Overseas adventures begin!

So here I sit in the San Fransisco airport at 10:40 am waiting for our 2:00 pm flight to Frankfurt.  It's a bit of a wait.  We got in to San Fran at about 7:00 am after a 5:30 flight out of Redmond.   Luckily for us, Aberly napped on most of the first flight and was pleasant the rest of the time.  We are hoping that trend continues on our next two flights but we aren't holding our breath.  Airplane white noise is definitely helpful in putting a kiddo to sleep. 

As we speak, Colin is taking Aberly on a walk around the international terminal.  She is a tired bug and needs another nap.  Hopefully a few laps and she'll knock out for awhile.  Colin and I would love to nap as well but we'll run on fumes for awhile and wait for our flight. 

We were blessed by our wonderful families and some good friends from church (a wonderful surprise and blessing!) at 4:15 this morning who helped send us of and shlep our nine suitcases (plus carry-ons) to the airport.  We couldn't have done it without them! 

We   S L O W L Y  got through the ticket counter as the United workers figured out our checked luggage.  Unfortunately, United changes it's baggage policy about monthly, so we had to wait for them to figure out how much we owed for our extra bags since the tickets were purchased prior to the baggage change.  I think the 9 bags and early hours (and seriously growing line behind us) flustered the workers enough that we got out of there actually paying less that we should've.  I told Colin that was God's way of blessing us since we didn't lose our cool with the United personnel.

Next we smoothly got through security thinking we were golden.  Close, but not close enough.  Upon deciding we should change Aberly's wet diaper before boarding the plane, we discovered we were sans diaper bag.  We knew it had come in the airport with us.....  Called my mom and yes, she did indeed have it slung over her shoulder!  Good thing she was in the parking lot!  She brought it back, causing me to have to go through security again which had a much longer line now than before.  By the time I made it through, we were the LAST to board. 

As I said, Aberly did great on the plane and once in San Fransisco, we navigated our way to a sit-down restaurant for breakfast and then off to the international terminal where I now sit.  Aberly has entertained herself on the moving sidewalk and escalators, as well as pulling her little suitcase around. 

Colin just stopped by and Aberly is OUT COLD in her stroller.  Thank goodness.  A little battery recharge is what she needs!

Much love from all of us! (this picture is from our afternoon at Elk Lake a few days before our move)