56 days to go!!! :)
Our biggest dilemma right now is travel plans for November. From what we know here is the timeline we *think* is going to play out:
Thurs 11/29: C-section
Sat 12/1 or Sun 12/2: Discharge from the hospital
Tues 12/4: 5 pm adoption becomes irrevocable
Wed 12/5: WI approves interstate adoption
Thurs 12/6: Information travels to CA
Fri 12/7: CA approves interstate adoption
Sat 12/8: We are free to roam about the country :)
Based on that timeline, we should be safe to get a return flight on Sat or Sun. What we need to ask the attorney is if the judge doesn't approve it by Fri, are we stuck until Mon or do they work on the weekend? Why is all this important?? Airlines.
A round trip ticket is looking to be around $350/person. A single, one way ticket is also $350/person. A flexible trip ticket that would allow us to change the return date/city at will is $800 EXTRA. Not going to happen. Trip insurance is not that expensive and covers the cost of the ticket in the event something happens, but we don't qualify for that because not legally being allowed to leave the state isn't on the list of reasons to change your ticket. Go figure ;) Here are our thoughts in order of likelihood of occurence and feel free to comment:
1.) Buy the round trip ticket with return on Sat or Sun and if we can leave earlier or have to leave later, buy the one way tickets at that time. Money-wise this makes some sense since we really are getting a "free" return flight if we can keep the originally scheduled date.
2.) Buy one way there and wait until we know when we can leave and just book it then. Doesn't make a ton of sense, but it is a choice.
3.) Buy round trip and just drive home once we can leave to save the money on a return flight if we can't leave on the original date. The problem with this is driving with an infant for many, many, many hours in the winter over the Rockies. Hmmmm....
4.) Take the train back. This was intriguing until I looked it up and found out that the cost is around $1000 one way. Nope. Not doable.
Our second dilemma is to have an extra layover or not. I am leaning towards not, but here is the thought process. We will have one layover because there are no direct flights to our airport, but thats ok. It is only a 35 min flight. A single 5 hour flight would eliminate the bussle and noise and stress of a new airport as well as 2 pressure changes for his baby ears. The problem is that 5 hours of a crying baby is sure to annoy the entire flight and we are stuck to walking the aisle only if he is fussy. Not much room to change him in the bathroom or the stretch out. Having a second layover to break that up would give us shorter flights and time to walk the airport with larger bathrooms and stores with food for us and supplies once we realize the 15 things we forgot to bring along. The problem with this is stress of maneuvering through an unknown airport that is busy and the 2 added pressure changes to his baby ears as well as added time overall to the trip. I keep going back and forth on this. I *think* we are leaning toward one long flight, but this is a hard decision.
What else is going on? We bought a nice little dresser for him so we have a place for his clothes and supplies. It was only $10 at a garage sale and is in great condition (well, it needs new paint but that is it). We still have EVERYTHING else to buy and will be getting on that shortly. October is insanely busy for me: job interview taking me out of town this weekend, next weekend flying to meet the birthmother, the following I am here but on call, and the last weekend I am at a conference in Miami. It will get done somehow. Actually, I think we are going to find a baby store when we are in Cali next weekend with downtime and do some shopping. Most of it we will have them drop ship to our house so we don't have to worry about getting it back on the airplane.
And last, but definitly not least.....we have decided on a name for him!!!!! It took a bit and we kept going back and forth and I kept holding out for my original favorite name, but Dusty really hated it. Anyway....
Wyatt Duane Borkosky
Duane is Dusty's, his dad's and his brother's middle name and we really liked the family connection that would give. Wyatt is just cute :)
Love his name Sara! Go with one long flight. There is a baby changing table in the bathroom but you can do it in your seat because he will be so tiny. Also, he will probably sleep most of the way. All they do is sleep at that age. And if he is sleeping, you will hate waking him up to get off the plane and get onto another one with all of your baby gear. Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteI also love the name choice. For what it is worth, I wonder if driving might work. Wyatt should sleep much of the time and you can stop on his schedule. I know hotel costs for the trip will add up. Have you looked at some of the vacational rental by owner websites? It would give all of you more space and would likely be cheaper.
ReplyDeleteI love the name! While we did not carry on the middle names for our girls, Brandi's middle name Mykel is in honor of Tyson's twin. If you do fly, do what another couple traveling with twins did. Pass out a note and ear plugs to each passenger saying you are sorry if your child is crying. And explain that you are a adoptive couple and that you are blessed to have this new bundle to complete your family.
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