It's official, Pumpkin has now crossed the Mason Dixon line and has seen snow! These are just two of the "firsts" that we have celebrated in the past few weeks. We spent Valentine's weekend in the Land of Lincoln so that Aaron's extended family could meet our little Pumpkin, many for the first time. We flew out of Lake Charles' new and improved airport, which is a blog story in and of itself. First, security took this opportunity to test all of their "skills" on us. As they are paging "Passengers Brown" and presumably shutting the airplane door, I have security guards "testing" the water in Aly's bottle. For what, I do not know, but apparently she looked suspicious. We finally get on the plane, only to sit on the runway for half an hour while they de-ice the plane. As we're lifting off, the pilot announces that we are on a non-stop flight to Houston Intergalactic Airport. Just when I think things on this leg of our journey...