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dancerjodiWe had Uncle Sean and Auntie Krista over last night after dinner, and Mina had a blast. She put on Krista's scarf and gloves and chased Uncle Sean in a circle around the house, over and over again. What is it with kids running in circles in houses? I'm glad our setup can accommodate that.
She was all riled up and playing later than usual (I want to be a bit flexible this week). We got up for the bath a half-hour later than usual, and she played in there a bit longer than usual. She's been staying up late this week (fighting sleep) despite my attempts to keep on the schedule. If she keeps going to bed around 9 anyway, I don't feel like putting up the fight for longer (fight for an hour to get her to bed at 9 or just take it easy and get her to bed at 9). We played, read books and snuggled and she finally let go around 9. Following that by a hot shower is really heavenly. I managed to do a load of laundry, take care of dishes/cleanup/packing and watch another old episode of Castle.
She fussed around midnight but slept through it (yay). She woke around 3 and slept through it again (yay). She woke up super cranky/needy at 5. What is with this new 9-5 schedule lately? She was crying/groggy and I told her I'd change her and bring her into my bed to snuggle. She cried "I wanna snuggle daddy!". I told her we'd see Daddy in 2 days, and she repeated "2 days?". I told her that he flew on a plane for work, and he would fly back in 2 days and we would pick him up. Who knows if that makes any sense to her, but she seemed OK with it.
We played in her room a bit and got ourselves washed/dressed/bunny fed. Downstairs for cats/snuggle/pack bags/snuggle/fruit/snuggle/breakfast/snuggle. Just as I'm letting her stay up later, I'm letting her watch more screen stuff. I put on Netflix so that I could sit and have breakfast (another 'give' - we always eat at the dining room table) and she asked for the train movie again. Maybe we are in the Thomas phase? She had her own fruit and some of my cereal/fruit, glued to me. We facetimed with Brian around 7, got together and out of the door around 7:40. Drop off was easy: The director picked her up to hold her and she was fascinated by something going on with one of the kids, and I snuck out.
She now has my cold (snotty, snotty girl). I had the chills/sweats again last night, but haven't taken my temp at all. It doesn't feel high, and I wasn't sore/miserable like I felt the night before. I'm stuffy/blowing my nose/coughing/tickle throat. Trying diligent fluids and handwashing and distancing myself from folks. It is hard to do that with a clingy toddler who misses her daddy and wants to be snuggled. I can only hope it runs its course and just keeps a cold for the two of us.
Only one more work morning to deal with! Tonight we don't have plans or visitors. I want to try and get her back to a normalish bed time, so I may take her across the street to visit her friend Sharma (that runs the Convenience store), and attempt a normal bath/bed time. My dad is visiting us tomorrow morning, and then he and my mom are having dinner with us tomorrow night. On Saturday we'll get up, eat something small and head to Logan to meet Brian. And then head out for breakfast, as he'll be in need of something to eat. It will be nice to have an AM shower again, and some time to myself that isn't crazed/workday preparation/pre-bed exhaustion.
Through all of this though, it STILL isn't as crazy/bad as those initial early newborn days. I think that routine really prepared us for anything!
She was all riled up and playing later than usual (I want to be a bit flexible this week). We got up for the bath a half-hour later than usual, and she played in there a bit longer than usual. She's been staying up late this week (fighting sleep) despite my attempts to keep on the schedule. If she keeps going to bed around 9 anyway, I don't feel like putting up the fight for longer (fight for an hour to get her to bed at 9 or just take it easy and get her to bed at 9). We played, read books and snuggled and she finally let go around 9. Following that by a hot shower is really heavenly. I managed to do a load of laundry, take care of dishes/cleanup/packing and watch another old episode of Castle.
She fussed around midnight but slept through it (yay). She woke around 3 and slept through it again (yay). She woke up super cranky/needy at 5. What is with this new 9-5 schedule lately? She was crying/groggy and I told her I'd change her and bring her into my bed to snuggle. She cried "I wanna snuggle daddy!". I told her we'd see Daddy in 2 days, and she repeated "2 days?". I told her that he flew on a plane for work, and he would fly back in 2 days and we would pick him up. Who knows if that makes any sense to her, but she seemed OK with it.
We played in her room a bit and got ourselves washed/dressed/bunny fed. Downstairs for cats/snuggle/pack bags/snuggle/fruit/snuggle/breakfast/snuggle. Just as I'm letting her stay up later, I'm letting her watch more screen stuff. I put on Netflix so that I could sit and have breakfast (another 'give' - we always eat at the dining room table) and she asked for the train movie again. Maybe we are in the Thomas phase? She had her own fruit and some of my cereal/fruit, glued to me. We facetimed with Brian around 7, got together and out of the door around 7:40. Drop off was easy: The director picked her up to hold her and she was fascinated by something going on with one of the kids, and I snuck out.
She now has my cold (snotty, snotty girl). I had the chills/sweats again last night, but haven't taken my temp at all. It doesn't feel high, and I wasn't sore/miserable like I felt the night before. I'm stuffy/blowing my nose/coughing/tickle throat. Trying diligent fluids and handwashing and distancing myself from folks. It is hard to do that with a clingy toddler who misses her daddy and wants to be snuggled. I can only hope it runs its course and just keeps a cold for the two of us.
Only one more work morning to deal with! Tonight we don't have plans or visitors. I want to try and get her back to a normalish bed time, so I may take her across the street to visit her friend Sharma (that runs the Convenience store), and attempt a normal bath/bed time. My dad is visiting us tomorrow morning, and then he and my mom are having dinner with us tomorrow night. On Saturday we'll get up, eat something small and head to Logan to meet Brian. And then head out for breakfast, as he'll be in need of something to eat. It will be nice to have an AM shower again, and some time to myself that isn't crazed/workday preparation/pre-bed exhaustion.
Through all of this though, it STILL isn't as crazy/bad as those initial early newborn days. I think that routine really prepared us for anything!
