4.5.10: Exhaustion

Our trip home went well but it was much more exhausting than our flight to Seattle. Perhaps because Brant and I were worn out from the week or just because the girls had a rougher start in the morning. No one would sleep on the plane, regardless of the fact that we were flying during nap time. This time Brant and Daphne were in the row in front of us, so that was a nice change. However, neither Fiona nor Stella wanted to sit in the car seat and those airplane seats are not wide enough to fit two babies on my lap. I kept having to rotate the two of them in and out of the car seat. Here was my tactic: Take baby in my lap, get them to stand up and pin them to the back of my seat using my ribs. Then pull out baby in car seat and put onto lap (keeping first baby pinned). Then using my back, I nudged the standing girl to the side and catch them with my one free arm. Once the standing baby was in my arm, I began the challenging task of getting said baby into the car seat with one arm. It was a spectacle nonetheless, but it worked. There was no hysterical screaming only a bit of fussing, but nothing too bad. After a quick drive, we were home. Brant and I were exhausted but it was in between nap times so we had to keep the girls awake - got to keep on the schedule at all times.

Apparently the girls were not tired despite their missing the morning nap. During this time, Fiona decided to stand on her own (for the first time) for at least five seconds - we were so proud. She stood long enough that despite our exhaustion we were able to get the camera and take this picture.