Prague to Los Angeles

For the holidays, Leos and I decided to fly to California with Amaya. I was a bit nervous how Amaya would be on the flights to LA. Our first flight was from Prague to Amsterdam. We had to get Modry Andel taxi service because we needed an XL car and a car with a baby seat.  Once at the airport, we boarded early and the flight attendants were so nice.  One even offered to hold Amaya while I got my things organized.  I took her offer and Amaya was totally fine.  I told her that it was Amaya's first flight ever and the flight attendant assured me that everything would be fine.  The flight was full, but luckily the ground staff changed the seat next to us and made it empty so we had more space. While the others were boarding, I could see all the disappointed faces when they saw Amaya.  Oh no, a baby on the plane!  Amaya cried just before take off because she was hungry, but I wanted to wait until lift off to feed her due to the pressure in her ears.  However, she was crying so much that I had to just give in and feed her while we were still on the runway.  Luckily, she filled up and fell asleep.  She didn't cry the rest of the flight.  Just before landing, one of the flight attendants gave me something for Amaya.  I thought it was just a standard thing they give all kids on the flights. Then I took a closer look and saw that they included a personalized card for Amaya.  It was so sweet!!  It also included a passport cover!  In Amsterdam, we went through immigration and headed to our gate.  I fed Amaya and then it was already time for early boarding.  We didn't have time to rest, we had to get on the plane.  I was so lucky that I met another mother in a class for Amaya who told me that I should send a message on Whatsapp to KLM to get the bassinet for free on the flight.  When I looked at the website for bassinets it said that you would need to pay for a seat with extra space for the bassinet.  The mother told me that I could get it for free if I sent the message, so I did.  And sure enough I got the bassinet for free.  Great advice! There were at least four other babies on the flight and Amaya was the only one with a bassinet! Amaya didn't sleep as much on the flight as I would've liked, but she cried a lot less than what I was expecting.  She did really great on the plane.  The only difficult part was landing in Los Angeles and not getting the stroller at the gate.  It was such a far walk and I had to carry Amaya while Leos carried most of the carry on items (which were a LOT!).  Upon arrival, there was a separate line for families. It was so quick!!!  We didn't need to wait long for our bags either.  We finally exited and were welcomed by my parents who were waiting for us.  We filled up the car with the bags, stroller and car seat and were ready to take the 1.5 hr ride to my hometown.  It was so good to finally get to my parents house after all the traveling! 

                                                         

                                                            finally arrived at LAX