sleeping in Russia

Unlike eating, sleeping wasn't something we were able to do a whole lot. When we travel, we usually have to let Elijah sleep between us in the same bed. The first three nights Elijah would wake up in the middle of the night and want to play, because it was late afternoon in Chicago. We would pretend to be asleep, and he'd crawl all over us, coo, jabber, and show no signs of going back to sleep any time soon. Those were the times when I thought, "Why did we do this again?" When he did sleep, he was a space hog, so neither Ryan nor I were able to get very comfortable. During the day, however, he'd be really tired and often nap on our way to or from my parents. He would also nap in the stroller when we took walks, although I can't imagine that he was very comfortable doing that.