The Little Bug Blog: Our trip to SC

On December 10th we went down to South Carolina for an early Christmas with the Cassidy/Purhamus clan. This trip held a lot of firsts for Deacon. His first family trip, his first plane ride, his first time meeting his cousins....

I was a little nervous to fly with Deacon because I had never flown with a baby before and wasn't sure how he'd react. We got to the airport with about an hour and a half to spare. We got some snacks and made our way to the gate. Deacon was content to play on daddy's lap for a while and then he got hungry. Unfortunately I have an huge fear of nursing in public.... I tucked us away in the corner and was able to feed him just fine- phew! I stuck Deacon in the moby after he ate and he concked out. He slept the whole way to Charlotte!!! We had to run to catch our connecting flight but made it with a few minutes to spare. Deacon was WIDE awake at this point and ready to eat again. I tried to nurse him in the plane but with the space constrictions and my stage fright it just wasn't happening sooo he got a bottle. After that he was ready to play! So play we did- all the way to Charleston! He was such a good boy the whole trip down!

Mimi and Pop pop were there to pick us up from the airport and we drove about 30 minutes back to their house. I hadn't seen there SC house yet but it was beautiful- I loved the open floor plan! We had a big weekend planned and it started with the Purhamus's coming over for pizza. It was really great to see everyone but unfortunately the cousins weren't able to play together because A&E were getting over being sick. The next day was "Christmas Eve". We went to the Purhamus house and had lasagna and meatballs- YUM!! We hadn't been to their house yet either but Avery was kind enough to give us the grand tour- beautiful!! The next morning was Christmas and the Purhamus's came over for cinnamon buns and presents!! Deacon, Kevin and I got some great swag :) The next night we went to Dukes for BBQ. I had been hearing about Dukes since Kevin visited SC in January. I had high hopes and it didn't disappoint! I had great pulled pork, green beans, yams, hush puppies and cole slaw- YUM!! It was great seeing everyone and being able to visit but the weekend ended quickly and we were headed home on the 14th.

I want to preface this by saying that we are SOO lucky that Deacon is such a good kid or this day could have been HORRIBLE! We were set to leave on the 14th at 9AM. We got to the airport with plenty of time to spare and went to get checked in. They told us that our 9AM flight was cancelled but the one that was originally supposed to leave at 520 was delayed and we could go ahead and get on the one. Ok- no problem. We had a long layover in Charlotte so it didn't really matter when we got there, as long as it was before 1PM. So we waited around for a while to board the 520 flight and that flight was cancelled to. Not just that flight but ALL flights to Charlotte were cancelled. ... awesome! We didn't have a way to get back to BWI where our car and Deacon's car seat was so we were stuck!!! We were directed to go back to the check in desk to try and find a way home. All 100 people that were on the flight were directed to do the same so we waited in line for an hour, weighing our options. If we wanted to fly out that day, we would have to fly into Reagan National. We booked that flight to leave a 130PM and hoped that Jason could pick us up with Matthias's car seat. Kevin called Jason and he agreed to come and get us (LIFE SAVER!!! ) so all we could do now is wait. And wait. And wait. So we waited around and then heard that the flight to Reagan was delayed...ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? Luckily it was only an hour delay and we were on the plane and ready to go at about 245. The flight was quick and Deacon slept the whole time- again :) When we got to DC we had to sit on the plane for a half an hour for some reason- boo!! Jason was there to pick us up (yay!!!) and drive us back to BWI. By the time we got home it was 8PM and our day had started at the Charleston airport at 7AM- whew- WHAT A DAY!!! We were so glad to be home!

Deacon started doing some really cool things while we were in SC. He is now sitting up, unassisted for a good length of time and he started to scream :) Here are some pictures from our trip!