The Trip home was overall good, but of course there are hurdles to overcome. First off was...my incorrect calculations of weighing my suitcase, i was 10 lbs over and had to redistribute to avoid the $100 heavy bag fee. My sister in law Megan had fortunately came to our rescue and gave us a reusable grocery bag, so we could take out some weight of the suitcase, so that all worked out, the kids were great during that and wasn't too stressful. Then we begin with the delays....an hour to start in Orange County then in Chicago it was 3 more on top of the already 2 hour lay over. So we ate lots of Mcdonalds, and found an area of seats where we could see planes and play tag and such with out disturbing TOO many people. haha Then Ryan realized he left his new Disneyland hat on the plane after we were halfway to the next gate....2 terminals away, like a 10 minute walk. So we turned around and by the time we got there they were loading the plane and already "cleaned" it and they said his hat wasn't there and maybe the cleaning crew grabbed it and to put in a lost and found report....so essentially it's gone. Oh well, lesson learned in responsibility learned the hard way. So back to our new gate to hang out. for several hours. But it was a tease, because every 45 minutes they would change the departure time. So we didn't end up leaving til 10:30 pm and got to Peoria around 11:30. The plane from Chicago was a tiny little plane, only one seat on one side and 2 on the other, so Ryan and Kaylee sat in front of my and Jordan and Renee in the one seat next to me across the aisle. Well on the decent right before we landed, Ryan turns to me through the crack in the seats and says..."MOM KAYLEE THREW UP!" Oh my goodness, i immediately get up to give her a barf bag and get scolded over the PA system "MAM' YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN!:" I say "sorry, I am just helping my daughter who is throwing up!" So as soon as we park and can, i switch seats with Ryan and start cleaning her up, with the baby wipes I thankfully packed in my backpack. She had puked twice before i could get her a bag.....and again we ate Mcdonalds all day....so it was super gross puke. Sorry for the details haha! People were nice about it and would give me tissues or purell wipes and said sorry as they walked by, but the flight attendant didn't offer any help, just rushed us off the plane and told me again of the importance to stay in my seat belt when we are landing. She walks away with her hand over her nose. Unbelievable!
So ya, from there, Jordan had fallen asleep on the plane so i had to carry him,and pon off his backpack, and the extra bag i made from our over weight luggage. Then we head to a bathroom to get kaylee washed up, fortunately i packed an extra set of clothes in each of their backpacks, so it wasn't too bad getting her cleaned up. (Best tip ever! and i packed them in a ziplock bag so i was able to put her nasty clothes in a bag and be on my way!) From there everything went super smooth, ryan was able to get our bag off of the baggage carrosel, and pull it for me, the parking shuttle was right there waiting so we hoped right on, and he took us right to our car, and we were on our way. kids all fell asleep with in minutes and i had so much adrenaline i guess that i was wide awake so i zipped home and got home just before 2.
