Quick dash to the airport to see our favorite Chelsea!

My sister swears she told me she had a layover/transfer in Phoenix on her way to Washington for Thanksgiving, but I don't think she ever told me times, date, etc. The morning of her departure, I'm talking to her and she nonchalantly mentions it! I'm freaking out calling Steve telling him he needs to come home & take us to the airport because we only have 1 car & see Chelsea & Ben at the airport. I told him I didn't know she was coming and that is why I didn't plan better. He told me the chances of coming home at 3:30 were extremely slim so I gave him another option, rent me a car...Those chances might have been even slimmer! I called my good friend Heather who came to the rescue. Ben was out of town and so she brought me their 4 runner fully equipped with gas, a car seat for Joe, and a base for Lynden. Also she had her mom drive and brought her kids so she would have a ride home. How awesome was she?! SO AWESOME! I hopped in the car with both kids in the middle of nap time and found out the flight was early, SWEET, more time with Chelsea! Here is Lynden meeting Aunt Chelsea Selina


Joe is OBSESSED with Chelsea. They are perfect for each other because most of the time they are in their own little world. A little memory of Chelsea comes to mind. She offered to make Ben dinner when they first started dating. She was living with me and Steve for about a month in between moving out of Belmont and into Highland, which meant making it at my house. Did she know how to cook a thing...barely! She would eat ice cream out of the carton with a towel around it so her hands didn't freeze with chocolate and sprinkles and always weighed less than 105. Ridiculous! So I offered to help her, which turned into me making 100% of the meal with a brand new baby to make Chelsea look domestic. As I'm sweating running around the kitchen before Ben shows up, she is twirling Joe around singing to him and dancing with him and he is loving it! He could not wait to see "his" Chelsea Belsea and thought he was hilarious in this picture to not look at the camera. He had her chasing him all over and had fun hiding from her. She had him come ask Uncle Ben for money for candy and picked out a kind he had never tried and barely liked. Thanks Uncle Ben for the money that he also later used on a ride at Babies R Us! He was so excited to show his dad his money from Uncle Ben, and Steve was shocked that he asked for money until he found out who coached him on how to ask! :)
After saying goodbye, we went to the car. I was feeding Lynden and Joe says, "Mom, I need to go to the bathroom now!" Joe is potty trained and I was not looking forward to this part of it. I asked him if he could wait the 40 minutes for us to get home :), to which he said no and I didn't want him to have an accident period, but definitely not in Heather's car seat. So, I tried to finish with Lynden and got the diaper bag and my 2 kids and rushed back into the airport. I know public restrooms are gross, but thank goodness these appeared very new and clean and thank goodness we weren't at a gas station. GRAPHIC, but funny - We got into a stall where Joe starts the awkward conversation...Mom, I'm so excited that I got to see my Chelsea Belsea. Mom, maybe if I eat big boy foods I won't have diarrhea. (I think to myself no crap Joe, if you would try noodles, bread, anything but chicken nuggets, quesadillas, cereal, and waffles, we might not have this problem!) Mom, you are so cute! Thank you Joe! Mom, I love it when we sing together in the car! (I'm now wondering what in the world the other people in the bathroom are thinking) Mom, I love it when we sing I Love to See the Temple and While I am in my Early Years (Families are Forever vs 2) Yeah I love it too Joe. (Nice missionary moment in a public restroom) You are such a nice mommy, and the conversation went on from there for a few minutes about movies he likes and Lynden and then we were done. Thank you! We rushed back out to the car and were on our way home! Thanks Heather for the vehicle and thanks Chels and Ben for hanging out with us!