I took a Tylenol PM as soon as we boarded and got roughly 2 hours of sleep. Not nearly as much as I wanted. The seat was painly uncomfortable and
it hurt to lean back. My head was congested, sinus full, teeth hurt, nose was running and sore. I was miserable to say the least.
We made it to Amsterdam early and had to rego through security immediately after getting off the plane. We found our gate and the boys stayed with the suitcases while the women went to find McDonald's. We are traveling with 2 other families that were at HH with us. While walking back to our gate, we were meet by Nick who was looking for us. They had begun checking people through for our next flight to Minneapolis.
I was not looking forward to another 9 hour flight. They took all our water before getting on the plane, so I managed to swallow another Tylenol PM without any. I slept another 1 1/2 hours. I woke up as they were serving food. I watched a movie, walked around to stretch out, and checked our flight status hoping to be almost to Minneapolis. We still had 5 hours left. Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder what our little boy thought when we didn't show up today? I am going to facebook another family that is there this week seeing their two toddlers and see if they can check on Y for me. As I journaled this on the plane, we were still over the ocean. We had travelled 2,472 miles and had 1,758 miles to go. We were traveling at 534 miles per hour.
More than 3 hours to go. I watched another movie and continued to think about and miss our little boy. I prayed for him again and for a quick return trip. I plan to get home, unpack, and get ready to repack for a moments notice to make this terribly long trip again to pick up Y for good. I prayed again for Y's birthmom who loves him so much and took such great care of him in spite of her curcumstances.
We eventually made it back to Minneapolis. It felt so good to be back on American soil again. Kate and I found McDonalds again and Nick ate at A & W. We were so exhausted at this point and just wanted to be home. We finally boared our last flight to Minneapolis. Nick had to take unsitely pictures of Kate and I and posted them to facebook. Thanks Nick.
We were so glad when we finally arrived in Bismarck at 4:30 pm. We got our luggage and headed for home. One stop at Walmart on the way out of town and we were on our way. The road conditions were deteriating and it made for slow driving. Several cars were in the ditch. Nick struggled to keep his eyes open to drive and Kate fell asleep as soon as we got in the truck.
The girls were waiting for us when we got home and came outside to greet us and carry in the luggage. Nick showered and went straight to bed. Kate went right up the stairs and went to sleep. I tried to talk to the little girls a little bit and eat some of the supper they had prepared for us. By 7:15 I was in bed too. With the time change, we had hardly slept in the last two days.
Thank you Jesus for getting us home safely and watching over the kids and Grandpa and Grandma while we were gone. Please watch over little Y until we are able to go back for him. Continue to be with Y's birthmom and comfort her heart.
Thank you to everyone who has prayed for us throughout this journey. We so appreciated your thoughts and prayers.
Sorry if these posts got long, but we wanted to have the story for Y to read someday when he is ready and able.
Kelly
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