Today was a catch-up on sleep day and holy man, did I sleep. Grayson was, again, slightly better last night. His longest stretch of sleep was still only three hours (and mine was still only two), but again, at least he didn't wake up every 15-30 minutes. He did however wake up around 6 and didn't settle very well after that. He was clearly uncomfortable - pulling his legs to his chest and crying, then settling a little only to realize he couldn't sleep and to do the whole thing over again. Poor guy. Jeff ended up getting up with him around 6:45 so I could sleep and brought him back in to me for a nursing session at 9:30, so I got up, nursed him, had some breakfast and around 10:30, when Jeff put Grayson in his bassinet for a nap, I went into our room and laid down too. Of course, the little fart woke up after 20 minutes. When it was obvious to me that putting his soother back in and leaving my hand on his chest in his bassinet wasn't going to soothe him, I picked him up and brought him into bed with me and we napped together until 1:00. And there starts my first good thing for the day.
1. I got so much more sleep. I don't like to sleep in late, normally. I hate that it eats so much of your day, and I don't get enough days of Jeff being home with us, so I don't like that they are erased by sleep. And I also find that I feel terrible, physically, when I sleep too late into the day. But this morning, when I went back to bed at 10:30, I was just too tired to stay up and I'm so glad I went to bed. I feel nearly human. And happy. I feel happy. I reiterate: it's amazing what sleep can do for a person's mood.
2. My brother came over to visit today and was kind enough to play with Carter while I got some organizing and tidying done upstairs. I could hear them downstairs making a real raucous and Carter laughing like mad at something Uncle Curtis was doing. I love that I have brothers who come to my house and play with their three-year-old nephew - though I wonder if this is because their maturity level is matched?? Maybe sometimes ;) Either way, I have a brother that occupied and entertained my toddler, and a husband who got up early with our baby. This amounts to some pretty incredible men in my life.
3. My parents are spending their first full day on the cruise ship today. I miss them so much and think about them all the time (yes, it's only been four days - you can go right ahead and openly judge and mock me). The cruise ship has a "deck cam" feature where you can go to their website and select whichever ship you want and choose the "deck cam" option to see the camera from the front of the ship. I took a screen shot on my phone. (I intended to insert that picture here, but the stupid Blogger app on my phone won't upload a photo lately.) It's clearly a rainy day, but there they are - on the deep blue sea! Mom said today is a laundry and explore the inside of the ship day and their most recent message to us said that they were gambling. Sounds like a good day to me! Have fun, Parental Units!
I think when the boys are older, we will do a cruise, probably with my parents. I really want to do the Disney Cruise. How fun would that be for two little fellas??
I hope everyone had a happy Saturday.
I am not spell-checking this. It's 11:12 and my bed awaits. Please forgive me, if necessary :)
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