We're back in Moscow!

Yesterday was our last full day in Kemerovo. We thought we would try to get out and do some walking around with Paul Daniel. Not that he would remember a thing - but somehow we thought we ought to get Danil out into the city he has lived in for the last year and 8 months, but has never seen. We started out letting Danil walk, then Carl took him. We walked to a nice park near our hotel (a fifteen minute walk). Carl immediately took Danil to the swings and within 5 minutes of Carl swinging with him, he was asleep. So Danil slept through our walk through the park and back to the hotel...but at least he got a nap. We ate at a restaurant near the hotel - Danil did well sitting in my lap. We once again decided to try singing Paul Daniel to sleep at 8pm and it worked like a charm. We are so thankful we at least know how to do that!

We were up at 4:30am for our flight to Moscow. Oh my. That was a challenge. Danil started screaming as soon as we sat down in our seats. After about 15 minutes, the lady in front of us turned around and asked, "Why is your baby crying." We told her this was Danil's first time on an airplane. She said, "Oh" and said nothing else. Really don't know her point - if maybe she was going to offer some advice or something...just not sure. Well, he put up the fuss of a life time. It was like trying to hold a wild animal. I looked at Carl. He looked at me. We were clearly thinking the same thing...4 hours on this flight. Eleven hours on the next. Well, once again, Carl had the solution. He pulled out food. And more food. As soon as we got one jar finished, we pulled out another. When Danil finally got full, he started another tantrum. I took him to the bathroom to do a diaper change - he screamed bloody murder. After the diaper change, I stood the rest of the flight and rocked him. I had him so close to sleep, but it was time to sit back down and buckle our seatbelts. He started his screaming again, but we made it. Val met us at the airport and took us to the hotel. No car seat, but most in Russia don't use them. Danil fell asleep in my arms. He slept for 30 minutes and woke up when we arrived. He's been playing wide open for the last hour. Carl and I are trying to figure out how we could just get a smidgen of rest before 8pm tonight...but that may just be the way it is. We're about to take Danil for a walk again. Got to get rid of some of this energy! Carl and I are scared! Can we keep up?????