Murphy's Law

I'll get to Murphy in a second. We returned from the beach on Sunday and had a short but wonderful trip! It is totally different going to the beach with the grandparents...John and I got to take a nap one morning and even got to go out for a date Saturday night. It definitely feels more like a vacation when you have help. We took some pictures on the beach Friday night. Will had his first encounter with sand. Last time we forgot to let him stick his feet in the sand. He didn't know what to think of it. He kept swiping his hands through the sand and then eventually, of course, his hands went in his mouth and he wasn't so happy after that :) On Sunday we decided to leave around 8:30 since this is when he normally goes down for his morning nap. We figured this would work perfectly and he would sleep in the car until 11am and we would then stop for lunch to feed him. Will had his own plan. He was out cold before we even had the car loaded. All signs pointed to a quiet ride home. We had to stop and get gas once we left the resort and from there it was over. He woke up while we were stopped and DID NOT GO BACK TO SLEEP. He whined on and off until 11 when we got to Andalusia. We weren't hungry yet and weren't really around a great place to stop and feed him so we ended up feeding him in a Comfort Inn Lobby. The receptionist was so kind to let us just set up camp in their dining area and we got Will fed. He finally went to sleep and slept about 45 minutes from outside Andalusia to Greenville. This time we went through a drive through to get food for ourselves and this woke little man up. He preceeded to whine and have 2 major melt downs so we stopped in Clanton at Peach Park to let him get out of his car seat and stretch his legs. Of course the fact that we wanted some homeade peach ice cream played no role in our reason for stopping when and where we did! From Clanton to Birmingham he did not cry but was on edge. I rode in the back with him and tried to entertain his as best I could. John and I sang every song we knew the words of to try and keep his mind off the fact that he had been in his car seat for about 5 hours. Here is where Murphy comes in...He only slept 45 minutes the entire 5.5 hour car ride, however as soon as we got off on 280 (less than 5 miles away from our neighborhood), guess who was out COLD? Murphy's Law!! We unpacked the entire car and all of our bags and Will was still sound asleep in his carseat. I finally woke him up at 3 to eat and then he went right back into his crib. Why do babies fight sleep so much?? Thank you Kiki and Pops for a fun weekend at the beach!