The Melcher and the Hutching kids showing off thier Colombia soccer jerserys.
Proud cousin Austin holding Kariana.
Another shot of the Melchers and the Hutchings.
We got to Kansas about 8:30 pm on Friday and Kariana instantly cuddelled right up to great grandpa Leo. She really knows how to wrap them around her little finger!
Our first time in the Johnny-Jump-Up!
The family reunion at the MSP airport.
Sorry this post is late in coming but it was a whirlwind couple of days after we landed on Wednesday evening and then we left for the Priebe Labor Day events in Kansas so I haven’t had much time to do anything.
Kariana travelled like a champ on Wednesday. We got through all the lines at the Bogota airport in record time since I had a baby. One of the things that Colombia does really well is give priority to people with children. There are separate lines for those people at the airport and other places they are given priority. We flew through everything and Kariana was great. My only problem all day was trying to make her bottles while in the middle seat (both flights), with one hand, and very little room. I guess the other problem I had was Kariana filling her diaper and the guy beside me sawing logs so I couldn’t get out. I finally had to wake the poor guy since she was smelling up the area only to discover that the plane didn’t have a diaper changing station. Although the flight attendants tried to help, I ended up having to change her on the floor in the back of the plane. At least Kariana thought it was funny because she kept squealing the whole time.
After we arrived in Atlanta, we got sent to ‘the room’ for immigrants where all the workers proceeded to fuss over her, smiling and cooing. We were in and out of there in no time with no problems. I confirmed she was a U.S. citizen when we touched down in the states and her citizenship card would be sent to us in a few weeks. Yeah!!!
We finally touched down in Minneapolis and hurried to the baggage claim area where we finally got to see our guys for the first time in over 4 weeks. The reunion was awesome. It was so great. The boys were just over the moon at seeing me and wanting to hold Kariana immediately and seeing Kerry was worth the wait. None of us could stop smiling, Kariana included.
Thursday the boys begged to stay home with me so I caved and let them even though I had a ton of stuff to do before the weekend. However, Kariana was having a little problem adjusting to her new surroundings and refused to let me set her down for more than 3 minutes or she started screaming. Hopefully that doesn’t last long! So Thursday didn’t go quite as I had planned but we still took off on Friday for Kansas where we had a great time showing off our new addition and watching her charm everyone just like she did in Colombia. Even though she was passed around for 3 days straight, she hardly fussed and smiled through it all.
We are so blessed!!!!
The Melcher’s
Kariana travelled like a champ on Wednesday. We got through all the lines at the Bogota airport in record time since I had a baby. One of the things that Colombia does really well is give priority to people with children. There are separate lines for those people at the airport and other places they are given priority. We flew through everything and Kariana was great. My only problem all day was trying to make her bottles while in the middle seat (both flights), with one hand, and very little room. I guess the other problem I had was Kariana filling her diaper and the guy beside me sawing logs so I couldn’t get out. I finally had to wake the poor guy since she was smelling up the area only to discover that the plane didn’t have a diaper changing station. Although the flight attendants tried to help, I ended up having to change her on the floor in the back of the plane. At least Kariana thought it was funny because she kept squealing the whole time.
After we arrived in Atlanta, we got sent to ‘the room’ for immigrants where all the workers proceeded to fuss over her, smiling and cooing. We were in and out of there in no time with no problems. I confirmed she was a U.S. citizen when we touched down in the states and her citizenship card would be sent to us in a few weeks. Yeah!!!
We finally touched down in Minneapolis and hurried to the baggage claim area where we finally got to see our guys for the first time in over 4 weeks. The reunion was awesome. It was so great. The boys were just over the moon at seeing me and wanting to hold Kariana immediately and seeing Kerry was worth the wait. None of us could stop smiling, Kariana included.
Thursday the boys begged to stay home with me so I caved and let them even though I had a ton of stuff to do before the weekend. However, Kariana was having a little problem adjusting to her new surroundings and refused to let me set her down for more than 3 minutes or she started screaming. Hopefully that doesn’t last long! So Thursday didn’t go quite as I had planned but we still took off on Friday for Kansas where we had a great time showing off our new addition and watching her charm everyone just like she did in Colombia. Even though she was passed around for 3 days straight, she hardly fussed and smiled through it all.
We are so blessed!!!!
The Melcher’s
Wow! Have you been busy! So much fun to read about your time at home. Happy to hear that your travels went smoothly! We have been so curious how all is going! Enjoy these days and stay in touch!
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Looks like everyone had a great time at the reunion--can't wait to see all of you.
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