On the road again

In early September Owen and I flew up to Amarillo to visit the Burns side of the family. Thankfully my best friend Alicia came with us - she was a huge help on the plane while I was trying to juggle Owen and multiple bags.

I have to brag on Owen - he was Perfect! We drove 2 hours to the airport on Thursday and then were in the airport/plane for the next 4 hours. On Friday I took him by my old job to meet everyone and had lunch with some friends. Sunday we drove 3 hours to see my brother and his wife, went to church and then drove 3 hours back. Then on Monday we flew to Austin and drove home. Through all of this - AND CUTTING HIS FIRST TOOTH - Owen DID NOT CRY. Seriously. He may have gotten cranky for about 10 seconds a couple of times, but other than that he was such a trooper.  Full of smiles and laughs for everyone.

Two situations that illustrate how good he was - My brother is the preacher at a church in Altus OK. He talked about how cute Owen was from the pulpit so of course half the congretation had to come and meet Owen - he handled all this attention fine - even after the long morning of driving we'd had.
Next, in the plane on the way home the stewardess grabbed him from me, took him to the front of the plane and announced over the loud speaker that she had a new boyfriend :)  I thought he would freak out when he saw the plane full of people, but he was totally cool and a huge flirt.

Here are a few pics from our travels