We’ve made it to Boston

This morning we left for Boston, MA for Avery’s surgery on Tuesday. Our first flight was from Greenville, SC to Lynchburg, VA. This time it's just me and Avery....we couldn't get into the family housing program they were booked and too expensive for Jared to stay in a motel the whole time. So I have to put my BIG girl pants on and do this one by myself this time..:( .Anxiety is really starting to kick in a little...hard saying good bye to my kids especially the twins when I was putting them to bed last night  I told them I was going bye-bye for awhile...they told me NO!!! and Jayla says mommy be right back..and I had to tell her no too... :(

It was a really great flight..there were hardly any bumps or anything..Avery did awesome..she pretty much just played on her iPad the whole flight…it was about 2 hours we had some tail wind so went faster…so that was a plus..

A few pictures from our flight…

Not sure if u will be able to see in the pictures or not but if u look far off..them are the blue ridge mountains


The landing strip is in sight…whew!!

Our pilot was Ned…and he was great…he seen a documentary on angel flights on tv and decided that looked like a great idea so he went back and updated his pilots license and bought a plane..and has been doing them for the last three years..before that he had gotten his pilot license in 1968 but then let it go after awhile…and never had a plane before this one..but he did tell me that he flew a homemade plane..bc while we were flying up there a homemade one came over the headset..and he mentioned it to me…ummmm…homemade airplane…NO THANK YOU!!

Our second flight was from Lynchburg, VA to Phil, PA.. Our pilot was Bob….We had Bob from our last trip….so that was really nice..bc we already knew him…

Avery loved to wear the headphones..and she talked into the microphone pretty much the whole trip…she obviously likes to listen to herself

See these big puffy clouds….They are the worst things ever to fly through in a single propeller airplane….just sayin’!  But really this flight was the worst…I got pretty sick…BUT I didn’t lose my stomach so that is a plus…right??!!!! But the clouds are what made it BAD…and towards the end he asked to fly lower so we could avoid them…

Our third flight was from Phil, PA to Boston, MA….and it was the best plane ride that we have been on EVER. why???? BC we rode on a jet plane

Our pilot was Dave…and he is great…he brought his wife along on the trip..they are going to eat in Boston and then they will fly back home…aww..the life when u get older…They fly everywhere!!!! 

We are flying first class here….I mean look George even has his own seat…hehehe!!! Avery wanted him to buckle up too so I obliged..



New York City…WHoa huh????

Statue of LIberty…hahaha!!! You can see it right???

Coming into Boston

Sailboats are huge here..all u see up in the plane is all these little white triangles everywhere…

Boston, MA city line

A look of our plane from the front

Wooohooo!!!  We made it…Our cab driver seen Avery carrying her Curious George so he told us that they have a Curious George store here…I think she deserves to go before her big surgery..so on tomorrow’s agenda after her pre-op appointments…find the Curious George Store…apparently its not hard to get to  BUT you have to take the train..GASP…I've never did that before..
We got to our motel and laid down and Avery took a little bit of a power nap…then we went the food court here and got some supper…So we were standing in line at Subway and I see this  old guy staring at her..and then he comes over to her and starts talking to her and telling her how cute she is...and I start  wondering what in the world hew as doing..if he was being creepy, or crazy or what…BUT then he tells me "i lost my brother 10 years ago who also had DS and he was the BEST thing ever in my life and you are truly blessed and she will bring u more joy then you can imagine.."
When we got back to our motel room…we Skyped with the girls..I made sure this time before I left to get it set up so I could talk this way with the girls this time..and it was awesome…Avery really enjoyed it…and I enjoyed seeing everyone too..I think the twins liked it too….

Well tomorrow is pre-op day…and Tuesday is the BIG day for her surgery..but stay tuned to my blog I will have updates on here…

Friday- our flights home..

Like I said in the previous post we didn’t end up flying home on Thursday..we flew home on Friday..flying home with a post op patient is not my idle situation..especially one that uses a bed pan to go to the bathroom…and we fly into small airports so there is no changing table or anything to take the big diaper off..it was very interesting..Jared made his way into the girls  bathroom to help one time..{don’t worry there wasn’t anyone in there..very small airport..everyone knew we were in there..} one of them didn’t have a wheelchair so we had to carry her..very interesting..something I would not want to repeat anytime soon..and to top it off I was very nausea on EVERY plane ride..I did not feel very good..
I told her that it was time to get her medicine and she wasn’t very happy about it..obviously…

Good-bye Boston….


Such a great morning…it was so beautiful..the way the sun was hitting the water…



Hello New York City..you can vaguely see the statue out in the water…look really close..or put on your glasses…

Is that some place you would want to live…hmmmm nope!!!

All of us with Steve the first pilot..who was also our last pilot when we flew to Boston..

All of us with our second pilot bob..who flew us from Philadelphia, PA  to Lynchburg, VA..he was our pilot in the middle of our flights last time too..

Do you remember from my post of us flying there..I showed you a picture of smoke up in the clouds???? well this is what produces it…

Our third pilot…that flew us from Lynchburg, VA to Greenville..he is from Ashville..

and our third plane..I didn’t take a picture of the other planes bc they were the same ones that we rode in before..but this one was a new plane and new pilot…


Woohoo!! Jared actually let me sit in the front for one plane ride out of six..not bad..huh???  it was pretty great..he said he would let me fly if I wanted to..but I chose not to..my stomach wasn’t feeling very great on this one..and he assured me he had a puke bag if I needed one..lol!

But we made it with everything still in tact and nope didn’t loose my stomach..so that always a plus!!;) Its so good to be home..when we were flying home over Greenville it was so neat to see all the azaleas blossoming and the pear trees, and the pink cherry trees…and also everything is SOOOOO GREEN here…we both picked up on that right away..and of course the weather is more my kind of weather..oh yes there is no place like home..home in the Carolinas!!!