Day 228: Home Again, Home Again

This will be short and sweet because I am totally exhausted.  I got about four hours of sleep last night, if even. Eis slept terrible! She woke up as I was about to go to bed, so I nursed her and put her back down, after trying to burp her.  She was too tired, so I put her in her bed. She cried out every 12 to 23 minutes for the next TWO HOURS.  Finally, she tooted a big toot and passed out, which gave me three hours to sleep.

She woke me up 30 minutes before my alarm, so I fed her, put her down, then finished my last bit of packing. I finished at 0645, which was the time we were supposed to be leaving.  Michelle came and I had her change and dress Eis, while I stuffed everything in my bags.  We went downstairs and said bye to everyone and Tim went outside with Michelle and I.  I put Eis in the carseat and Tim said bye to her about ten times, then went to his car -- never telling me goodbye.  Then he backed out and jumped out of the car and said, "I need one more goodbye," and I turned around and he said, "Not from you, from Eis," and I said, "You didn't say 'bye' to me!" So he gave me a long hug after he kissed Eis again.

Michelle and I chatted all the way to Baltimore, while Eis finished sleeping.  We got Chik-fil-A for breakfast and got to the airport with good time.  I went through security and then found a family bathroom in which to change Eisley's diaper.  I gave her a small bottle after, once I got to the gate.  She was screaming a lot, so I was glad there weren't many people there.  I thought that maybe I'd get a whole row to myself.

As I sat there, a couple got up and left because their gate had changed.  I asked if they were going to Austin and they said they were not.  I kept trying to keep Eis calm and I heard an announcement about the flight to Austin boarding or getting ready to board.  Luckily, it was coming from across the "hall," so I  jumped up, grabbed all our stuff, then walked over to the other gates.  There was a sign for "Harlingen" under B8 and "Austin" under B6.  I went and sat over in the B6 area.  I didn't know what time it was, but I figured we would start boarding soon.  As I watched the seating monitors, they flickered on and listed a flight to New Orleans.  At that moment, I heard another message about group B boarding the flight to Austin.

I grabbed all our crap and Eis and I walked over toward the desk, but the man in front of me asked if B8 was the flight to Austin, which it was.  I walked over and fished around for my boarding pass, when a nice woman informed me that I am allowed to board any time after group A, and said I could go in front of her.  We chatted a bit as we boarded the plane.

I sat in row 16 in the aisle.  Soon, a man came and sad in the window seat and kept talking to Eisley.  People kept getting on, but no one wanted to sit next to me and Eis.  It was the second to last woman on the plane who sat next to us!  She was nice and let me use her tray table for my drink, since mine wouldn't come down while Eis was napping.

Eis drank milk during take-off, then fell asleep.  She was up and played for a while, then I changed her and went to the bathroom.  Then she ate and eventually napped again.  The end of the flight, she was up and drinking milk/sucking Bebo on decent.  We got our stuff and waited for the Colonel at baggage claim, since we had a checked bag.

Eis had red cheeks today. We were concerned she may be getting sick... either from the bowling alley where she was just around a lot of people, or from the National Cathedral from being around people/it being freezing cold and super windy.  She didn't seem like she was up to par, but hopefully it doesn't get worse.

I showed Dad the pics I took while in DC and we uploaded the specific POA to USAA...  Eis took a few short naps... we ate dinner... mom and dad fed Eis her cereal... and I explained we would be starting some sign language with Eis.

I showed them:
mama
daddy
grandmother
grandfather
dog
more
all done
music
full
cereal
diaper

Here's my favourite picture from my camera of me and Eis from the Natl' Cathedral: