Shannon’s World

We spent a total of 4 days in Maine before driving back to Rhode Island on Sunday. We had a relaxing visit enjoying the company of family along the rocky ocean shore. One of the highlights for me was attending the Winter Harbor Lobster Festival on Saturday. We had a great time visiting some local arts and crafts booths and of course, eating a lobster dinner. Another highlight of the trip was taking Libby in her first back pack ride.

We woke up very early on Sunday and once again Libby did great in the car. We left the Barron Family Compound at 6:15 am and Libby slept until 11:20, as we were exiting 95 to return to my Aunt and Uncles. Libby was able to eat and stretch out for a few hours before it was back in the car and off to the airport.

The flight home was slightly more eventful than our previous flights with Libby. Just as we were about to take off Libby filled her pants not once, not twice, but three times. So much so that she leaked through a onesie and her sleeper! Of course, they had just closed the cabin door . ..we were stuck! I grabbed a blanket to wrap Libby’s lower half in so we could at least save Mike from the poop that would not stop. Mike and I did not know what to do! We were eventually able to flag down a flight attendant who let us get up even though the fasten seat belt signs were on. The Southwest flight attendants were great - they let us use an airline blanket on the floor in the back of the plane so we could spread out and begin to clean up! It was a two person job, but we did it and Libby enjoyed the rest of the flight - sleeping on and off and only fussing a bit.

The fun didn’t end when our flight landed at Midway…when we arrived at my car the battery was dead! It didn’t take long for the maintenance truck to find us and we were on our way down to Indy.

Considering we left Maine at 6 am and got to our home at midnight - it was a long day and needless to say we were glad to (finally) be home!