Tuesdays always seem to be full of anticipation for me, and this one is no exception to the rule. Perhaps it's because Tuesday is Karleigh's first school day of the week and then Wednesday is a family day since Jim almost always has it off. Could be. It's nice to get over the Monday's and Tuesday is usually a pretty great, pretty productive day for me.
Productivity today does not seem to include napping children. Just now I could still hear them whispering upstairs and went to check on them. They are both cuddled up in Karleigh's bed. Cute huh!? So, I told them if they can sleep, they can stay together. Once upon a time, less than a year ago, they shared a bedroom. See, I thought I'd get a head start on things and moved them into the same room when we knew that baby #3 was going to be joining us. I didn't want all the changes to come at once and I didn't want anyone to feel displaced so I thought I was doing the right thing by making the change early. I mean I waited until I was past 12 weeks so all is safe right? Well, we know how that story ends. So, eventually we moved everyone back to their own bedrooms but they still like to try to sneak in and sleep with each other.
It is a grey, wet, rainy, raw day today - even by pacific northwest standards so I'm hoping that instead of turning to a lump on the couch with a cup of tea, I actually get some cleaning done. Either that or get another one or two felt donuts done for one of Karleigh's Christmas gifts. Even though most of it is hand sewed, I cheat and use the machine for part of it BUT if the kids are even slightly awake, as soon as they hear the machine, they come running. So, I'll have to see if any sleeping really takes place today.
I've been quiet lately, kind of taking a step back from things. This week is kind of a big one in the whole process. A process which I'm realizing will never be complete. Tomorrow is the one year mark from when we conceived Eli so that's kind of weird. I can remember so much of what we did surrounding preparing for him and the things that we did when I was pregnant with him like it was just last month but on the other hand it feels like it was a total Twilight Zone, other life ago. I'm sure that's to be expected though and it's ok. For now, I'm just trying to breathe and not get ahead of myself while trying to move forward at the same time. Wish me luck!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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2 comments:
Its understandable to take it slow! Hope you got some stuff done today, i know once it hit 2pm, i was done for some reason, lol!
-h
I didn't accomplish anything all day and I didn't have to work AND school was still in session so I had my children. Sometimes we just need to decompress.
Siblings sleeping together is such sweetness. Mira and Torrin slept together in the same bed until about 5 months ago (even though they had separate beds). It was just such delight to me as a mama to see them snuggled in slumber.
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