Our Family Vacation Begins!

Summer has officially begun although it has been quite a trip to get here! When we arrived at LAX at 6 am on July 1st - we had no idea what we were in store for!! Andy was the only one with a seat on our plane which had been re-assigned and did not have enough seats to accomodate all the reservations. We waited and waited and waited to be called from the 'list' and a few minutes before take-off, Oliver was called! So now Andy and Oliver had seats. Andy had also gone onto the plane to bring some of our bags and get somewhat settled in the hopes that we would all get seats. No such luck!!! They called final boarding - all Andy's bags were on board - but we had to decide what to do! We didn't want to split up - but the next flight wasn't until 3 in the afternoon - not exactly an ideal situation with a 3 year old! So we decided that Andy would give me his seat - and I would take Oliver on the first flight while Andy waited for the next one. He had to wait at LAX for 9 hours!!! It was not a fun goodbye - Oliver was upset and couldn't quite understand why Daddy wasn't coming with us. And I was sad to begin our family vacation apart! We knew it was the best decision though and Oliver was the best little boy on our flight! When we got to Boston, they had lost one of our bags! I wanted to cry! Would this day of travel ever end?!?! Andy arrived in Boston close to midnight and lo and behold - our lost bag was there too!!!! We had to rush home - get to sleep - so we could wake up and make it to the 9 am Cuttyhunk Ferry!