The Daily Hailey

I slept like a log. I dozed off so easily and slept like there was no tomorrow! Or I suppose I slept like there are plenty more tomorrows. Whoops. It was such a relief to feel solidly tired. I’m sure Brady was thankful too. As my sleeping sidekick, he’s often up until I’m asleep. Yup, like children. I suppose he could let me “cry it out” but that might be awkward in the same bed…

So anyway, I slept great. And then had this horrible dream! A little bit of Community mixed in with Lost and I don’t know what else! I don’t remember where it was or why, but Troy Barnes was being forced to do something. He didn’t want to do it, because it was wrong, and the man trying to persuade him started surface slicing him with a big knife! Like, around his neck and everything, just enough to make him bleed. It was gross and terrible! He took it like a champ though, didn’t budge on his decision. And then the guy cut off one of his finger tips!!! It was all very bloody and scary and I hated it. But that was the end of it. Troy never gave in, and the guy gave up. I suppose whether dreams mean something or they don’t, its a good reminder anyway. Don’t give up on what you know is right, no matter what.

Today, we are going to my parents again, to practice music for the Sunday service. Brady and I were technically on the list to lead but having had the busiest week of my life, we passed it to my mom this time around. So we’ll practice music, have supper there, and play with Dekker. He is getting sooo close to standing on his own. He can stand for a second or two before he plops down on his bum or grabs back onto whatever he let go of in the first place. Not long, but its getting more common. He tries a lot, anyway. And he climbs up and down their two stairs out of the sunken living room. He’s doing awesome, and developing fast!

Also, just because I haven’t documented it in here yet (I don’t think) he is so much fun to watch! He plays by himself really well. His favorite is discovering what sound is made when two toys bang together. Any toys. But my parents have toy cymbals so he crashed those things together like nobodys business! Also popular are those stack cups that either fit inside each other or stack up into a tower. Most kids, you need to basically restrain while you build the tower before they come flying into it, knocking it over. I was actually really looking forward to that game! And of course, my kid is the one weird kid that won’t knock the tower over on purpose. He starts at the top and pulls one cup off. Then the next, and the next, until he gets to the bottom one. The green one. The best one. He picks it up and waves it around, celebrating his find. And then he takes it somewhere to smack it against another toy. End of game. He’s so funny, I get such a kick out of him playing toys. I genuinely look forward to playing with him today!

After such a creepy, dark dream, he sure lights up my day!