This past weekend, Evie took her first plane ride and her first vacation! Our friends Jerry and Rebecca were getting married in Vegas. I was nervous about her first flight, and spent a few days just making sure we had everything we needed. Just packing for a baby is hard enough. Make that an aspirating baby on a g-tube who is starting solids, and it gets even more interesting. But I am thankful that it's not an aspirating baby on a g-tube on oxygen!! Evie snoozed before take-off! We made it to the airport just in time to get through security, grab something for dinner for the trip, and pre-board. Evie got her first pair of airplane wings, but was too sleepy to enjoy them. Evie became known as "the good baby" on the plane, because there was another baby who was screaming the whole flight. Poor baby and her poor mommy. One fear was that Evie had not pooped in 2 days, and she usually poops at least once a day...
While sharing our journey with Down Syndrome, we want to help other parents with our experiences, as well as spread awareness about what it means to have Down Syndrome (spoiler: it means great things!).