Let me first start off by saying that Makenna's nursery party went well. We were able to go for a little bit and she sat on the floor and was singing songs with the other kids until she saw me and realized she could get over to me. Santa came and she must be getting more used to him as she wasn't as timid to go up to him and get her gift. She still wanted me to go with her but she got closer and actually reached out for the gift.
We then raced home and finished getting everything in the car and left. Unfortunately, we left at 1pm and our flight was at 4:35 and the airport can be about 2 hours away if traffic is bad. Luckily, it wasn't too bad and we got there in good time. We had to drop off the rental car and that took way too long! They had to look at all the dings and scuff marks that, admittedly, I made most of, along the car (you have to see our driveway to understand). But we got to the airport and then had to stand in line to check in. That was nerve-wracking. We tried to see if we could cut in front of people but no one was willing. The line finally started to move fast and we then made a mad dash for the terminal. It somewhat made me think of Amazing Race, except their not carrying a 30+ lbs baby and a full backpack. We got there with about 5 minutes to spare as they called our row.
We got all settled on the plane and then for the next four hours or so (remember, that the flight is 8 hours,) Makenna put up some sort of fuss or another. She constantly was kicking the seat in front of her and we had to literally hold her feet so she wouldn't. Not to mention screaming to "walk." We brought her DVD player but didn't realize that it hadn't charged so that sent her into another fit as she thought she was going to be able to watch "Monkeys" which is really Baby Einstein video with monkeys in it. Luckily they have in-flight movies and the "Bee Movie" was playing. She didn't want to have the ear phones in so she just watched it - when she felt like it. We did walk her up and down the isles a few times but that gets old for us and hard when you're getting in the way of others walking their kids, or trying to get to the bathrooms, or the flight attendants trying to get out food and drinks. We finally just put her in her car seat about 9pm and let her have a fit for about 10 minutes and then she calmed down and around 9:30pm she finally fell asleep (well, what would've been 9:30pm England time).
We landed about 8pm (NY State time) at JFK and had to wait on the plane for about another 40-45 minutes before getting off as other planes were being de-iced and for some reason that affected us pulling up to park. We then ended up being the last ones off the plane then the last ones in customs. But it ended working well as my brother had treacherous weather to drive in to come get us and he got there about 10 minutes before we got out.
We finally got home - exhausted - about 2am. Makenna, of course, was now well rested and ready to stay up. Chris agreed to stay up with her for a bit and after a couple of hours she finally went back to sleep in her old crib. I tried sleeping but actually had a very hard time as my body clock, even though tired, said it was after 7am and it was time to get up and do things.
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