The Daily Hailey

Needless to say, we are all thrilled to be home! No burn against my family, as we loved being around them and catching up, but home is so nice, always.

Deks woke up at 7:00 this morning and it was rough right away. He ate somewhat quietly, but after that, he screamed. I brought him to his room, outside of his room, took him for a walk, carried him, brought him outside to the pool, I tried everything. He screamed. And screamed. People slammed their windows. I cried too. It was awful. A positive side of his morning, however, was that we packed up everything super early. Then around 9am he went back down for a nap and we could rest and load the car. Then he was up for lunch, so we hit up the local asian restaurant. He had a few meltdowns but for the most part he did great. I shared my chicken balls and chow mein with him and he perked up quite a bit. He was friendly while we all said goodbye and then he was finished. We were the first to leave, which always feels sick to me, but I doubt everyone kicked around for a whole lot longer. The drive home was touch and go, but he did ok and we did our best.

We took a gamble and stopped at his glasses place to get his specs adjusted again. He threw a big tantrum over the weekend and threw his face into the couch, and his nose pads have been crooked ever since. He did really well, and everything got placed. I’m sure it helped that we ran into grandma inside! My mom was picking up her new glasses as well so we were at the fitting counter together. Grandma makes everything better.

My favorite part of the drive was in the last stretch. We were passing a semi and Dekker was pointing and staring at it. I turned around to face him and ooo and aah over the big truck. Sometimes Dekker waves at other vehicles all on his own, so I tried to encourage him to wave. He didn’t wave, but instead stayed in his pointing position. When we passed, I saw the driver was full of smiles, and honked his horn for Dekker 🙂 I could have cried, honestly. I know its such a silly little thing but what a way to be acknowledged! I waved at him and celebrated with Dekker. It was so much fun!

I won’t go into tons of details about the evening. We tried to put Deks down for a rest as soon as we got home. We thought his own room and crib would feel nice and safe, but he was so frustrated and just fussed the whole time. So we got him up and had supper. He had maaaaaybe ten bites but was so done with it before we even really started. Poor boy started scream crying like he had done all weekend. It was so discouraging. So I just asked him if he would rather just skip all that stuff and go straight downstairs to play toys. He was so excited! So we hauled him downstairs and he raced around nonstop for about two hours. He played games and danced and joked and fell and got back up and ran and waved his arms and gave sooo many kisses! I think I squeezed one kiss out of him the entire time we were away, and I probably got fifteen this evening alone.

Bedtime cuddles were prime. More kisses, lots of cuddling and singing, chatting, practicing our parts of the face, etc. He was so soft and squishy and not eager to get away at all. Just happy to lay on me. We eventually called Brady in and he got his cuddles in as well. Its so nice Brady is finally illness-free and can partake in all of Dekker’s affection. Deks is now in bed, dead to the world asleep. Best evening ever.

So for some photos! I don’t have many, as it was truly a challenging weekend, but I have a few anyway. I’m hoping to steal a few from my mom someday soon and post those as well. But these are for today.

It really was a beautiful time away. I would do the exact trip over again, knowing exactly how it would go. No hesitation. I love my family.

And I love being home. I miss my bathtub.