Elias asleep at the Helsinki airport..
Elias nukkuu Helsingin lentoasemalla
Elias & Mikko
Elias ja Sanna-kummi
Elias and his godmother Sanna
Hello to all! We made it! It took a bit onger than expected, but at least we got here to Kajaani!. The long flights from Bethel to Helsinki went well. Kids slept on the planes and overall it went wonderfully. We got to Helsinki and saw our friends Jutta and Hedu, Sanna and Pasi and Mikko. Then we were to fly to Kuopio (2h from our final destination of Kajaani) Sunday night and my brother-in-law and father-in-law were to pick us up at 11pm Sunday night. Our flight was delayed for about 2.5 hour and then finally cancelled. We were offered a hotel room and cab fares but it was already 2am by that time so we decided to stay the night at the airport so we could change the tickets first thing in the morning. Plus it would have been a headache to try and transport 2 kids, 2 carseats, a stroller, 4 suitcases and 3 carryons to the hotel and back for about 2-3 hours of sleep. I've never slept in an airport before so it was an experience. Again, the kids did fine. Maya slept about 6 hours on one of the benches. Elias had a hard time falling asleep but slept fine once he did. We got booked on a Finnair flight that left from Helsinki for Kuopio at 1:30pm. So that was another 7 hour wait. We got the brilliant idea to see if Finnair would change us to the Kajaani flight that left a few hours earlier than the Kuopio flight. And all the stars were aligned for us and the wonderful woman at the Finnair ticket counter changed our flight at no expense, we got our bags rerouted from the Kuopio flight to the Kajaani flight (and they made it with us on our flight!!) and the line for security check went quickly. So we made it to Kajaani!! Very tired but happy!
Baby Ani came over and it was so cute how Ani and Elias hugged when they first met! We were all in bed by 6pm but Elias woke up and cried for a few hours. I think he was overtired, didn't know where he was and also had a little bit of a runny nose. Elias was in bed for 17 hours- lukcily he slept for most of those hours!
Terveisia kaikille! Perille paastiin! Ollan Kajaanissa! Matka kesti vahan pitempaa kun suuniteltiin mutta perilla ollan! Matka Bethelista Helsinkiin meni hyvin. Lapset nukkuivat ja leikkivat kiltista. Olimme 2 paivaa Helsingissa ja nahtiin ystavamme Jutta ja Hedu, Sanna ja Pasi ja Mikko. Oli MAHTAVA heita nahda pitkasta aikaan! Meilla oli sitten varattu lento Blue 1:lla HKIsta Kuopioon klo 22.00. Sen lennon lahtoaikaa muuttui useaman kerran ja sitten klo 00.30 meille kerrottiin etta se lento perui. Meille tarjottiin hotelli ja taksi laput mutta paatettiin yopya kentalla kun piti olla takaisin vaihtamaan lentoliput jo klo 06.00. Tuntui turhalta lahtee raahaa 2 lasta ja kahdet turvaistuimet, rattaat, 4 matkalaukua ja 3 kasimatkatavaraa hotelille vaan muutamaksi tunniksi. Se yo meni hyvin. Maya nukkui varmaan 6 tuntia lentokentan penkilla ja Elias saman verran. Se oli meidan eka yo lentokentalla! On se nyt koettu! Blue 1 sitten laittoi meille liput Kuopion lentoon mika lahti vasta 13.30. Arsytti mutta mita siihen voi. Sitten ajateltiin kysya Finnairilta paljonko maksais jos muutaisimme liput kajaaniin. Kavimme kysyy ja se ihana nainen siella muuti meidan liput aivan ilmaiseksi! Paasimme kajaanin koneeseen mika lahti klo 11.30. Saimme laukut muutetuu Kuopion lennosta Kajaanin lentoon ja oli lyhyt turvatarkastusjono! kaikki oli meidan puolella ja onneksi kerettiin Kajaanin koneeseen! Parasta oli ettei meidat tarvittu hakee Kuopiosta kun edellisena yona Jan (AKin siskon mies) ja Pertti-Ukki ajoivat 2 tuntia Kuopioon asti ja saivat siella tietaa etta lento perui. Joutuivat sitten ajaa takaisin Kajaaniin.
Baby Ani (Akin siskon tytto) kavi heti kylailee ja Elias ja Ani ihastuivat toisiaan ja halasivat paljon!
Olimme kaikki sangyssa klo 18.00. Elias herasi muutaman tunnin myohemmin ja itki aika kauan. Nena vahan vuosi ja ylivasynyt ma uskon han oli mutta sitten han nukkui klo 10.30 asti! sangyssa poika oli yli 17 tuntia! Matkavasymysta oli!
Hilkka made such good berry soup that Maya had to lick the plate!
Uncle Antero (HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN!) cooking sausage
Anne and Aki cooking sausage. Anne & Aki paistaa makkaraa
Markku, Esko and cousin (and Maya's godmother) Jenna
Sini, Antero, Minna, Anne Helena & Niilo
