When preparing for our trip, people would ask if we had a direct flight or a layover. Yes, a direct flight is nice, shorter overall trip, less hassel with boarding and deboarding, etc., but we were glad for our layover. Carl was good the first flight and finally relaxed enough to snuggle in for a short nap and Brianna was amazing playing with the toys/books/videos we brought along. Even after that (relatively) short amount of time on the plane, I was glad to be getting out and stretching my legs. Not paying for one little person is good in theory, but when the little person is climbing Carl, that is a whole other story. PLUS, with the time of our flight and the little it seemed we ate that morning, I was hungry and I'm sure my kids were too.
We arrived in San Francisco a little ahead of schedule! There wasn't much for food options in our small end of the terminal but there was a restaurant who was willing to help work around our allergy needs. The manager came out and was like, "Hmm, probably not that, probably not that, probably not that... Well, let's figure this out!" We ended up with a baked chicken with fries and vegetables. Since the fries were sketchy, I asked if we could just have more vegetables, and a ton more vegetables we got. I may have just been really hungry, but it was delicious. We had to wait a little bit since they baked it in the oven, but it was worth it. The kids and I shared this enormous piece of chicken and all the vegetables. So good!
So while we waited for our next plane and ate dinner, a FABULOUS couple from Hopkins entertained my kids. Right away they were making conversation and asking questions and even helping me get Brianna to eat more chicken. B would come over to me, take a bit of chicken, go back over and "show off" for the couple and when the women thought she was done chewing she'd tell her to go back to mom and take another bit. It worked swell! Then it turns out they were right across the row from us. They may have preferred another seat, but it was fun for Brianna to see her new friends again.
This was a late night flight so after a while they turned off all the lights and we tried our best to get some sleep. Not much was had by me, but Brianna and Carl both were able to calm down and get some rest. You really have to be prepared with a lap sitter because once they fall asleep and you have to go to the bathroom, there is a little difficulties getting up. That's all I'm saying about that!
We landed safely, again slightly ahead of schedule, and we were picked up by my brother-in-law John and headed to their house. To give some perspective to the timing of our trip, my sister had just returned from the hospital the day we arrived, after having baby Katriel just a few days before (10/11/12). Kudos to Laura for being willing to take us in after not being home and just having a baby! We had hoped baby would have come sooner so there would have been a little adjustment period, but Kat just wasn't ready yet!
So, as you an imagine, B & C were pretty tired since it was the middle of the night to our internal clocks, but they were troopers. Went to bed pretty much right away and was up, what felt like, pretty much right away. I tried delaying them as long as possible. I think my phone said 3:35 Hawaii time and after a night with hardly any sleep because Carl slept with me on my bed, I did my best to not judge their alertness. It finally seemed semi acceptable to make our way into the living room where my parents were camping out, so out we went and on to cranky/sleepy day number two.
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