Last post from America for a while!

Happy 4th of July! I was remembering that this will be my fourth Independence Day to be celebrated abroad. One in China, one in Venezuela, one in Thailand, and this one. (Well, I'm not sure this one technically counts b/c we're in the Chicago airport right now but will be flying over international waters soon.) I have funny stories to accompany each of those 4th of July's. American holidays + a foreign country = funny memories.

Quick update...we did eventually find our baggage last night. I posted yesterday's blog while waiting on our rental car and there was no baggage to be found. The baggage claim area was pretty much vacant. But when I went to the baggage counter to ask an agent, they found all 4 checked bags plus our carseat in storage. I guess since we were originally supposed to be on an earlier flight, our bags made it to Salt Lake before we did.

Caedmon & his cousin, Olivia, were ecstatic to see each other last night. He will have SO much fun. It was a little sad for Andy & me as we put him to sleep (around midnight), but we just got off the phone with Meaghan and she said he's doing great!

Andy and I got about 4 hours of sleep and then it was back to the airport for us. Everything has gone perfectly smooth for us today. Thank you, Jesus! Here's a few pics from this leg of the journey:

Just starting out: 0 hours 0 minutes

Salt Lake City airport at 5:30 AM

A nice look, don't ya think?

5 hours 41 minutes of travel

Grabbing a bite to eat in Chicago

4 MORE DAYS UNTIL OUR JULY 8TH COURT DATE!

2 MORE DAYS UNTIL WE MEET OUR SON!!!