We got there!

Getting ready for a large trip is a LOT of work.  I started months ago gathering new summer clothes for Emmaline and trying to figure out what to take for her to keep her occupied on the plane. I tried to stay organized....but I didn't always succeed.  By the night before I realized that I was going to need more time.  My solution - stay up all night.  I thought it would help me get my "clock" reset for when we got there.  WRONG!!!

Emmaline was soooo excited.  She eagerly got up, got dressed, and got in the car.  She couldn't wait to get on the plane.  She told everyone that she was going on four planes and we were going to the other side of the world.  We did however have a bit of drama before we got on the first plane.  We went through security, where you have to do everything but completely disrobe and somehow in the midst of us putting everything back together again and trying to keep our eye on Emma, our Passports and Boarding Passes didn't make it with us.  So I ended up having my first meltdown before we even got to the gate for our first flight.  Luckily a very nice TSA agent found them sitting on the floor by the bench and returned them to us.  Whew!!!!

It still amazes me after all these years......He can sleep anywhere in any position.  We hadn't been on the plane but for about 20 minutes and he was OUT!  If you are friends with me on FB than you have seen a picture of him sleeping in the waiting area waiting for our next flight in Washington DC.

Emmaline's bag of "Things to keep her Happy and Occupied".  I kept that thing close at ALL times!!!

She took her first nap during the layover in DC.  Luckily, while she slept, Steven and I were able to enjoy a very yummy lunch in a very nice restaurant at the airport.  She woke up just as we were finishing so we were able to just stop and get her some chicken nuggets from Wendy's.

After our first layover, I quit taking any pictures.  I was so exhausted already from having stayed up the night before and I hadn't got to sleep at all yet.

Emmaline is amazingly well on the trip.  I was so impressed with her!  My parents met up with us in DC and from there we traveled together.  Every once in a while they would come and get Emmaline and take her to sit with them to give me a bit of a break.  It was great!

We flew in to Sydney and we had to collect our bags and go through customs before we checked our bags back in to Brisbane.  In Australia, they let you use a cart for your bags with out charging you two fingers and 1/2 your arm. 

My parents DID not want me to take a picture of them!  I personally thought they looked pretty good.  Oh well!!

We were waiting in the Quantas Lounge for our next flight and it overlooks a bunch of hangers.  This plane pulled out of one of them and I just thought it was neat! 

This neat sign was on the back of the luggage carts.  Took a picture of it cause I just liked it :-)

Here is My sweet Emmaline.  We were able to take showers once we got to Sydney while we were waiting for our last flight up to Brisbane.  Talk about refreshing!!!!  She was still happy even after being cooped up all that time.  Of course at this point I was happy too.....I was showered, I wasn't sitting on an airplane, I had just eaten a crumpet, and I knew in another couple of hours it was going to be over!!!

I will have plenty more pictures!!!!