Car Sleeping for Both My Babies

Funny story which will be filed under "reasons I love my husband"...

This weekend we went out for breakfast with my parents and planned to go straight to the pool nearby but Jenna fell asleep in the car and we figured we would capitalize on her naptime and head to the supermarket.  (We've done this before - one of us stays in the car, the other does the shopping).  I was the shopper this time. 

Fast forward about 45 minutes...

I come out to the parking lot and Jenna is waving at me from the backseat (so freaking cute) and daddy is FAST ASLEEP in the front seat.  And I mean head against the window and feet up on the driver's seat...OUT COLD!

INSERT PICTURE I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN HERE

(AND HUBBY REFUSED TO "STAGE" IT FOR ME)

I knock on the window and he smiled as he wiped the drool from his face (okay...slight exaggeration, but he knew he was busted).  I mouth to him "SHE'S UP"  and the "oh shit" look was priceless....

I guess both my babies needed naptime.

Car Riding

We just got our first car in over 10 years...by choice, hubby and I have been car-less for a very long time.  We live in the city where everything we need is just a walk or a subway ride away and anyplace that we need to drive to is handled with zip car.  We recently leases a Honda CRV...very exciting for us - nice and big enough for all the baby stuff you inevitably lug around and big enough for a potentially 'growing' family. 

But here's the thing - Jenna is not used to being in the car and by not used to I mean not happy in it.  Especially since she's been able to walk she doesn't really appreciate being strapped into anything (strollers, carseats).  So even though I always said I would never plan my life around her naps, I'm finding myself doing just that (how many things do we say we'd never do and end up doing them anyway) - but you know what - that doesn't always work!

We took a day trip to Pennsylvania this weekend to visit some friends and family.  It's about a 2 hour car trip door to door.  We left in the morning and timed it with Jenna's morning nap - and she did nap - sort of...closed her eyes for a bit then would open them then close them again (not sure that it really counts as a nap if she's never fully out).  And then when we had about 15-20 minutes left to our trip the crying and whining began. Fun times! On cue, hubby looked over at me and said "why'd we get a car?" (getting the car was more my push than his).  So we listened to her Music Together CD - well just the first song (it's her favorite) over and over until we finally got to grandma's house.  Okay - not horrible...but not wonderful either...

Coming home - probably left too late, but c'mon she typically goes to bed on the earlier side (I'm talking 6:30ish) - we're not going to leave a barbecue on a beautiful Saturday at 6:00!  So we ended up getting on the road around 8ish...it was really dark by then but again, Jenna was in and out of sleep the entire ride home.  To the point where I had to climb into the backseat to keep her in sleepy-land....Again, not horrible, but certainly not relaxing either...On the bright side she transferred into her crib pretty well - only took a few minutes to get comfortable and then slept through the night. 

I'm not really complaining, well maybe a little bit!  I'm thinking it could be just getting used to being in a car a little more often or maybe getting used to her new big girl carseat (facing forward now!), or maybe she's just not into road trips!