Mommy and Baby Jack's Surprise Visit to Portland

My step-mom Marta moved to Portland, OR a few years ago to be closer to her daughters and grandkids. She's been the one to come down each year to visit, but this summer her daughters and I decided to surprise her on her birthday with a visit from me and baby Jack! This was Jack's first plane ride and my first time going solo with a baby!

Here baby Jack waits patiently for his plane to board.

I dont' have any pics on the plane because I didn't have a free hand..but he was AWESOME! He slept while we were boarding and I had to wake him up to give him a bottle for take off. He played on the plane, smiled at all the ladies and was just PERFECT!

We traveled to Portland during the 3 days a year that they actually get hot weather. It was 99 when we landed - so we went to have lunch on the water. My step-sister Michelle with baby J.

It was breezy and nice on the water...thank goodness!

Michelle is going to email me the video of Marta walking in and seeing Baby Jack and I. I thought she was going to have a heart attack! It was so fun being the surprise guests and I'm glad we did not have to jump out of a cake. Baby Jack slept great in his pak-n-play...including a 2 hour nap on Saturday after the Farmers Market in Hillsboro.

On the return trip...baby Jack was super tired and just could not get comfy. So I did lots to entertain him, but when we started our decent, he wanted nothing to do with the bottle and he LOST IT. So I had a solid 5-10 minutes (felt like an hour) of big time crying until he finally gave up and passed out. We survived...and I actually think we should travel again soon!

Thanks to M&M for putting us up. We had a very good time!

Thanks Tyke and Heather for the travel car seat - worked like a charm!