The Daily Hailey

Today was a good day for lots of reasons, and challenging for lots of other reasons.

I decided to go to the walk-in clinic to finally deal with a few frustrating little ailments that I’ve left for too long. Being a wuss, I asked a friend to accompany me. After waiting at the clinic for a decent amount of time, they let me know that Dekker’s doctor had a cancellation and if I wanted to go for lunch first, she could see me, instead of me seeing whoever was on call. My lovely friend agreed, and we were out for asian food court food. I’m coming to LOVE asian food court food! We went back to the doctors office and got some things dealt with. Finally. I love my doctor. She’s not even my doctor. She is Dekkers. But she takes amazing care of me both of us. We made a quick stop at Tim Hortons on the way home, and that was it! Not lots to do, but I think I was just so nervous to go deal with things I had let go too far. I felt so exhausted. I brought Dekker home, fed him a little snack and put him down for a nap. I then lay in my bed until Brady got home. We had a quick supper before I ran out for a meeting.

Dalmeny is in the process of raising funds for building a spray park and I was recently recruited to be part of that committee. So it was my first meeting! It was fun and I’m actually pretty excited about the project. We were out of the meeting in good time, but then a quick trip to drop off a pizza pan at my moms house turned into one of those 45 minute visits in the back landing with the car running in the driveway. I love my mom. I feel like I haven’t seen her in weeks. It was nice to catch up while I handed her that pan for so long.

I drove home listening to the new Tyler Ward album, which helped me feel refreshed and relaxed. As much as I could, anyway. I replayed my day in my head, as I tend to do. For a day at the doctor, it was awesome! I loved having a willing friend with me, having lunch in the middle, and just general conversation so I didn’t get too nervous about the actual appointment. She helped keep my mind off of things, which I really appreciated. Also, the meeting was informative, the girls were nice, and the park is going to be amazing! It was a really great day. Yet for some reason, it was a weepy drive home. When I finally got there, my boy was on his way  to his nighttime bottle, so we cuddled up in bed while he dozed in and out, drinking his milk. He doesn’t usually sleep through that bottle at all, but his  nap was super short today so he was pretty finished.

And all of a sudden, my day got better.Dekker went straight from his bottle to sleeping on my chest, no hesitation. I held him so close, his twitches felt like they did when he was still in my belly. I found such comfort in his cuddles. Yet, I’m sure he felt comforted by me as well. He needs me, but I need him too! He has completely lifted my spirits this evening.

Dekker Thomas, that was exactly what I needed. Thank you. Sleep well, my love.