Christmas Adventure

Flight to Indy

Christmas Eve: Tyler & Haylee in the Christmas Jammies

Christmas morning

Dec. 26 before the adventure

Bill and I survived our first Christmas as parents. For those who may not already know, this year Bill and I found out that we have a 10 yr old son...for me a step son. 2010 brought us 2 sons which we are thrilled and blessed to have. Tyler is 10 and Alex is 5 months.

We spent our first Christmas with our sons in Indianapolis with David and Raina (my brother-in-law and sister-in-law). They have a 4 year old daughter Haylee. Nonnie, my mother-in-law flew up from McAllen. (I was a little nervous about flying with Alex but he could not have done better...he slept the majority of the flight.) This was the first time for Tyler to meet his uncle, aunt and cousin. He took to them very quick and even spent the two nights we were at the hotel sharing a bed with his Nonnie and Haylee. They made a Tyler sandwich!

We had a lovely time in Indy...we went to Christmas Eve service at David & Raina's church then ate at a delicious Italian restaurant. We spent Christmas day at David & Raina's opening stockings and presents. Raina made a wonderful Christmas lunch/dinner for everyone. Tyler and Haylee spent the majority of the time following each other around. They had a really good time! Sunday...this is when the adventure started. We were to fly back to DFW at 3 but at 3:30 we were still on the plane. To make a long story short, our flight got cancelled because the defrosting gauge on the plane was broken and the part was going to have to be flown in. Hmm...can you imagine what it is like to deboard a full plane and get everyone rebooked on another flight especially with all of the cancelled flights in the NE? CRAZY! Bill waited at the gate counter for about an hour for them to tell him that the next flight we could get on was at 7:35pm the next night. Yep, our flight wasn't for another 27 hours. We couldn't go anywhere b/c we checked our luggage and car seat. Luckily, David and Raina drove back to the airport to get us. I was able to get us $40 in meal vouchers and a free night at a nearby Hampton Inn. Thank goodness we have a sweet family to cart us around. (Both David and Raina had to bring their cars b/c all of us no longer fit in one car) Needless to say, we made it home safely last night at 9:30 pm. It was a great trip, and could have been better without the adventure at the end.

(I had my doubts about flying with a 5 month old but people were surprisingly very helpful when they saw us coming...)