After six years of planning, Christine and Paddy McGuinness have finally taken their first family holiday.
Travelling by plane for the first time, Christine and Paddy took their three children, twins Leo and Penelope, six, who have been diagnosed with autism, and daughter Felicity, two, on a whirlwind adventure.
Proud mum, Christine shared pictures of her cute brood at the airport waiting to board the short flight to Southampton, reports OK.
The 31-year-old wrote: “We done it. Our first flight all together as a family and it went so well. We are immensely proud of Leo, Penelope and Felicity.
"Despite all of the extra obstacles our children have to deal with, they stepped well out of their comfort zone and they done it so well.
"This has been 6 years in the making, planning and dreaming for a family holiday.
She continued: "We started with a weekend in Southampton (we didn’t want to risk going abroad for the first time flying incase it went awful, we knew we could get a train home) but they done amazing, I don’t think it will be long until we have our first holiday abroad!
"This maybe be a ‘normal’ thing to do for most families but for ‘autism’ families like ours this is a huge achievement!
"Thank you @manairportuk @sou_airport @flybe for assisting and understanding our children’s additional needs we really are so grateful. #theproudestmummyintheworld #PeppaPigWorld #exhaustedMummy #proud #autism #autismawarness." [sic]
In another proud post, Christine wrote: “This was it, the moment we waited 6 years for, boarding the airplane for the very first time!
"I wasn’t sure if my heart was going to stop with fear or burst with pride!
"There was some hesitation getting on but once they were in their seats they actually really enjoyed it!
"I think our problem now is deciding where to go next?”
