the container but they don’t open it) and doing everything with brand new latex gloves on and where I could see her. 

Oliver did great on his first plane ride. He was a little fussy when we first got on the plane but he calmed down and did great at take-off and then slept for about 45 minutes. When he woke up I got to experience changing him in an airplane bathroom - not something you would want to do if you are at all claustrophobic. Then I walked him up and down the aisle for awhile and let him flirt with the flight attendants. When he would get fussy, I would nurse him and the flight passed without major incidence. The car ride to Madison was another story. Oliver was pretty much done by the time we arrived in Chicago - it was 6:00 PM and he hadn’t had a decent nap all day... so he did some good screaming on the drive. But he eventually screamed himself out and slept for the last hour and a half.

We got into Madison late and then called the grandparents so they could come up and see Oliver. We visited for awhile and Oliver fell madly in love with his Grandma. She played peek-a-boo with him and he laughed and laughed. It was so cute! We finally got him to bed around 11:30 and he slept until 5:00, got up and ate a little and then slept in bed with me until 7:00.

Yesterday we met up with the rest of the family, including Brea and her new daughter, Julia. Oliver and Julia are so cute together. You can definitely see a family resemblance. We laid them down on a bed together and Oliver immediately wrapped his arm in hers and then started to try and eat her head. It was adorable!