first flight SLC to RDU and back

Maddie (and my mom and I) survived her first flight(s) as we ventured out and about to visit Emily and Jon in Raleigh, NC. Our first flight was a little rough being from Salt Lake to Atlanta on a full plane so Maddie was on my lap. Luckily she is a great kid and mostly just entertained those around us. She loved the layover at the airport where she pushed her stroller, we saw a guy choke at the restaurant and she played with her toys at the gate. The final stretch from Atanta to Raleigh was great with a seat to herself Maddie slept most of that flight. That nap started the trip off to a funky nap and sleep routine. In order to use frequent flyer miles we had to have two layovers on the way home. Again we were lucky enough to have two of the three planes empty enough to let Maddie have her own seat to sleep. She was wiped out when we came home after a week long vacation (our family Halloween party pictures will prove it). Here are a few pictures of our time spent before our road trip. Maddie loved "rags the dog" that was given to Em by my grandma as well as the collection of balls in thier living room, she had fun sleeping with me on the couch when she woke up in the night due to a cough and finally the thing we all loved most was Jon's homemade fruit smoothies!

Everyone needs a little deep fried food while in the south. Here is Jonny carring Maddie her favorite way of the trip on our way to a fancy bbq dinner in downtown Raleigh.