Jack's First Flight & A New Skill

Jack took his first plane ride yesterday. Unfortunately the day turned into much more travel than we had anticipated which made for a very long day for an antsy 1 year old. Considering the length of the flight and the overall length of the day he did pretty well. He loved the airport, especially looking out the windows and watching the airplanes come and go. He was interested in the plane when we got on but that interest soon turned to impatience and frustration at the lack of activity and movement. We were slightly delayed in our departure so we sat on the plane for a while, Jack was quite tired and actually fell asleep before we ever took off. Paul tried to wake him for take off so that he would be too startled but he was too tired. So Jack officially slept through his first take off and because of that was a little confused when he woke up later and looked out the window to see nothing but bright sky. His nap was short lived and we spent the rest of the 4 hour flight listening to him whine and cry. He also threw almost everything we gave him, sippy cup, pacifier, markers, books and so on. I was fed up with him but I think the people around us were ok and not too annoyed. It helps that airplanes are pretty loud. So we survived and I realize that while I wasn't pleased with his behavior, it could have been a lot worse and I am thankful that it wasn't. 


To add to the general ordeal of flying, we ended up not being able to land in San Diego. The wind sheers were to strong to land so after one attempt at landing we pulled back up and flew to Los Angeles. Jack was thrilled with that...not so much. United has three big buses for everyone to drive us back to San Diego so we boarded our bus and got on the road for a 2 hour drive. Jack was so excited about riding a bus and was very good. He charmed all the people sitting near us of course. Then he fell asleep for about an hour which was a relief since he was exhausted. So while we got into San Diego much later than anticipated and much more tired, we made it and we all slept good last night.


This morning we are taking it easy at the hotel. Jack is having a lot of fun playing in our room and discovered a new skill of his. He can open the doors here. We have a room that has a door separating the bedroom from the living area and he has been opening and closing it all morning. His current game is to move all of his toys into one room, close the door, open the door, and move all of his toys back to the other room. Very thrilling. And I am thrilled that he can open doors....actually no I'm not. Could cause some problems at home, not to mention the threat of pinched fingers!