Emmy turns 5 on an airplane!!

Today is Emmy's birthday!  We picked the girls up from school a little early and drove to Chicago to catch our flight.  I have been sooo nervous about flying with all the kids!  So we drive our van to Chicago, parked in long term parking where we take a bus to the train that takes us to the airport!  The kids loved all the different modes of transportation! (Including escalators, elevators, and walking sidewalks!)
So of coarse when we got to the parking lot it was time for Brayden to eat, but we didn't have an extra hour for me to feed him.  So I put him in the wrap and nursed him on the go!  Crazyness.  He did really well.  The only hard part is we had a lot of luggage, so I was also pulling a rolling luggage behind me (while carrying a nursing newborn in a sling!)  that caused for a few painful moments here and there!  But otherwise it worked really well!  The kids were ANGELS!!  Seriously I'm so proud of them. I was terrified of taking 5, FIVE young children through airport security in CHICAGO!, but everyone was really nice and the kids were soo good. And we all made it safely on to the airplane and no one was lost or stolen!!  HALLELUJAH!!!  That was mostly what I was afraid of, that a kid would run off or get taken in that busy crazy place!

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The kids were so good on the airplane!  We were crammed in there!  The plane had 6 seats on each row with an aisle in the middle.  So Ryan had Kaitlyn, Logan, Evan (lap child) on his row and I had Emmy and Brayden.  There was another nice lady sitting in our row too.  The flight attendant asked if she wanted to move, but she refused (darn!)  She was really nice though and watched a movie with Emmy :)  Also we were the very last row!  Right in front of the bathrooms.  It turned out to be a good thing cause I could let Emmy go potty without having to get up and wake Brayden.  Ryan was amazing and somehow got Evan to fall asleep in his lap.  I don't know how he does it!  And I nursed Brayden and kept Emmy and occasionally Logan (he was across the aisle from me) entertained.  We landed and Grandma and Grandpa D picked us up and took us to Grammy and Grandpa Wilson's house.  Poor Evan puked in the car!  I think he was just travel sick.  We were glad to plop the kids in beds and go to sleep!  Such a long day of travel, but it only took one day!!!

I LOVE TEXAS!!!!  So happy to be here!

Shopping!

So Grandma D sent money for Emmy's birthday!!  She decided she wanted a computer to keep her entertained on the airplane!

Here's her spoils!  (She had so much fun going shopping and deciding what to get!)

And yesterday Brayden turned 2 months old!!  He's growing so quickly!

Em cuts Daddy's hair

Here's the videos of Em cutting Ryan's hair.  We were Skyping Grandma and Grandpa Dalton too, so that's who you can hear in the background.

Happy Birthday Emmy!

We are going to Texas on Emmy's birthday (Shawn is getting married!!) so we are celebrating all week.  Lucky Em!

Today after church we had cake for Emmy!  She didn't enjoy the attention at all ;)

And I see a tradition starting!  Emm's was SOOO excited to get to cut Daddy's hair! Hahaha

Because our kids don't have any toys...

they decided to play with the recycling bins

Crazy kids!  I sure love them!  

The cutest centerpiece for our lunch!

Attempted photo session

So our neighbors have a beautiful tree, and one of the branches got knocked down.  The kids were plying over there and it was so pretty I tried to do a mini photo session... Tried being the operative word.


Kaitlyn

Emmy

Logan ~He was much more interested in running

 Evan wanted NOTHING to do with this.  I'm a mean mommy and held him down with one hand while trying to take a picture with the other...

Snot nosed and a huge bruise, well kiddo that's pretty much how you look now a days, trying to keep up with the big kids is hard!

Fun!!

So the kids got the game Twister for Easter and we played it tonight for FHE.  Haha, so fun!  It ended up being me against Kaitlyn, but it's kinda hard to play with Emmy and Evan crawling under and around me the whole time!  Mostly it just ended in fits of giggles.  :)

AND the girls dance costumes came in today!!  They couldn't wait to try them on.  They look pretty stinkin cute!