Yesterday night, we made the plan to go to church in the morning, and then have my parents out for supper. The day was going so smoothly that we were fairly certain it would work out. Laela ate like a champ all evening, until she threw up a solid ounce and a half. She had been eager to eat, yet she had just eaten quite a bit fairly recently. Its as though she finally feels comfortable eating, now that it isn’t such an effort with so much gas to follow. She had great burps after all of her bottles, so we’re pretty sure she just over ate. Oops. Live and learn. Frankly, I liked being able to just quickly strip her down and dip her in the bath with me. She is a great bath buddy. Super low maintenance and full of smiles. Because of that “hiccup” in the evening, we didn’t want her to go to bed with an upset tummy, and we let her stay up a bit longer. We made her a small bottle around midnight and she probably sucked on it three times before falling asleep. We decided in that moment to skip church and wake up slowly in the morning, then head to Costco for lunch and grocery shopping. Laela stayed asleep until 6:30, which was incredible! Lucky for us, we played that feeding right and she was back to sleep in no time. We didn’t wake up until 10:30!!! Of course, our plans changed again. No more Costco. Being that it takes a good 45 minutes to drive there, time for shopping, eating, finding a table even on a sunday afternoon, and then 45 minutes to drive back, WHILE being home by 2:00 in order to put supper in the crock pot, it was impossible. So we were lazy, watched some Netflix, cuddled in bed, drank hot chocolate, and took our time.
Laela’s cold has relapsed, and some how Dekker scraped his face up over night. He bled thru two sheets in a few different places and all over his face. Poor kid. Plus his cold was bad again, resulting in blood and snot all over the place. No good.
Through the whole thing, Laela was easily the more smiley she had ever been. I’m so happy she doesn’t have a tummy ache anymore!
We took our time today. We did that last load of laundry from Saturday, and another load of Dekker’s bedding and jammies. We watched a bit of tv and ate a lot of crackers and cheese. We put my honey chicken in the crock pot shortly after 2:00 and just relaxed the day away. When my parents did arrive, Dekker had just gone down for a nap and we all just plunked down in the living room for a visit. Our lives have certainly picked up and we haven’t all spent time together for a while it seems. So we made some plans and also filled them in with more detail about Laela’s recent appointments with her doctor and the chiropractor. When it was time, Dekker got up and we enjoyed honey chicken on rice and a yummy green bean dish with mushroom soup and crunchy onions. Seriously, if you don’t know what dish I’m talking about, you haven’t lived. We all went downstairs after supper and basically just watched Dekker tear around the basement, showing off all his toys and new words. He was completely whooped when it was bedtime though, and didn’t fight it too hard. After he went down, my parents left to tackle the highways, and we went to check the score of the Grey Cup game. Let the record show that the Riders killed Hamilton 45-23. Go us!!!
Now, as per usual, its bath time, time to feed Laela her last bottle of the evening, snack time, and tv time. I love our evening routine. Its so comfy and relaxing. Which we deserve, because tomorrow is going to be an insane day of Christmas shopping! I’m a bit tired just thinking about it, but I’m also super excited! We’re hoping to pick up a few Christmas decorations as well, but I’m not sure where to start with that. Any ideas? I know Pinterest is loaded with ideas, but almost too many, and I don’t have enough time to sift through them. I’ll take tips if you guys have got any for me before tomorrow!
Sleep deep, friends.