Plane ride

For the past several months we've used a white noise app to play airplane noise for Afton as she goes to sleep. The intent was to drown out any other noise in the house and let her sleep more peacefully. It seems that Afton, much like Pavlov's dogs, has become so conditioned that the noise sedated her. Last night she was standing on my lap, wildly babbling and waving her arms, when we accidentally turned the sound on. Almost instantly she calmed herself and slowly sat and then laid down. It was very funny. It also got our hopes up that she would sleep through our entire four and a half hour flight to Utah today. Unfortunately, that was not the case. 

Before the flight, Afton loved walking with Mom's help, pointing at things and babbling. 

As we boarded,  they announced that not everyone registered had checked in for the flight. So we strategized about how to snag an extra seat (we flew Southwest). We chose a row near the back and put Afton between us on the middle seat. As Robyn said, we won the lottery and that one seat was the only empty one on the flight. 

Afton did fall asleep early into the flight, but it didn't last long. 

For much of the flight, she was content play. 

She had fun eating snacks 

And Mommy's ice. 

She also enjoyed watching the other passengers on board. 

But there was also a time when we were those annoying fellow passengers with the loudly crying, inconsolable baby. 

We tried hard to help her sleep. 

It didn't make her feel any better when I opened my water bottle and the pressure difference caused a geyser to erupt straight into her eye. 

All in all, it wasn't bad. We are blessed with a sweet, well-behaved baby.