Christmas Round 1 Summary

This will be the abbreviated version and pictures will follow later. Bullet style to keep it brief.

• Left Thursday-plane coming into FL was late, then we sat on the runway for over 2 hours due to rain. Who would ever think that we would be delayed in FL due to weather? Miller did ok considering the time spent in his seat and without a real dinner.
• Made to it Minneapolis and that's all the further we went Thursday. We missed our flight to Bemidji. The "rent a car and drive" option was stopped after we found out a one way rental to nowhere (Bemidji) is over $200.
• Trecked back through the airport to call a hotel. I did not bring any toiletries or a change of clothes since for the first time in years I thought of Ryan when packing. Knowing he would be mad if he had to carry extra stuff and that I was being a pessimist, I opted to try the optimistic route. Hmmm...I think I will keep planning for the worst.
• The good news is that MN is nice and we hopped on a shuttle to a nearby hotel. The staff was super nice. Ryan got Miller set up while I ran to the restaurant to try to make last call on food. (we hadn't eaten since lunch) I missed it but opted for 4 over priced Miller Lites. That was the best $18 I have ever spent and they tasted like honey.
• Friday's flight to Bemidji went without a hitch. The MSP airport has a play area in one of the terminals so that helped.
• Miller got bundled up and had his first snow experience. He did ok and seemed to like it even in his overbundled glory. Pictures will follow later.
• We were able to spend time with our friends Friday night (great to see you Bridget and Sheryl)!
• Saturday Miller and I took a trip to the Science Center to meet Sheryl and the girls. The kids played while we caught up. It was a nice science center. I never knew that little place could hold so much stuff! Miller played for 1.5 hours!
• Saturday Miller played with the family and then we headed to Great Grandma's for "Xmas Eve." We had a good meal. Miller was the center of attention. He delivered presents to everyone. I think he can read. We swore a present was for me but he brought it over to Erik. Upon further inspection, it was to Erik and not Erin...very weird.
• Sunday we went to church (Miller's new version of the word truck has the tr replaced with an f...made for an interesting morning). He wasn't very well behaved and spent most of church with Uncle Sean, Dad, or Grandpa who he has named Papa.
• After church we had more presents. Then we bundled Miller up again and we all went outside. He went sliding and rode behind the four wheeler (which he calls a tractor).
• Monday we hung with the family (tried to see Erik and Emily off but their flights were messed up too). Then we headed back to the airport for our own trip home.
• We were late leaving Bemidji and sprinted through the MSP airport to get to our flight. We did not want to spend another night in MN. Let's just say I need to start working out again. I thought my lungs were going to burst. Then we made it to our flight. Thank goodness someone was watching out for us (Bridget-you dad?) because they pre-arranged for us to get our seats together. Originally we were 3 seats in 3 different rows. We had the last row of the plane which wasn't all that bad. The bathroom was a good 10+ rows ahead of us and only the stewardesses were behind us.
• Come to find out, they held the plane since there were a lot of connections running late. That led to us leaving MSP later than planned. We got into FL around 12:30. By the time we got luggage, to the car, and home, it was past 1:30. Bedtime was around 2 for us. Uff!

Miller did ok flying but we are done. No more travel for a while. Our patience was tried and Ryan and I only mildly wanted to kill each other a couple times. Sorry, the bullets weren't very short.

Now, time to unpack, do laundry, get groceries and prep for my families arrival.