A very Asian Christmas

So our last stop for Christmas: southern California to celebrate with my family. Nick Colson and I hopped on a plane Saturday the 26th for a short plane ride to John Wayne Airport in OC. Well, originally we were supposed to fly into Burbank. That was until we missed our flight. We had already gotten a bit of late start that morning -- let me just say though, that ever since our family has grown to 3, we are always running late, which doesn't help matters, because I am always late already!
So we pull into the airport and the lot we usually park in is full, so we head into the daily parking lot and find a spot. Unstrap Colson from the carseat, unload luggage, strap Colson into backpack carrier, take elevator down to ground level cross the street into the Southwest terminal. As we are crossing the street, I remember thinking "hmmmm, why is the skycap line so long?" Then as we walk into the check-in area, I see that the inside check-in line is worse - way worse. Longest line I have ever seen at the Sac airport! The end of the line was past the escalators that take you upstairs to the security area! By now it's almost 8:15 and our flight leaves at 8:55 am ... so not looking too good. I asked a Southwest employee if we could get called ahead as it got closer to our flight time, but she said they wouldn't do that and there were way too many people to ask if we could cut ahead in line. So we just waited in line as we heard the announcements for our flight boarding and then departing. When we finally got to the counter, we decided to take the next flight into OC instead of Burbank because it was leaving sooner.

After getting through security and making it to our gate, I found out that our original flight had never even left the tarmack because of some mechanical issues. So our original flight was delayed and left after we did. So everything actually worked out for the best.

That Saturday night, everyone got together at my aunt's house for dinner and presents. All my other aunts and uncles and cousins had waited for us to get there to exchange gifts. We even had a surprise visit from Santa (my uncle)! So we also missed our flight coming back home ... ummmm ... but that was just poor time management on my part ... oops. Everything takes so much longer with a baby!