First Flight

Well, its official. The kids are now experienced flyers.

Friday night my sister-in-law and aunt-in-law flew down from IL to pick up the kids to take back to IL for 3 whole weeks. They flew out Saturday morning.

To put it mildly, I was SOOOO FRIGGIN' FREAKED OUT about the whole kids at the airport/flying in a real airplane thing. I was especially upset that we couldn't go wait at the terminal gate with them until they boarded the plane. Darn you 9/11!!! I really wanted to wait with them and watch them board their first plane. But....nope. We dropped all of them off, visited for a minute, then left. It was probably easier that way though. I mean, I'm sure I would have been crying like a baby if I would have watched them board. I may even have not let them go at all.....Ok, I would have, but you know what I mean.

They were so excited about it though. Both of them have been talking about it for the past few weeks. My son was especially looking forward to his first plane ride. I so wanted to see their faces at take off. It would have been priceless :)

They did really well on the plane, which I was glad to hear. I was kinda worried that Aydan might throw a fit on the plane and I would hear on the news about how they had to kick 2 young kids and 2 adults off the plane for unruly behavior or something crazy like that. (LOL)

So they arrived in IL Saturday afternoon and, from what I hear, they are having a blast seeing all the family from both sides and enjoying themselves. Do you think they are going to be just a little spoiled when they come back home? :)

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Back home, Danny and I were busy moving out of our old apartment and into our new one. Finally finished up Saturday evening and we couldn't be happier with our new place. Maybe its because what we came from was just so bad but we LOVE the new place. We have elevators that actually work, a fitness center that actually has usable equipment in it, and a clean pool/hot tub. The apartment itself feels so much more cozier and a lot more like home! My new kitchen is a lot bigger. Its an eat-in kitchen which is great. Danny and I can both be in there at the same time without being in each others way and I can open the dishwasher without taking up the whole entire walkway!

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Its so strange with the kids being gone. This is the first time in over a year that either of them have been away from us for longer than a day. I'm hoping they don't get home sick after the first couple of days. I know I miss them already!! But, I know they are with family and having a great time seeing everyone. I told Kenzie before they left that I was going to miss her a lot and she goes, "Oh Mom! We'll be fine, geez!!" I guess I'm more worried about Aydan since he's only 3 and he's away from us the least. I think as long as he's busy, he'll be fine.

Danny and I have a long list of things we want to do without the kids but I don't know how much of it will actually get done. We shall see.

Well, I think I've bored you enough for now. Hope you all have a great week!