Silas got to sleepover at his grandparents this weekend (J’s parents). I am going back to work on the 18th and it was great to have a weekend to replenish myself. We went out for dinner. We played video games. I took a bubble bath. We went shopping, a couple times, but didn’t buy anything. I got things ready for daycare. I got things ready for me to return to work. I figured out my personal schedule. I meal prepped almost a months worth of food We slept!!! I got so many things done! Yes, I missed my little guy, but I knew I would be getting him back on…
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Sometimes It’s Okay to Not Be Okay.
Last night was rough. S (our 4 week old son) fought sleep for about 4/5 hours and didn’t go down until after midnight. I wanted to scream at him. I wanted to drop him on our bed and walk away. I wanted to curl up into a ball with headphones and just let him cry/scream until he passed out from exhaustion, but J had already reached his limit so it was my turn. Instead of doing any of those things, I went to a quiet corner in my brain and just let my body take over until silence happened. Eventually he did go to sleep, by some miracle. And then…
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Labor & Delivery.
We went in to Via Christi to be induced on Sunday, October 25th at 7 am. I didn’t want to go past one week of my due date and the schedule for inductions was crazy busy, but luckily my doctor was more than happy to induce on a Sunday, and so was the hospital staff. That last night of sleep was a rough one. I couldn’t really sleep due to nerves and just being super pregnant in general. That means that Justin didn’t really get much sleep either so we were off to a great start! Once we got up to my delivery room I took off my mask (pandemic,…