The Daily Hailey

We have safely arrived home and as I so often say, while we are so happy we went, it is a huge relief to be home.

We got up at a good time this morning and headed out to meet our friends for breakfast before leaving Winnipeg. We picked up some Starbucks on the way and were at their house by 9:00. They had prepared a big breakfast of pancakes, bacon, and fruit which we downed! It was super delicious. And it was also really good to get in a short visit. I’m not going to lie. I felt sick that my girlfriend lost her mom just a week ago, and was waking up early to make me and my family breakfast. I felt like a garbage friend. I failed pretty hard as a friend in this situation, not knowing what to say or how to act. But I prayed, and I went with what I felt was right, so hopefully it will all make sense eventually. Either way, it was so nice to spend a little quiet time in the morning with my girlfriend, and her husband a dad. I love that family.

Dekker wasn’t exactly on his best behaviour, and was asleep as soon as we hit the highway. I took the first shift driving and Brady had a short nap as well. I only made it to Brandon before I decided I would like a break from the wheel. I drove most of the way to Winnipeg, which I’m actually thinking was way better for my back since I was forced to sit straight, but I didn’t want to get dozey and kill off our family. So I traded Brady out and we ate lunch on the road to wake us up.

Somewhere between Moosomin and Regina, Dekker and I both had a good solid nap. However, Dekker slept a little funny and got a kink in his neck. Home could not come soon enough. Little dude was sooo sad, and holding his head all funny. I wish I knew the trick to help him learn to sleep in his carseat with his head back instead of sideways or forward but we have yet to figure it out. This almost never happens though, this was the second time, and the first time was before he was one year old. Still, he was so sad and sooo tired! On the last half hour stretch before we got home, Brady went and sat in the backseat with him and tried to read to him and distract him from his pain. It worked pretty well for the most part but Dekker kept falling asleep and then waking up as soon as we;d hit a bump. He cried and cried til he was sweaty and snotty all over his face, and drooly and hot and teary and having trouble catching his breath. I was awful for all of us.

We finally got to bring him inside, which we had all anticipated for quite some time. I put him on my shoulder and he finally rested his head on me. No movement. No celebration when we entered the house like always. Just discomfort. When I lay him on his change table, he was pretty nervous and cried, but then realized how much better his neck felt when it was all stretched out. He relaxed right away, while I changed his diaper really slowly, with lots of tummy tickles and kisses in between. He started to cool off finally, and his hair dried off a bit. Sitting him back up to change his shirt wasn’t popular, and normally we would have just left him in a sweaty shirt for the night to just avoid the pain it caused, but he had food all over it as well, and I’ll likely be catching up on laundry tomorrow. The first load is always his. It just needed to be done. But he recovered and came into our room for bedtime cuddles like always. I miss bedtime routine sooo much when we’re away! But having him lay on my chest and play like always was completely out of the question. So instead I lay him back on his back, and played peekaboo with his blanket. He loved it! So peekaboo turned a bit more aggressive with lots of sneaking kisses and tickles and munching. We got to put him to bed happy instead of teary and distraught. Sooo much better!

Now Brady and I are anticipating the rest of the evening. We’re whooped. I will likely unpack everything tomorrow, so nothing too crazy tonight. Dekkers rash got sooo much worse in disposable diapers over this weekend so we used a few cloth for the drive home today. Those are already in the wash and once they’re through, we’ll have a soak and watch some zoning out tv before bed. So looking forward to it!

Ok, a few cute random photos from this weekend and we’re done here. Have a good rest everyone!

Tomorrow I’ll post photos of all the new diapers we got this weekend, and all the new baby girl clothes we bought at Target!