We got up nice and early, packed up the rest of the things around the house, had a small breakfast and then Andres showed up ready to take us to the airport. We left the house at 9:30 a.m. thinking that we would have an overabundance of time but between check-in, lunch, immigration, and check-in our 3 hour window was just enough time.
Our first flight to Miami was uneventful. Fernanda ate some crackers and just as we departed she fell asleep for about 40 minutes. She woke up in great spirits and played with a few toys. When we arrived at Miami we went through an obstacle course to get to our gate, thank goodness we gate checked our stroller so we were able to pull the girls on the stroller through our entire process in Miami. First, we had to pass through immigration and of course Fernanda became a U.S. citizen! That process was relatively quick. I helped speed things along by letting Fernanda cry "enough" so that the immigration officers would want to process our paperwork quickly. It worked because I heard one of the officers say "we need to get the little kids out of here ASAP." Immigration took about 30 minutes. Then, we needed to get all of our luggage and turn it in for inspection. A short shuttle ride later we were in the right concourse. Our gate was found quickly but then we needed to feed the girls and get them changed into their pajamas. At this point the girls were on fumes. It was 9:00 p.m. for their little bodies, so both of them were pretty delirious. We were so glad to have had my mom flying with us to help out. It would have been very difficult to maneuver everything without her there.
This next leg of our flight was rough. The 5 hour flight felt like an eternity. Fernanda was exhausted and could not get to sleep. I would have been fine with that but she was crying and throwing a tantrum so I knew I needed to get her to sleep. I basically had to hug her and rock her until she fell asleep. She cried for almost 20 minutes straight until she finally fell to sleep. Alejandra did well, all things considered, and she ended up falling asleep for the last 3 hours of the flight. Both girls woke up for the landing and they were both in good spirits.
We were greeted by Papa, Grandee, and Tata! Alejandra was so overjoyed at seeing her family and Fernanda was so tired so she was just taking it all in. We were so happy to have so much extra help at that point because we had 6 pieces of luggage plus all of our carry-ons! My mom left with Tia Nena and Tata. Mark and I drove our own car over to Lew and Donna's house. We were very concerned about putting Fernanda in a car seat for the first time. At first she was fine with it and when we started to move she started to cry. I put classical music on for her and she stopped crying for about 5 minutes. Thankfully our car ride was short :).
When we got to Lew and Donna's house both girls were up and partying! It was 1:30 a.m. PST but 3:30 a.m. Bogota time. Alejandra claimed she wasn't tired, but we all headed up to bed anyway ;) We all tried to sleep on the bed together but the girls kept playing with each other so I took to the floor and a couple of pillows with Fernanda until the girls fell asleep. We were SO excited to be almost home in San Marcos.
Until tomorrow!
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