In Chicago we changed terminals, went through security again, both had dinner, and Gemma crawled around in an empty gate area and took another little nap. We started boarding at 7pm, and Gemma started a bottle right after we got on the plane. She finished it as we were taking off, and I got her to sleep as we were ascending. She then slept for the next 6 hours of the 6 hour and 45 minute flight! I held her the whole time, as I just wanted to keep her asleep! I didn't mind though, and I was able to snooze a little too.
Gemma woke up about 45 minutes before we landed, and we arrived in Dublin at 9am local time (3am Minnesota time) on Thursday, May 30th. I was so happy to see Paul in the arrivals area! I think he was pretty happy to see us too :-) Gemma took a little while to warm up, but within a day or so, she was back to being daddy's girl!
After we got back to our place, Gemma and I both had naps. I had to wake Gemma from her naps and in the mornings the first couple of days so that she wouldn't sleep all day and be up all night. The first night back she was awake and fussing from a little after 10pm until almost 1:30am, but it got earlier and less each night, and by our fourth night back, she was back on schedule, sleeping around 12 hours straight at night.
It was really nice that our first weekend back was a bank holiday weekend, so Paul was home Monday also. It gave me a chance to get everything unpacked, laundry done, etc. We also put away all of Gemma's 'baby baby' stuff, as she's outgrown it now!
Here are a couple of pics from the journey back to Ireland:
Eating puffs at a restaurant in the Chicago airport while mom had dinner
Chewing on the boarding pass from the first flight!
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