Emma's first trip to LA

At 7 weeks, Emma went on her first airplane ride. We went to LA to visit my family. She was a trooper on the plane ride to LA. We timed it perfectly that it was time for her to eat when we took off so her ears didn't bother her at all! She then fell asleep when we were descending and while I was nervous that she would wake up and scream because her ears couldn't pop she didn't make a peep. She was perfect.

Grandma picked us up from the airport, and we went home for lunch. Emma had a lot of visitors - her Great Grandparents were there, and her Aunt Deb and Grandpa all came home to see the little girl. She also met Gracie! Gracie liked having her around but she was glad when Emma left. Gracie is used to being the center of attention but with Emma around people paid attention to Emma and didn't play so much with Gracie. Monday night Berta came home and came right upstairs to meet Emma. She was so excited to finally meet her!








On Tuesday we went down to Long Beach to visit her Great Nana. It really was so great and cool that she was able to meet her Great Grandparents. It is nice to see all the generations come together. We then headed back to LA and she had some more visitors in the evening - my friends came over to meet her - Penni, Soleiman, Sam, Ashley and David.




On Wednesday we went to my office in LA and she met many of my co-workers. Wednesday night her Grandma threw her a big party so all her friends could meet the little girl. It was a beautiful party and we all enjoyed it. On Thursday my boss Alison came over to meet her and then Kirin came over for lunch. Thursday evening we went over to her Great Grandparents house and she met Marina too.

On Friday her Aunt Deb took her for most of the day while I got some "me" time. They went for a walk and both Emma and Deb enjoyed their time together. Friday night the family came over for dinner and everyone said their goodbyes. On Saturday we flew home. This time Emma fell asleep before takeoff and 10/15 mins into the flight she woke up and screamed the highest pitch scream I have ever heard from her! It was so sad but it only lasted about a minute. I was able to calm her down and I was very thankful for that. She then woke up a couple mins later and screamed but not as loud. I took her out of her car seat and held her. She fell right asleep and I held her for the rest of the flight. Both of us were happy when we got home because we missed Daddy very much!