surprise trips

I am sitting here at the airport terminal, alone. Kinda weird. The only time i am ever alone is when I get to run to target when nate is home on the weekends #momlife. We're heading out on a secret trip to  surprise someone special and go to a wedding.  (here's a peek of the pics from the photo booth at the wedding!)

anyway, back to packing....It all started last night when nate packed in 10 mins. How do men do that? I mean, my trip packing takes me days, with high anxiety added in! 

I started writing a list of things to do/things not to forget yesterday and started the to do list today. Why do I get such high anxiety with trips? I tell nate that this is exactly why I dont like to travel. So he said he always says he'll help me pack....and he does what he can, but packing is only part of it, you know?  I had to switch the car seat and strollers to the right car, do the dishes, clear the disposal, make sure the temperature was down, eat all the fresh fruit/freeze it/throw it away, take out the garbage, clean the house #noonelikescominghometoamess. All while cleaning up food dumped on the floor, feeding eli, reading to eli, getting eli unstuck from the crevice between the chair and the table #ournewactivity #allday #everyday, putting him down to sleep, getting ready for the day, find a babysitter for the sealing, and eat #mostimportant....so it took me about 6 hrs to pack....bleh! 6 hrs vs 10 mins. I need to learn some tricks from nate or some thing! otherwise we might not travel too much more.

So then we get out on time! Woohoo, thanks to eli's almost 3hr nap! (his upper canines just popped through, so I am hoping that is why he was fussy for the past 2 months??? #momdreams).  We get going and I have the highest anxiety trying to think if ive forgotten anything. (am i the only one like this? my stomach is in knots, and my mind just races and races). I finally call nate and he calms me down. If i brought my ID and Eli, we are good #menaresimple #gladtobemarried

  We park our car and ride the bus to the airport. Nate and I are riding on different flights bc of flyer miles and stuff. So after discussing it with the bus driver for 10 mins, we finally decide that he should drop us off together....nate comes back from checking in, we forgot the stroller. Ugh! We forgot the carrier also! Good thing nate is here and is planning on taking eli otherwise I wouls die!   My hip/pelvic pain is dramatically down since ive gone to a chiropractor this pregnancy but walking long distances hurts like the dickens....wait, lets tell it like it is....it feels like labor.  So good news is Nate is so optimistic and doesnt care that we forogt it #heisreallygoodforme

We get through security and realize that nate needs to use the restroom, fill up a waterbottle and buy and eat dinner (since that was something else I forgot).    But thats right as we realize that we were in separate terminals (denver airport is huge and we fogot to realize we couldnt just chill together).   So good luck nate! Hope he did well since its his first time having to do solo things such as that without somewhere to set eli down.  And eli is fast these days! So I hope it all went well....

#sidenote

im obviously a protective mom bc I was trying to calm down by telling him that the worst thing that would happen is eli sticking his hand in the toilet, and I watched this lady who overheard it, I could just tell she was like "wow, what a crazy, paranoid, over-protective mom." Hey lady, i've been through a lot today and have forgotten a lot. and I'm pregnant and in pain, so give me a break. Plus nate is used to me being a weirdo, so he just smiled while i gave him my freak mom advice #anotherreasonilovehim

Anyway, we also forgot to check me in 24 hrs early. we have to check in early bc im on southwest and your seat depends on how early you check in....so I look down after nate and I separate and....what? Im in the first group to board? I guess my "due in june" shirt gave it away that im prego and the guy checking me in felt bad for me?  Whatever it was, im now in a good seat!

Anyway, this is super weird to be alone, but also nice...but also super weird!

 This is eli's 9th time on an airplane.  Five if those times it was me and him alone. Plus nate loves playing with eli, I get just through it. Plus eli loves playing with nate AND nate flies alone for business all the time. Plus, i get way sick flying.  Plus, plus i could not carry eli through the airport and chase after him, he'd probably get abducted, and I'd go into labor....So im glad it all worked out.

So now im on the plane alone, trying not to throw up. Anyone else feel like they want to die every time they fly? Why in the stink do I fly so much? Oh yeah, to see people I love.       After this, no more flights for 8 months. Woohoo!

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now we are back home. YAY! no one died!! Nate left early for work this morning, and I peeled myself out of bed at 8 after Eli had been talking for 20 mins, but when it turns to crying, i feel this urge to help...i mean, this mom sense tells me i have to wake up to my duties :) side note: i think i am the hardest person to wake up, i have no idea who nursed eli through the night for those first 5 months. 

I might still be a walking zombie an hour later, BUT it is so nice to be home. i love spending time with family, it is so refreshing since now we live in the boondocks basically! BUT it is hard chasing a toddler around everyone's house and telling eli a million times "no thankyou, we dont break ceramic art." "no thankyou, we leave sharp knives in the drawer." "what...how did you get that medicine?!?!?!" you know, just every day happenings. #gladmyhouseisbabyproof

no i can sit here on the couch and just chill while eli unpacks for me #thankyou? #toocutetogetmad #imtootiredtodoanything

AND i can eat all the kix i want. especially since two people commented on how chubby i am yesterday, so what better way to get over it than to have all you can eat kix, right? #somehowkixareaddictive #icantstopeatingthem  #whotellsapregnantladysheischubby #sillyairplanepeople #illexerciselater   

ANYWAY

here's some clips of the weekend:

Eliza was so happy we surprised her!!! (Eliza is Nate's sister who just got back from her LDS mission in brazil 2 weeks ago) She's never met Eli (funny side note, I was 6 months pregnant when she left on her mission, and I'm 6 months pregnant when she got back. Haha I told her that things just sit still while you're out serving) #shelovedthesurprise #yayforaunts

we saw a car that was won on the price is right #we'rebasicallyfamousnow

i sat at the wrong baggage claim for 20 mins #pregnancybrain

one night we were with family playing games and Eli was so tired, and they didnt have a crib or anything. so I put a blanket on the floor in the corner and put him there awake just like i would a crib, and he fell asleep! he didnt leave the blanket #yayforgoodsleeper #whatifwehaveacrazychildnext

i told people that the airplane ride went smoothly because i think we had a better airplane driver person #doublepregnancybrain

Eli loved being with his grandparents, especially his grandpa. He kept giving him hugs #iforgottotakepicturesofthat #soprecious

now i'm off to chill, wait....eli def has a messy diaper. mommy sense is kicking in :) see you later!