Some how we made it.

So we left on the 26th of March for Prague. Our flight was scheduled for 4:30 pm out of Logan. We were still running around packing and organizing stuff in the house all day. At 1:30 the car showed up to take us to the airport. Not the large SUV we had asked for...it was the standard town car. What was the problem you may be asking? Well, we had 8 suitcases, 6 Carry ons, 2 car seats, Logan's pack n' play, and the 4 of us. So they called back to the office and left to get the SUV. They were back about 2:10 or so and we hurried to finish up with the house. Got all the trash out and everything buttoned up by about 2:25. We made it to the airport by 3 and piled all our stuff out onto a porter and his flat bed. He took all of our stuff inside and stacked it at the front of the line. Pam and the kids waited with the luggage and I got in line. The line was well outside the ropes and halfway down the concourse. After waiting in line for maybe 20 minutes they started calling for people on our flight. We went right to the front and got all checked in and off to security. We actually had no issues through security but it was crowded and very slow. We came out the other side got our shoes on and headed for the gate. A man met us halfway to the gate asking if we were the Hodson's. Seems we were one of two groups they were waiting for. The seats were of course halfway to the back of the plane so it was a fun walk with lots of apologies for accidental contact of carry ons and various body parts bumping off and into people already seated. We got all our stuff stowed away and were off right on time.
The first leg of the flight was 7 hours and went from Boston to Frankfurt, Germany. Alex, of course, chose not to sleep at all but was well behaved and didn't cause any real issues...that is until we were landing in Frankfurt. On final approach, Alex had a coughing fit and tossed her cookies all over herself and her seat. The flight attendants were about to buckle in so they quickly gave us a bottle of water and a bunch of napkins. We stripped the dirty clothes off of her but did not have anything to change her into...so wrapped her in a Lufthansa blanket. As we roamed the airport the blanket went from a skirt to a toga until Pam was able to get Alex her first memento of her trip to Europe - an oversized 'Germany' T-Shirt. Alex promptly fell asleep while waiting for the next plane and had to be woken up for the bus ride and the walk to the plane. Alex then slept the entire plane ride to Prague - all 55 minutes or so - and we were unable to get her actually awake to get off the plane. We went up the jetway with Alex in the Stroller now and Pam carrying Logan. And me with about 4 or so bags hanging from my shoulders. Once at the top of the jetway we found the door to customs and baggage claim was closed and locked. Yes we were the last on in Boston and the last off in Prague. After about 10 minutes a man showed up and opened the door for us. We breezed through immigration and went on to baggage claim. Our bags of course were almost all alone on the carousel so were easy to retrieve. Unfortunately we were one bag short. I got in line at the baggage office and was told the bag was not lost it was in Frankfurt and would arrive on a later flight. They then asked for an address or phone number they could call to deliver the bag to. I explained we didn't have an address yet and she gave me a claim number and phone number to call when we had an address.
So now we have 3 carts full of luggage and a stroller with a sound asleep 3 year old. We start working our way out of baggage claim alternately pushing one cart ahead 10 feet then the next. Once in the customs area 2 nice men from baggage claim on their way to a smoke break help us the last 30 feet out to the terminal. Now the fear we have at this point is this: it is an hour after landing and with our luck the woman and driver who were there to meet us have left. By a stroke of luck however there is a woman holding a sign with Hodson on it. She has brought a large van with a driver and we quickly load up the bags and get the sleeping children in their car seats and strapped in. We have made it to Prague.