A while back we went to the county farm park. It’s one of my favorites. We watched a plane sky writing for the football game that day.
A quick update on Oliver. I’m happy to say he has made leaps and bounds in adjusting to a full school day. He’s happy when he comes home, maybe just a little on edge, but still himself. He’s the kind of kid who likes to follow rules and be on top of what’s happening in class and I’m so proud of him. I see him now and then when I volunteer in his classroom.
Unfortunately he’s been up at night with bad dreams several nights in a row every other week. I know it’s normal development happening, but still, it’s hard. Jason is a hero and takes care of him every time he’s up at night. I find it near impossible to face the day if I’ve had more than two nights of poor sleep. Being woken once is fine, especially if it’s at the same time each night, but two or three times (or five) like Oliver has been at random times is hard to cope with. I hope he grows out of it before the baby comes. Jas really is a super human or something (robot? cyborg?). So kind and reasonable. He’ll even make eggs and toast for us after a night like that. Anyway, wish us luck.
Nabby has adjusted to Oliver being away too. I think she actually likes having her own space most the time. She plays and goes places with me and makes new friends at parks VERY easily. I love having her around. Here she is making things and chowing on a snack one morning.
Loads of fall colors out and we pick up some halloween costumes (I didn’t make them this year).
I’m with you on interrupted sleep. Honestly, sometimes I wonder if I could even handle a newborn. My sleep is already so bad that it might push me to insanity 🙂 Hope the bad dreams disappear soon (sounds sad).
Maybe we could just schedule phone conversations every night so getting up wouldn’t be so hard. Emmy has woken up at least once every night since she has been born. I swear I have lost millions of brain cells because of it…
My heads! Thank you guys for those understanding comments. Oliver only woke up once last night! Maybe it will just wane on and off for a while, but at least we have some breaks.
Moley, I think you’d would actually be great with a newborn. I always imagined you feeling fine about getting up because you’d have an excuse to read all night. Think of all the extra books you would finish in a year! I like Unwind by the way. Maybe you stay up at night as it is already to get as many done as you do. Really, I think most people with newborns do go insane, but then they get better.
Amy, I didn’t know she was up like that. Oliver isn’t that bad, but he was as a baby. It does feel like brain cells are evaporating. The hardest part to deal with for me is the anxiety of wondering “when will it stop?” or “am I going to get any sleep tonight?”. I try had not to let myself go there before bed. If I’m not super sleep deprived I can run a few miles in the afternoon and pretend when I go to sleep that the world is perfect and I usually end up okay emotionally, but it is torture once the border of zombievill is crossed.