First Flights...

Well the trip started out very well.

The volume of luggage and kids was a bit much at first. Once we checked all our big bags things were a bit better. The travelling toddler straps were great when in use. They allowed us to strap the car seats to our carry on bags and then wheel the kids in thier seats through the airport instead of having to use a stroller. The problem was that they were a bit tought to install and everytime we had to go through security or get on the plane it was a 10 minute ordeal undoing and redoing them all.

The first flight from Ottawa to Chicago was delayed due to bad weather in chicago. However, they decided to board the plane and hope they would be allowed to take off. After getting all the seats installed we spent about 20 minutes on the runway just waiting. The novelty of the airplane was great and the kids did not complain much at all.

Once in the air the kids fell asleep and the flight was uneventful. Wyatt stayed awake the whole way and fell asleep just as we landed.

Because the flight was delayed we were in serious danger of missing our connection in Chicago to LA. We quickly strapped up the kids and seats and then did a mad dash through the terminal to get to our new gate. When we arrived boarding was closed. However, due to some timely mechanical issues with the plane it was delayed and they allowed us to board. They had to shuffle some people to get us all together but we ended getting 7 seats all together in the end. This flight was about 3.75 hours and again the kids did well. Wyatt and Maddy were a little fussy towards the end of it and Cooper was his typical easy going self and wasn't bothered by any of it.

Once in LA we gathered up all our luggage and headed to the curbside to catch our bus to the hotel in Anahiem. The first bus passed us right by but the next one showed up 20 minutes later and we quickly loaded up and boarded it for a 40 minute ride to anahiem ( luckily it was a greyhound bus and had lots of room for our stuff ).

the hotel was nice. Sadly the toddler pool and splash area was under construction. We ordered a pizza and let the kids run wild in the hotel room till fairly late. We managed to get 2 adjoining rooms so it was lots of fun for them to run back and forth between the two rooms.