Today was Joel's first day of going to work a half hour later than usual. Instead of having to be there at 8:00am he now gets to arrive at 8:30. While it cuts into the extra overtime he'll receive I think we're going to be blessed tenfold by sleeping in a bit and spending just a few more minutes together as a family. I am excited!
Sarah didn't wake up until after he left and from the moment she awoke she seemed clingy and grumpy. She is usually a morning person - excited to start her day. I was scared it was going to be 'one of those days.' I braced myself. We went to the store for our weeks worth of groceries and she behaved herself most of the time. The car-ride was tolerable, which is very good for us these days. When we got home I put her down for a nap during which she talked to herself most of the time. I got half my workout in when she started crying. I decided I needed to get the dishwasher unloaded before I got her up, so I finished that up and went into her room.
She was crying her sad cry not her angry cry so I brought her into the living room and she lay in my lap watching Blues Clues. Anyone who knows my daughter knows that this is a rare moment indeed. Before I knew it she had the same twitch her dad gets when he falls asleep. My child was asleep in my arms. That has happened twice in the last 6 months. The other time was after she threw up all over me several times in the middle of the hardware store. Joel called while she was sleeping and I got tears in my eyes telling him she was asleep.
It lasted five minutes. But it was five minutes of pure heaven. Life doesn't get better than that.
After she got up I told myself I needed to super-clean the kitchen. It's been far too long since that's happened. I fed Sarah lunch and then got started on the kitchen. And the biggest miracle of the day - she played quietly by herself for almost an hour. She was playing and talking in her room and would come out to say hi and I would go visit her. It was amazing. I hope this might be the start of some independent play habits. That would be awesome. I can just imagine the things I could get done without her clinging to my leg!
Sarah didn't wake up until after he left and from the moment she awoke she seemed clingy and grumpy. She is usually a morning person - excited to start her day. I was scared it was going to be 'one of those days.' I braced myself. We went to the store for our weeks worth of groceries and she behaved herself most of the time. The car-ride was tolerable, which is very good for us these days. When we got home I put her down for a nap during which she talked to herself most of the time. I got half my workout in when she started crying. I decided I needed to get the dishwasher unloaded before I got her up, so I finished that up and went into her room.
She was crying her sad cry not her angry cry so I brought her into the living room and she lay in my lap watching Blues Clues. Anyone who knows my daughter knows that this is a rare moment indeed. Before I knew it she had the same twitch her dad gets when he falls asleep. My child was asleep in my arms. That has happened twice in the last 6 months. The other time was after she threw up all over me several times in the middle of the hardware store. Joel called while she was sleeping and I got tears in my eyes telling him she was asleep.
It lasted five minutes. But it was five minutes of pure heaven. Life doesn't get better than that.
After she got up I told myself I needed to super-clean the kitchen. It's been far too long since that's happened. I fed Sarah lunch and then got started on the kitchen. And the biggest miracle of the day - she played quietly by herself for almost an hour. She was playing and talking in her room and would come out to say hi and I would go visit her. It was amazing. I hope this might be the start of some independent play habits. That would be awesome. I can just imagine the things I could get done without her clinging to my leg!
This is a picture of Sarah this morning with her baby.
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This picture of her makes her look all grown up. She is sooo darn cute.
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