A little venting....

So we made our first airplane trip with Tucker!! Yay..We flew to Atlanta to visit with our Sweat family, then headed over to Chapin, S.C. to visit with more family...(More to come on our trip on another post).

So, as crazy as I am and the need to make sure everything goes perfect..I have been making the final preparations for this trip for quite awhile...Asked tons of questions and got lots of suggestions on flying with a baby..etc...etc..So my plan was to attempt to take our carseat on the plane. We didn't pay for Tucker his own seat, but I had heard that the airlines will allow you to bring it on if their are any extra seats..So we make it through security (which wasn't bad at all) and head to our gate. Whenever we get there, Andy and Tucker go sit down and I head up to talk to the gate attendant..Just to put out some "feelers" and figure out if we were going to take the car seat on...

I go up to the counter at the gate, and there She stands. The Gate Attendant. I'm standing there patiently as she talks to another customer..As I overhear their conversation, I realize they are talking about makeup. I think "Okay thats weird, maybe they know eachother" Well as minutes tick on, they continue to "chat." And chat, and chat, and chat. Did they not notice that another customer was waiting to actually talk about something relevant to air travel! So after about 12 minutes of makeup talk, She turns to me, with a smirk on her face, and asks "What I need?"

I knew at that exact moment this wasn't going to turn out well. I go on to ask her if she thinks it's possible that there are going to be any empty seats on the plane for our carseat...She answers with " I'm sure there will be". I say to her "well, is the plane full or not?"..She says "Yes it is" I say "so there isn't one empty seat on the plane?" she says "there are several open seats"
I eventually say "Do you think it is even worth me taking the car seat on the plane" She says "I don't know, Do what you want." I stomp off towards Andy with smoke coming out of my ears..Did I mention it is 6:30 in the am!!!

So after settling down and deciding I'm just going to gate check the car seat with the stroller..I walk back up to the counter to tell her that I'm going to need to gate check those things. And did I need a tag or something.She says "I'll tag them?" and then just stares back at me..Okay so does she mean she'll tag them then or later...I ask her" When?" She stares back at me and says "Later"..I stomp off again....Did I mention it is 6:35 in the am!!! haha

What a way to start our trip!