Leaving on a jet plane!

Sam, Nathan and Adriana-3 monkeys on the couch

Reading maps at the zoo

Checking out the ducks on the river

Cupcake party!

Sleeping on the plane

Watching TV on the plane

So this month Adriana and I set out to go see my BFF Rachael and her boys in Kentucky. Adriana hasn't been on a plane since she was 9 months but her friend Will flies a lot and she has asked me repeatedly to go. So needless to say she was more than excited for our trip.

She loved the airport more than anyone really should. Moving walkways, big windows with planes outside...she had a blast. And when we finally got on the flight and it had TV on the back of the seat (thank you Frontier) I am not sure she could have been more happy. One of Ade's favorite things is to listen to songs on my iPod with my earphones. So using earphones to watch TV just made the experience that much more fun. She fell asleep pretty early into the flight and slept the entire way. She woke up when we were descending and looked out the window and saw the clouds as we were going through them. She got so excited and screamed "mommy we are flying in the clouds". She had a blast.

We had a great time in KY. Adriana got along famously with Rach's little boy Nathan. He is 4 and they played so well together. Nathan introduced her to the world of Spiderman (and now superheroes are a big part of our lives) and she loved to follow him around. Rachael also has an 18 month old named Sam, and while Adriana had nice moments with him, she did not display her best behavior (or even good behavior) with him. He is such a cute and sweet boy. She talked about him constantly when he wasn't around. Kids. I won't even pretend to understand how they work or think. It takes too much and is exhausting. :)

We had a really great time with them overall and spent some fun days at the water parks in KY and the zoo. It is so great to get to spend some time with Rachael's family and have our children get to know each other. And even though we had a blast, when it was time to come home, Adriana was more than ready to get home to Daddy and Clyde. All in all a great trip and lots of good memories. Adriana asks for Nathan daily and when she got a spiderman figurine in her happy meal the other day, he thought Nathan sent it to her. It was so cute I just let her think it. :)