The actual flight was quite and experience that could have been much worse if SJ wasn't such a good kid. To start things off I got to Reagan National and had to park at a complete seperate concourse. Then I got to the ticket counter and realized the car seat base was still in the car. Thank goodness we had enough time that I could check my bag and car seat carrier and go back to the car for the base. The trip home was another experience. I got to the airport to find out our flight was delayed. They didn't know for how long and rebooked us to get home at 10pm. We were orginally scheduled to get home at 5:45. I was not too happy AND I only had enough food/formula to get us through the original time. Thank goodness for Michelle and John who went to the grocery and brought us more formula. The delayed flight ended up getting us to Memphis 20 minutes before our originally scheduled flight departed. So we ran, 2 diaper bags, a stroller, and SJ in the baby bjorn, through the airport to the gate. WOO HOO!!! We made it and they were able to get us on that plane. Everythings great!! Right??? Well, we got in the air and then I realized, what are the chances our luggage got on this flight...yeah, probably not. And I checked the car seat and base. Great! Now what? So as soon as we landed I had Seth call a car rental place to see if we could rent one so he wouldn't have to drive an hour to bring one. Well, all I can say is Northwest Airlines became very accomodating. When I reported the bags missing, they gave us a carseat and base. Brand new, and they don't take them back so we now have an extra car seat and base. And $50 towards another flight!!! WOO HOO!!! SJ slept through all the flights, so I couldn't have been more relieved and the terrible experience was better than it could have been.
So, while I was in LA, Seth and Mickey I thought were hanging out. But to my surprise when I got home I found a redone kitchen!! They put in new countertops and tile backsplash. Mickey is very handy and helped Seth SO much!! We're so lucky to have such great friends! Both of us! They did hang out some in the middle of it all and played Rock Band, Mario Kart, and even a trip to an O's game! The downside, they worked until 3:30 am. So they're "relaxing weekend" was chock full of projects. I'm excited they'll get to hang out again (for real) in a few weeks when we go to Tampa.
So now I'm waiting on my luggage...oh what fun...
In the meantime, here are some pics of my new kitchen!! We still want to knock down a wall and repaint, and lay wood floors, so this will only push us to get it done sooner rather than later!
The Old Kitchen
Tile done
Tile done, countertop in!
Our New Kitchen!!!
