Wake up call at 3:30 AM.
Gathered last minute items like toiletries and snack for Abby on the airplane.
Paul managed to shove 4 suitcases, 2 backpacks, and a stroller into the Maxima while I woke Abby up and got her ready to go.
Left the house at 4:30 AM.
As Paul turned onto Brink Rd., I sleepily remarked, "Oh, we're going to BWI?" I had never checked our flight itinerary to verify, so I was surprised; I had only flown out of BWI once before.
"Yes."
A minute later...."Can you check the itineraries? Now I'm doubting myself."
I reached over the sleeping Abby to grab our paperwork and found out we were actually flying out of Dulles (IAD)!!! Good thing we checked.
The rest of our day was as good as we could have hoped. Ticketing and check-in to Virgin America was easy, fast, and friendly. Going through security took about 5 minutes and we were riding the mobile lounge to our concourse by 6:00 AM.
Our flight would be boarding at 7:20, so we grabbed breakfast at a little cafe. Abby ate her breakfast while she made faces at everyone sitting around us. She was in a very good mood by the time we left to wait by the gate.
Virgin America offers an entertainment unit on the back of every seat, which provides tv, music, movies, and games...all but a few movies were totally free.
Paul played Doom for awhile, but listened to his ipod most of the time. I listened to my ipod while Abby slept and also played Anagramarama (very similar to Word Worm) for most of the flights.
Abby was extremely well behaved. She slept well and when she was awake, she rarely fussed and she loved pressing the buttons on the monitor and the remote controls to see the picture change on the screens. She was also very entertained by our fellow passengers, many of whom were little kids who made faces with Abby for long periods of time.
The flight from IAD to LAX took 6 hours. The flight from LAX to SEA was 2 hours. For almost the entire LAX to SEA flight, Abby slept. We had just bought a JBL On Stage Micro speaker for the ipod so we could play music for Abby. (We tried putting headphones on her, but she quickly ripped those off her head and threw them.) So, for as long as we had her music playing, she slept.
As we pulled into SEA, we got an amazing view of Mt. Rainier.
Baggage was waiting for us when we showed up at baggage claim. The stewards and stewardesses on both flights were entertaining, friendly, and attentive. For anyone needing to fly with small children, we would HIGHLY recommend flying Virgin America.
SiJen met us at Passenger Pick-Up and we got a great, scenic tour of Seattle on our way back to their house.
When Bryan came home from work, we took a walk around Discovery Park then went to the Fisherman's Terminal and had dinner at Chinook's. The Fisherman's Terminal is where all the work boats are docked. We got to see the boat that was actually on the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, the Sea Star. Chinook's had a great view of the boat docks and the food was spectacular. The calamari and spinach salad were divine!
Tomorrow, we have a day to spend wandering around Seattle, so we plan on seeing the Pike Place Public Market and the Space Needle, but it all depends on how well our Munchkin sleeps tonight.
Gathered last minute items like toiletries and snack for Abby on the airplane.
Paul managed to shove 4 suitcases, 2 backpacks, and a stroller into the Maxima while I woke Abby up and got her ready to go.
Left the house at 4:30 AM.
As Paul turned onto Brink Rd., I sleepily remarked, "Oh, we're going to BWI?" I had never checked our flight itinerary to verify, so I was surprised; I had only flown out of BWI once before.
"Yes."
A minute later...."Can you check the itineraries? Now I'm doubting myself."
I reached over the sleeping Abby to grab our paperwork and found out we were actually flying out of Dulles (IAD)!!! Good thing we checked.
The rest of our day was as good as we could have hoped. Ticketing and check-in to Virgin America was easy, fast, and friendly. Going through security took about 5 minutes and we were riding the mobile lounge to our concourse by 6:00 AM.
Our flight would be boarding at 7:20, so we grabbed breakfast at a little cafe. Abby ate her breakfast while she made faces at everyone sitting around us. She was in a very good mood by the time we left to wait by the gate.
Virgin America offers an entertainment unit on the back of every seat, which provides tv, music, movies, and games...all but a few movies were totally free.
Paul played Doom for awhile, but listened to his ipod most of the time. I listened to my ipod while Abby slept and also played Anagramarama (very similar to Word Worm) for most of the flights.
Abby was extremely well behaved. She slept well and when she was awake, she rarely fussed and she loved pressing the buttons on the monitor and the remote controls to see the picture change on the screens. She was also very entertained by our fellow passengers, many of whom were little kids who made faces with Abby for long periods of time.
The flight from IAD to LAX took 6 hours. The flight from LAX to SEA was 2 hours. For almost the entire LAX to SEA flight, Abby slept. We had just bought a JBL On Stage Micro speaker for the ipod so we could play music for Abby. (We tried putting headphones on her, but she quickly ripped those off her head and threw them.) So, for as long as we had her music playing, she slept.
As we pulled into SEA, we got an amazing view of Mt. Rainier.
Baggage was waiting for us when we showed up at baggage claim. The stewards and stewardesses on both flights were entertaining, friendly, and attentive. For anyone needing to fly with small children, we would HIGHLY recommend flying Virgin America.
SiJen met us at Passenger Pick-Up and we got a great, scenic tour of Seattle on our way back to their house.
When Bryan came home from work, we took a walk around Discovery Park then went to the Fisherman's Terminal and had dinner at Chinook's. The Fisherman's Terminal is where all the work boats are docked. We got to see the boat that was actually on the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, the Sea Star. Chinook's had a great view of the boat docks and the food was spectacular. The calamari and spinach salad were divine!
Tomorrow, we have a day to spend wandering around Seattle, so we plan on seeing the Pike Place Public Market and the Space Needle, but it all depends on how well our Munchkin sleeps tonight.
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