The Scifres Family: Ava visits grammy and papa in the windy city....

Ava and I went to Chicago this past weekend for my good friend's baby shower as well as a visit to grammy and papa's new house. The weekend started off a little rocky with a very rough travel day, but quickly turned around once we finally arrived.

So here is the short version of our lovely travel day.....

We boarded the plane on time and all was going smoothly. I had timed it perfectly so that Ava would be ready to nurse and take a nap around the time of take off, but that all went down hill quickly. What was originally a 30 minute delay for minor maintenance turned into a 3 1/2 hour delay while we sat on the runway in a very hot and crowded plane. Luckily, Ava did so well! Many of the passengers commented on her excellent behavior and thought that she did better than some of the adults on the plane. After almost having to cancel the entire trip because the flight wasn't going to be taking off we finally left la at 8:15 pm (4:40 was the original departure) and arrived in Chicago at 2 am. But none of that even mattered after we got to grammy and papa's house and enjoyed a wonderful weekend together.

Ava had a lot of "firsts" this trip:
- First time seeing fall!
- First tornado (warning only)
- First time having to bundle up to go outside
- First time taking a bath in a regular bath tub
- First time meeting Bailey (cute picture of that below)

AND the biggest first of all happened right after we returned home from our Chicago weekend. AVA STARTED CRAWLING!!!!!!! It was like she knew she couldn't do it until she got home to her daddy. Within minutes of Steve and Ava playing on the floor when we returned she was crawling all over the place.