The flights!

So, as I mentioned yesterday Gwen was a perfect angel on the way to NM. Eric & I didn't get much sleep, finishing packing and stressing out about travel. We waited until the last minute to wake up Gwen. We didn't change her we just popped her in the car hoping she would go back to sleep. She of course did not. We get to the airport and are waiting for the bus and realize we forgot the carseat, just as the bus is coming and Eric has to run back to the car and get it. OOPS! Fortunately there were some nice people that helped me load up our stuff while Eric ran back to the car. Gwen didn't fuss on either flight, she chatted we walked the aisles and we had a long layover in Houston where she got out and ran around, generally had a good time. In the car on the ride to NM we got about 30 minutes from the house (we had been in the car for an 1.5hr) and she started to get crazy.
On the flight back, we didn't leave until about 3p EST, she took a nap in the car, which we thought was a good sign, but it wasn't! By this point Gwen was overtired and antsy, she was sitting on our laps and kept going back and forth between the 2 of us. She wanted to look at the people behind us and just acted crazy, fussing and tiring to all of us! As soon as we got into the car at 10ish she feel asleep. I kept telling Eric if we could just get her to sit still for 10 minutes she would fall asleep, but we just couldn't. She really enjoyed closing the window shade and then signing and saying open, so she could close it again. UGH! That was annoying, but it kept her relatively quiet and happy.