Loyet Family Odyssey

Benjamin became a US Citizen at 4:38 PM Sunday, December 11th.

We made it to New York Sunday afternoon, our flight was over an hour late due to weather, customs and air traffic. We missed our connection to Cincinnati, but were able to get on the next flight but not to Lexington until the morning. So Benjamin's Aunt Heather offered to drive up and get us. As we waited for our departure time, gate agents boarded one of the flights before us onto the wrong plane and thus created a backlog of flights. As our flight time came and went we grew more and more tired, 20+ hours of traveling with a baby was taking it's toll. But we managed to board our flight about thirty minutes after the expected departure time. As we taxied toward the runway, our captain made an announcement over the intercom. We were last in a long line of planes waiting for takeoff, and to sit back and relax it was going to be awhile. Our flight attendant served beverages and snacks twice before we took off. But we were counting our blessings that it was still Benjamin's nighttime and he was sleeping through it all. We landed safely in Cincinnati and were warmly greeted by Tara's mom and Heather. We arrived home shortly before midnight. We now begin the arduous task of not only reacclimating ourselves to Eastern standard time, but completely changing Benjamin's schedule. Please keep us in your prayers.