Landon and I headed to Austin the end of May to be with my friend Liz just in case she went into labor. She has been on bed rest for several weeks, and was finally able to move around the week we arrived. Her hubby was heading to another city to start an internship so she needed some help with her little cutie, Molly, just in case baby arrived.....which he didn't!! I was hoping he would come on Friday so I would have a chance to meet him before going home. I guess I am glad he was able to "cook" a little longer and gain more weight!! I know Lizzy wanted a chubby baby! We had a lot of fun. I am amazed how much energy a 2 yr old can take out of you. : ) Molly is such a doll! David and I loved to play with her when they lived in Bountiful. She is such a big girl now......and so cute!
There were so many wonderful parks in Austin. I loved it!! Everything was so green.....I just had to get used to the humidity.
Here we are on a train at this fun little park (actually it was quite large). Molly just loved it. You can tell by her content little smile! BTW-isn't Liz just the cutest pregnant Mama?!
We went to the pool several times during the week. I was working on getting a little color to my pasty body.....but there is no such thing as laying out with a baby!! That's ok, we had so much fun anyways. I guess that way I won't get any more freckles!! : )
Our plane ride home was a little more eventful than our flight out there. Sterling dropped us off at the Austin airport nice and early. We arrived a little after 5:00 am, and our flight was scheduled to leave at 6:30. I thought we would have PLENTY of time, but boy was I wrong! When I stepped inside I realized I was in for a disaster. Delta was one chaotic mess. They had two separate lines- 1 to check in, and another to check your bags. I checked in right away, but the baggage part was ridiculous!! There was only 1 person checking bags for several different flights all scheduled to leave around the same time. I just stood there and watched the time tick by. The line didn't budge. I finally got to the desk a little before 7. Yep, that's right! My flight had already left. Luckily they were able to get me on a plane at 7:30 heading to MINNESOTA!!! Oh my, it was going to be a long day. We arrived in Minnesota on time, and luckily they gave me first class seats which was such a blessing with a squirmy baby. I didn't have much time to make my connecting flight to SLC so Landon and I were booking it through that massive airport. After taking a tram to our terminal (of course it couldn't be close by) we arrived just in time to board. Half way through the boarding process the little worker says that the brakes are leaking so they are going to stop boarding, and we won't take off for another 45 min. Wow.... So eventually 1 1/2 hrs later we hop on our flight and make it to SLC. As we landed and pulled up to the gate everyone jumped up and was trying to make their connecting flights because we were so late. All of a sudden the captain comes over the PA stating they missed the "mark" by 6-8 inches so they were going to have to back the plane up! RIDICULOUS!! I was so tired and ready to get off that freaking plane!! So, we had to wait for everyone to be seated and have the overhead baggage compartments closed. Once we did that the captain gets on the PA again and says, "oh nevermind, it looks like we can connect after all." Don't worry, my trauma day doesn't end there. David met us at the baggage claim and we were so excited to see him!! We had never been apart that long, and David was definitely missing his little boy. Well, we pick up my bag and start heading towards the car. Out of the blue David says "Oh Crap!!" I look at him with a concerned look and realize what HE just realized.....he left the carseat at home...in Roy....an hour away! I lost it. Poor Dave. Sorry babe! To make this too long of story shorter, Ben (step-bro) saved us and brought their baby's carseat. I made it home and fell fast asleep!! End of story! Wait...I hate Delta...end of story! : )
