The Daily Hailey

We’re here. And sooo tired. I don’t have a whole lot of energy to share on here, but I’ll tell you about last night, because it was ridiculous. Riiiiiiidiculous! (Said in a Judge Judy voice. Anyone? Anyone?!)

We put the kids down at the hotel with Dekker in a queen bed and Laela in her playpen. Since she’s so grabby, and the scratching on the side of the playpen is so loud, we swaddled her with her arms in. She wasn’t super impressed and did quite a bit of whining while falling asleep. Dekker was also fairly unimpressed with having to go to bed after a long trip, and then finally getting out to play and go swimming, which he loved. So we put them both to bed, grabbed the monitor, and hung out in Phil and Elvira’s room for a little while. They weren’t very settled, but they did ok. When we did go in, they were nice and quiet, so we got into bed and turned on Netflix. We took out our headphones and cuddled in to watch a show. We watched for a bit, and Dekker was moving around like crazy. He was sooo loud, we started to wonder if he was even in bed anymore. I asked Brady to just turn the laptop towards the bed and see where he was.

And horrifyingly enough, we were met with the shadow of Dekker, standing tall at the side of his bed closest to us, unmoving. I’m pretty sure both mine and Brady’s lives flashed before our eyes, as we prepared for Dekker’s eyes to start glowing, or his mouth to start foaming. I was the brave one who got up and walked over to him. I gave him a little hug and he eagerly asked to get off the bed and play. I told him it was nighttime, and he whipped himself down onto this belly and cried. It was then that I smelled his rank post-bedtime poop. So just minutes later, he was tucked back in with his clean bum, and Brady and I cuddled back in. It wasn’t long before we could tell the laptop was distracting Dekker too much, so we called it a night.

I night of loud beeping outside the window, a loud motor of some kind, and talkative kids.All night. Don’t get me wrong! The things Dekker says in the night are pretty random and funny! Out of nowhere, “Oh, trains.” Or “Detter boy, and La girl! Dad boy, and mummy…boy.” Sooo close! Laela didn’t have any big breakdowns, which was great, but we all slept super lightly, which made for a very sensitive group of littles in the morning. We did our best, but I know we weren’t tons of fun.

Its good to be home though. I’m hoping they’ll both sleep really well. Maybe even all night! C’mon, Laela bean! This is the part where you all root for her. We’ve had a number of good nights in a row. Yes, they end a little early, but I prefer the early morning to the 3am wake up.

Time for me to drag my grumpy bones into the tub for a soak. Maybe a snack. I feel a little bit like garbage, but I think I’m just tired. Trying reeeaaaly hard not to just hate on everything right now. Hahaha, sounds like an appropriate time to stop writing..