Thursday morning at 5:30 am (Virginia time: 4:30 am Amarillo time) we woke up in a panic as we realized we over slept. The cab, that was to be there at 5:30, left us. Tosh got another one and we made it to the airport.
Once we were on the plane we were told we couldn't take off due to weather in Houston...
We set on the plane for 2 hours waiting to get permission to take off. Finn was such a trooper. He did not get upset or anything. He read his books, played with stickers, and ate some snacks. I was so impressed with how well he handled it. Once the plane took off he was out...
Once we arrived in Houston, we were excited to see our connection had been delayed. This gave us time to make it to the gate. Later, I looked up at the board and saw that our connection had been cancelled. There was another flight leaving for Amarillo within minutes of seeing this. We ran across the airport to try to get to the other gate. Once we arrived , we knew it was too late. Tosh and I decided to split up in order to ask what to do. We both stood in long lines. The airport was a mess since it was actually shut down for hours that morning. My line ended quicker so the lady was nice and told me to tell Tosh and Finn to come on back because she could help us. She booked us the next available flight to A town. As the tickets printed, she said "oh no. It was just cancelled!" She said, "in 23 years I have never had that happen!" The next flight out was going to be at 8:45pm. Keep in mind our original flight was to leave Houston at 11:17am.. The 8:45 flight was full so we would have to go stand by. We felt that was a bad idea. We asked if we could be switched to a flight to Midland. She was able to make that happen. Here is Finn having a snack in the airport. This kid is awesome. We did not have one fit all day!!
Here is Finn catching a nap on the flight to Midland...
Tosh's sister and our new brother-in law were leaving Midland to come to Amarillo for their wedding. We were able to catch a ride with them instead of stay the night in Houston. Once we arrived in Midland we were not surprised at all to realize our luggage was not there. We thought it was a pretty hilarious addition to the day's events. Here Finn waited on dad to put in a lost baggage claim...
We made it into Amarillo at 11 o'clock Amarillo time. Despite the series of mishaps, and being tired, it wasn't a bad day. All the events, that on paper would have made me flip out, were not bad at all. Once we arrived to the house Tosh's parents had our luggage at the house. Finn was very excited to see them. Finn was able to see his room...
He was very curious about all his toys...
Yesterday we took Finn to Meme and Pawpaw's to get a haircut. The little guy was a little shaggy after six weeks away...
We left Finn to play while we went to Kiley's wedding...
They were impressed with what a gentleman he was while we were away. Once the actual wedding part was over got Finn to take him to dinner with everyone. Here is Tosh and I all cleaned up...
Here is Finn getting ready to go to dinner with his new haircut... 
The 18 hour trip home taught us a lot. We see that Finn is a trooper, even more so than we already suspected. We now feel like that opens up a world of opportunity. We have long wondered if we could make a long flight overseas.
The wedding, the dinner, and the rest of our trip to Amarillo, to be continued....
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