the dreaded flight home

oh my goodness. our flight home.

 22 hours. 5 different airplane. 2 different airlines.

1 super happy angel baby. 2 super grateful and amazed parents.

he got his very own seatbelt

we were a little nervous for this trip for a couple of reasons.

1. we had a three month old and with him comes a car seat/base, a stroller, a diaper bag, a baby carrier, a c pillow, and the possibility of spit up and pooplosions. 

2. 3 out of our 4 layovers were 50 minutes or less. Not much time to get off one plane and on the other. 

Luckily our longest layover was when we were in Miami, which was a huge blessing because we had to go through customs and pick up all of our luggage and drop it off at our other airline.

it seriously was a miracle day. Fletcher was happy all day long. didn't cry. didn't poop. didn't throw up. and he smiled and laughed at all the right people. we also made every single one of our flights. most of our flights we got of the plane and walked right onto the next one. it was amazing. if any one of them was even a little bit delayed we would have missed all of our other flights. 

One of the airline workers made me take a picture because he was being such a perfect baby.

Also--we didn't end up paying for any of our bags. the caribbean airline lets you check 2 bags free each and they checked them all the way to Portland! we had to pick up our bags in Miami when we changed airlines, but we just dropped them off and didn't have to pay for anything. so awesome.

one advantage of flying with kids though is that you get to skip all lines. that is what saved us several times. We wouldn't have made some of our flights if we weren't bumped to the front of the security, customs, and boarding lines. 

I could't believe we actually made it and all of our flights were on time. Heavenly Father loves us.

good bye Bonaire!