Jane's Big Trip!

Janie took her first trip, to "the North Country," for Memorial Day.  She rode on four planes and did great!  She only cried a little on the plane descents (the change in pressure hurts babies' ears) and slept like a champ.  She did have two explosive diapers on the plane, which I also attribute to the pressure change since other babies, such as Cousin Seannie, have had this problem, too.  Traveling was a little bit stressful--we very nearly missed our flight from Austin.  At the gate, my conversation with the ticket checker went something like this:
       Airline person:  are you passenger Crews, traveling with infant?  You're late. We've been waiting for you.
       Me: my husband is coming, too.
       AP: oh, is he in the terminal?
       Me: (having no idea) Yes.
       AP: well, we are about to close the gates. Are you comfortable traveling without your husband?
       Me: um, well, let me figure out how to break down this stroller.  I can check my stroller, right?  I'm not sure how to do this...
        AP: Do you want to call him?
        (I had already called him, and couldn't get through, and had no idea if he had even parked yet, let alone if he had made it through security, etc.  And at this point..Michael appears, like a mirage, at the opening to the tunnel)

how amazing is this bathing suit?

Janie's puffy cheeks

Jamesie kissing Janie

Emmy cuddling with her newest great-grandchild

Cousin Ben and Poppa Matt

Seannie is a great cousin and will be a great big brother--to a new sister in just a few days!

(Great) Aunt Annabelle, ready with the burp cloth

(Great) Aunt Mimi

Auntie Erin looooves kissing Baby Jane

and holding her up like Simba

Poppa

first "swim," which involved Daddy dipping her legs into foot-deep water

Janie's white outfit--a rare chance to use her hoodie

Janie learned to talk this week, cooing back and forth with Michael and smiling, too

awwww...Janie loves Daddy

boys wreaking havoc at the restaurant--the waitress had no sense of humor and I kept waiting for her to blow

first cousin in law three times removed John telling us that Janie is beautiful and having a baby is the best thing ever (he and Mary Claire had six)

Janie sitting on her cousin and wearing her Jane/peacock onesie from Lisa

feeding Janie next to Sackets Harbor

Janie's traveling clothes--ready to go at 5 am

We went to my dad's family's cottages in Knobby Knoll, Sackets Harbor, New York, the land of do-nothing and the land where time stands still.  Janie's cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandma loved holding her.  She also started sleeping through the night--maybe because of the cold weather?  She was two months old at this point, and when we returned to Waco, she started waking once in the night again, although at 5 am instead of at 3 am like previously.  After a few weeks she started sleeping though the night again.  Anyway, we loved the weather up North and I wouldn't mind living in the North again some day :)