Please Be Seated

One of the things I was slightly "worried" about was seating on the airplane.  I was concerned they'd have us all far apart or that poor Easton would be off on his own somewhere next to some sketchy stranger.


British Airways doesn't let you choose seats (for free, anyway) until 24 hours before departure.  So, you can bet, at 8:45 tonight I was more than ready to get going on my seat preference choices.  My mom even set a timer for me. 


Well, 8:45 came and went.  And more important things were happening like our big goodbye with my sister, her partner, and my nephews.  So I wanted to do things like take pictures of all the cousins . . . only my boys were needing to put on pajamas because the superhero costumes they had been wearing were going home with their cousins.  But it was making me yell as if such wardrobe changes should've happened instantly and not off in the privacy of bedrooms or something. :( 


Once all the kids had said their goodbyes and my sister's family was heading to their car.  So I went too, but with firm instructions to my kids to 'stay inside'.  Well then Autumn goes, "I have an idea!" and starts heading to the door all underfoot like a blind dog or something.  I assume she's heading outside despite my explicit instructions not to, plus she's all up in my way because the path through the living room is completely crowded with many of our belongings we're still needing to move to store or sell.  So, in my haste to get things moving so I can get on with choosing my seats on the plane I yelled at her for not listening and picked her up and moved her back out of my way.  :(  Turns out the poor sweet thing just wanted to "tell them something in German" from the door.  Terrible, mean, Mommy.  I felt awful.  Still do.  She was crying and crying but eventually we could convince her to say a quiet "Auf Wiedersehen" from my hip.  She forgave me, but I still feel awful for my yelling.  It's a stressful time and I was certainly feeling pressure to get checked in online ASAP for the best choices of seats, but still....I shouldn't be yelling at my babies.  This is hard on them too!


Eventually I got online and got things squared away.  There was only one possible "4 in a row" combination for our first leg from Denver to London so I snatched it up.  The three kiddos will be on one side of an aisle and I'll be on the aisle directly across from them.
 


I also chose all our seats for the London to Berlin flight but, um, that ones not 24 hours out just yet so it didn't take.  I'll need to figure out just when that will occur tomorrow and get on that again. 

Not like there's not enough to do tomorrow already!  Night!