Our flight out was uneventful except for what felt like 10 minutes (but was probably less) of Allison crying until she feel asleep for the rest of the flight. Unfortunately our trip back was a different story. Since the Omaha airport is so small, there wasn't a line for security so we hung out outside of security until close to our boarding time. When we decided to go through security, I was holding Allison so I went through the metal detector and had my hands swabbed. To my surprise, my hands were positive and I had to go for additional screening and was told to hand Allison over to Brian. After I pointed out which was my suitcase, Madelyn came up beside me to hug my leg so I hugged her back and was quickly told I could touch no one which upset Madelyn. So Brian ended up taking care of Allison, a crying Madelyn and our luggage all while hearing last call for our flight! After they swabbed my suitcase, I had to go behind closed doors for a private screening. All in all, I was released and they told me it was probably something from diaper cream or baby wipes. We grabbed our stuff and ran to the gate where we were told they switched our seats because of the lap child. They kept arranging the seats so that I was going to have both kids by myself until a man said there are four seats (two right in front of the other) sit where you want but the lap child has to be in the even row. This ended up being a blessing because Madelyn didn't want to leave my side with the what had just happened at security. Madelyn sat with me and Allison until she was calm and happy and then went up front to sit with Brian. Luckily the actual flight back was uneventful!
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| Allison hiding under the table! |
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| Both girls smiling! |
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| Allison checking out the little kids stuff. |
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| Madelyn liked swinging on the rings and dropping into the block pit. |
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| Jumping with Grandpa |
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| Great-grand kids! |
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| Grand kids and Great-grand kids |
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| The block pit full of Cousins - no where for Madelyn to jump! |
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| Allison's first Thanksgiving |
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| Thanksgiving on Friday |
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| Loving her green beans! |
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| Madelyn pushing Allison before flying home |
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| Allison on the slide |
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| Dan and Brian swinging Madelyn up HIGH |
Photos by Beth Ottun on Thanksgiving:
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| The whole gang! |
