Finally coming home!

Marissa on her first plane ride at 10 days old!

So, I have been home for about two weeks now but am just getting the chance to post about our trip home, which was somewhat a nightmare! First, I had called the adoption agency in Ohio to see if our paperwork was approved to go home on Friday, Feb 29th and apparently nobody in their office works on Fridays because nobody called me back (and come to find out later our paperwork had been approved and sent back from Idaho late on Thursday!). So Stacy and I spent another boring weekend in good ol' Akron, Ohio. When I woke up on Monday morning around 11:30 am (I took the night shift and Stacy took the morning shift...thank goodness!) I called them and they said that they just found out that the paperwork was approved and if we wanted to leave today that we had to be to the agency by 1:15 that afternoon to sign the paperwork. Since Ash had already gone home and they had told us over and over that he HAD to be there IN PERSON to sign the papers, I was devastated that we were going to have to spend another day there! But now all of the sudden, they say that Ash doesn't have to be there-he just has to get a lawyer and sign a power of attourney and fax it over so I can sign for him. HELLO! Could they have not told us that sooner?!? Luckily Ash had the day off and got a lawyer to do it for free and we made it over to sign the papers just in time. Then since Ash wasn't going to be with me to help me with the baby, I wanted to fly out of the Cleveland airport with Stacy (instead of the Akron/Canton airport) so I could have her help, so while Ash was booking our tickets, we were frantically packing bags, checking out of the hotel, changing where we were dropping off the rental car, etc so we could make it in time to Cleveland for our flight leaving at 6:50pm. So we make it there in time and unfortunately I couldn't fly on my favorite Southwest Airlines since their flight to Boise had already left for the day, so I had to fly on Northwest. We were at the gate and everything looked fine, until 6pm rolled around and then suddenly it said the flight was delayed! I ran up to the ticket counter and they said the plane was still in Detroit and I would definitely miss my connection in Minneapolis, so I could either spend the night here or in Minneapolis. I said absolutely NOT! I have a 10 day old baby and I WILL get home tonight so put me on another airline! So they finally found me a seat on a United flight so I rush to that gate only to have the guy yell at me and tell me to go away, that Northwest was over in the other hallway (he obviously didn't listen to a thing I said!). I told him that I was on THIS flight so he ripped the ticket out of my hand and threw it on the counter and said to just wait. So when he called me up, I reamed him out for being such a jerk and told him take some customer service classes and I was going to complain to his supervisor. I was already stressed enough with traveling with a baby alone and didn't need his crap! After that he was suddenly very accomodating, giving me a full row to my self on both legs of the flight and even let Stacy help carry some of my stuff onto the plane for me. Anyway, Marissa was really good on the flight and all the flight attendants oohed and aahed all over her. But when we got to Boise, big surprise, I had no luggage! So, no clean underwear for me and no baby clothes that fit Marissa for two days! But at least we got home!