Last night was probably my worst night yet since Laela was born. Not only did I not fall asleep until 2:00am due to my racing mind, but she woke at 4:00 and we couldn’t get her back down until 6:00. And then she was back up at 7:00 (I would know, I was still awake), rocked back to sleep, and then I was brutally in and out until we finally gave in and got up. Maybe this is a normal night for parents, but not for us. I’m doing my best not to pour over this took much. Laela has had the pattern of being awake for two hours in the night for the last few nights, but I’m hoping its just a stage, and I know Dekker would whip through those stages so fast! Hopefully Laela is similar in that way, and is past this before I even have a chance to try and figure out how to remedy the situation.
Needless to say, I was pretty much a zombie for most of the day, which wasn’t especially conducive for the day we had planned. We did our stuff in the city on Wednesday, and had more of a relaxed family day yesterday. We did accomplish some stuff yesterday, but not enough apparently. We didn’t realize how much there was left to do to get our house ready for company. Its not as though our friends have some issue with the cleanliness of our home. Its just us 🙂 It always feels so great to have the house looking good. So today, I was kind of in panic mode.
We did some more laundry, dishes, cleaned the floors and kitchen, and tidied all the toys upstairs and downstairs! Yes, Dekker did spread the basement out a little bit this evening, but he should! We also cleared up a few spots that are just consistently messy and drive me bananas. We actually have counter space now!!! We took out tons of garbage, and wrapped Christmas presents. Now, I’m about 70% sure everything is done and thats as sure as we’re gonna get because I’m bushed. It was a great, successful day though. It feels good to have it in order. I find that when we really get down to it and get things looking beautiful, they tend to stay that way a little bit longer than they would if we just rushed through it and did the job sort of half-assed.
The one room in the house that suffers is our room. Of course. Doesn’t everyone sort of have that issue? Well, maybe not, but when we don’t really have time to go through every single thing, the extras just get chucked into our room for another day. Luckily our room is so large, because it has three small disaster areas that need attention. Maybe next week. I’m actually looking forward to that!
I believe we still have an hour or so before our friends arrive, so I’m hopping in the tub! Sleep tight everyone!