The face of exhaustion

Allie didn't nap for three days. I calculated her sleep deficit, meaning the missed naps and shortened sleeps to be 12 to 15 hours. That's not to say she wasn't tired!

At times on our trip, she would sit perfectly still for awhile with Dada or Mama. This is unheard of most of the time.

Even at the very beginning of our trip to the zoo last Friday, the exhaustion on her face is evident:

But then we had incidents like this one, at 9 that evening after the zoo, where Allie sure didn't look like she was ready for bed despite being exhausted:

Surprisingly enough, we put her in the crib, and even though the adults were still in the room talking and drinking wine, she fell asleep. The next morning, she again awoke too early but decided to rest with Mama for awhile:

When we got in the car to go home a few hours later, she promptly fell asleep for her first nap in three days. Unfortunately it was for only 45 minutes, as she woke up when the car came to a stop in a construction zone.

No wonder Allie's been cranky so far this week!