Church, Cuddles, and Showhomes

We had a lovely night last night, with Laela only waking once at 3:20 before we woke with her at 8:00. She cuddled with me on the bed until 8:30 when Brady had finished showering up and getting ready for the day. Then he cuddled with her while I got ready. At 9:00, we surfaced and got Dekker up and dressed. Elvira came upstairs shortly after Dekker was seated for breakfast. I dressed Laela and Brady packed the diaper bag, we made some coffee, and were off! we were actually surprisingly relaxed and efficient. That always feels good. We were even a couple minutes early to church.

At the point in the service where Dekker started getting fidgety, Brady took him out to play toys in the back room. But Brady’s missed the last couple of services that way, so I passed Laela to Elvira and traded Brady out. I sat in the back listening to the service on the wall speaker, and played with Dekker. He was having a pretty rough time. He had gotten a nice long sleep but was very tired and warm. I unzipped his sweater in an effort to help but it didn’t do much. At one point, he was going for a toy and bumped his head on a table. It was barely a tap, but I expected a throw down. I tried to coax him over to me, but he shook his head and slowly sat down on the floor, as if contemplating his next move. I watched him lean against the tub of toys for a few seconds before his eyes glazed over. He bobbed a little. When he came back to earth, he burst out crying. He was completely whooped. I went and scooped him up and he cried into my neck for a good minute or two. Once he had calmed down a little, I asked him if he wanted to go down and play with the toys. He shook his head. I asked him to take pictures with me and he said no to that too. I pulled out my phone and turned the camera on and facing us anyway, just to see. He was stone faced. So I started making faces. It worked 🙂

It was fun. He was so cuddly and giggly. I adore that boy.

After church, we went to my parents for lunch. It was probably one of the yummiest meals I’ve eaten in a while, or it just really hit the spot, but we had hashbrown casserole, farmer sausage, and green beans with mushrooms in mushroom soup sauce and crunchy onions. I’m drooling just writing it out. Amazing. Once lunch was done, we abandoned the offspring and drove Elvira to Saskatoon to show her around the Daytona Showhome that Brady worked in, as well as a few other surrounding homes he had finished. It was fun to tour through them and to see Elvira so proud of Brady and his work. He truly is wonderful at his job. It was in the fourth house that I inquired about the time, and Brady said it was 4:30. My parents were expecting company to arrive at 4:30! So we booked it out of there and headed back to their place to snag our kids so they could enjoy their quiet evening with friends.

We arrived at their place shortly afterwards to a quiet group of four adults and my sleeping daughter in the living room, and Dekker still fast asleep in the computer room. It was sooo peaceful and quiet, and it really didn’t appear that we had put anyone out. We visited with everyone for a while, but Brady, Elvira, and I were all feeling quiet sleepy so we gathered up the kids, all of their stuff, and all of the food from the people at church, and drove home. We had crispy chicken salad for supper and had a really nice, much needed heart to heart afterwards. We’re all solidly tired at this point so it is soon bedtime.

Here’s hoping for another easy night with Laela. I’ve got a bit of crocheting to complete tomorrow afternoon, so I best be as rested as possible!