Reunited and it feels so good

Em and I made our way up to Connecticut this weekend to see Daddy. Because of dad's rigorous studying schedule, we were only able to stay one night, but we were all happy we were at least able to work that out. Our day went something like this...

We awoke at 5am so that we could leave by 6am for our 7:40 flight out of Hartsfield-Jackson. Uncle Kyle was flying out an hour after us, so he decided to join the fam, sneaking to the front of security lines with Em's stroller, and more important, helping us lug all of our things. You may think I'm crazy for scheduling a flight so early, but it was all part of the plan. Junebug was still so tired and groggy, that she slept the entire flight up to La Guardia.



Don't get me wrong, her peaceful state occurred after a few minutes of pretty intense fussing right when we boarded -- you should have seen the looks on the passengers' faces around us. Fear that she'd continue screaming the entire flight. Anger that I'd decided it was a good idea to bring an infant along for the ride. Just a few friendly people here and there were thrilled to see a baby.

When we finally nestled into our seat, we were situated beside a German woman who spoke not a bit of English. She immediately started speaking to me in German, and continued even though I clearly had no idea what she was saying. She then turned her attention to Em-girl, poking at her cheeks, playing with her little fingers...before I knew it she was holding Emmy, bouncing her up and down on her lap, and kissing her cheeks. It brought me back quickly to my pregnancy where perfect strangers think they are entitled to touch your belly, just because you are bearing a child. I proceeded to politely take Emmy back onto my lap, happy there was a baby lover beside me, but also happy to have EJ back with me.

We rented a car to drive the 45 minutes to Norwalk, where Daddy has been living for the past few weeks. We arrived early, so we checked into our hotel room and waited for the next few hours. When Drew notified us he was on his way back from corporate, we hopped in the car and made our way to see him. Drew proceeded to call me every few minutes to check on our progress. When we pulled into the parking lot, Dad came running up with the biggest smile on his face. The below pic is when Drew first put his head in the car to say hi to Emmy. You can see the glow on our little one's face. Tears were shed, and all was good in the world!



We headed back to La Guardia Saturday at around 2:30pm. More tears were shed, but at least now there seems to be more of an end to this madness. Drew will be back on Friday! He leaves again on Monday for the week, but being able to see him over the weekend will be enough to keep us going.

Below are some of my other favorite pics from the visit. If you can't tell, Drew didn't put little Em down the entire time!