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(updated 1/9/05)
Sorry about the huge delay in updating the website. We were traveling for the holidays and then we had a lot of things to do around the house when we got back. This is long, but we had to make up for a lot of time.
We had a great time visiting family this past
holidays. Despite this, I would have to say it was not a good holiday
vacation for us. It all started on December 22nd when we left for
Rochester, NY. It was a very hurried day that day. My dad had to
work that morning. I went to daycare. My mom had to go to downtown
Minneapolis. Everybody met back at the house just in time for our friend
Igor to bring us to the airport. We made it on time, but as always the
security slowed things up a lot. We only had a few minutes to spare to
catch the plane. We flew first to Cincinnati. That is where the fun
started.
Unbeknownst to us, Cincinnati was having the worst snow/ice
storm in years. Our flight out of Cincinnati at 7:50pm was cancelled.
They put us on a flight to Buffalo, NY at 11:30pm. That was cancelled too.
We were going to have spend the night. Because of me, we were able to get
a discounted hotel room (not free because the delay was due to the weather).
When we got to the hotel shuttle place we found hundreds of other people waiting
for the same shuttles. After being shoved out of the way for 1 hour in the
freezing cold (there was no such thing as women and children first), we decided
to try for a cab. After standing in the cab line for 2 hours we were told
that a state of emergency had been declared and there would be no more cabs
allowed. Since we could not get our car seat, my dad could not even take
advantage of the rental car he had reserved just in case at the beginning of the
day. We could not get to our hotel, so we ended up "sleeping" on the floor
of the baggage claim area. There were so many noises and lights and people
that I could only sleep for 1-2 hours at a time.
The next day we tried to get another flight to Rochester at
7:50pm. At 5pm we found out that all flights had been cancelled for the
day. This time we were able to get a hotel room. The earliest next
flight was on Christmas morning (two days from then), so we had fun in the
hotel. We had no clothes, so we all bought some souvenir T-shirts.
Christmas morning the airline computers went down and our flight was cancelled
again. After standing in a line from 8am to 2pm we found out that the
earliest we could fly out would be the 27th! Even then, they could not
guarantee we would fly. That is when Nana and Grandpa McQueen decided to
come and get us. They drove 20 hours round trip from Rochester to get us.
We drove through the night and were in Rochester the next morning.
We spent that Sunday with Grandpa Sick, Memere and my Uncles
Ben and Travis celebrating Christmas. I got lots of great stuff. The
next morning my mom and dad signed the papers to buy Nanny's house. We
then went to visit Nana, Grandpa McQueen, Aunt Melissa and Uncle Cory.
That night I got to open even more presents. Of course everywhere I went I
got more presents then everybody else. It was not until the next day that
we finally got our luggage. Fortunately we got some clothes for Christmas.
On the 29th we went to Grandma and Grandpa Branzburg's house
in Florida. Even though we had to fly through Cincinnati again, we made it
there this time. There were no problems with this flight. While
there we had lots of parties. We had a big New Year's celebration.
My parents stayed up until 3:30am. I decided to get up at 5am that morning
to play with my new toys. It's was not my fault that they went to bed so
late. The next day we celebrated Grandma Branzburg's birthday. We
stayed in Florida until January 2nd when we had to come back to Minnesota.
To add to the holiday cheer, on New Year's Eve, while we were
in Florida, my dad found out that the water main to our house had burst.
Our housesitter had noticed a wet carpet downstairs and quickly turned off the
water. The carpet was ruined.
We arrived back in Minnesota just fine. This time we
flew through Atlanta. As a cap to a very tragic vacation, the airline lost
our luggage on the way back. Daddy's friends were there to pick us up, and
we had no car seat. I had to ride buckled-in in the back seat. We
made it home safely.
Despite all of our misfortune we are very fortunate that everybody is in good health. We tried to keep our spirits high. To be honest, I had fun. I got to sleep in an airport, play in a hotel, visit with three sets of grandparents and open lots of presents. Plus we got to tell everybody that I am going to have a new little brother or sister in June.
Moody Blues Shirt Playing Piano
There are too many pictures for one page so they are split into multiple pages. Click the links below to see the other pictures.
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1-3. The theme here is that I tend to shove too much food in my mouth. Sometimes I have to use my hand to hold it all in. |
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4. All alone in a big room with my new toy. I like that I have lots of room to run around and play. |