Every year, on New Years Eve, I post about the year past. Its basically a highlight reel, so to speak, about what we’ve all gone through over the past twelve months. I admit that I was a little nervous to go through this one, month by month, and decide what to talk about. It was not our most glamorous year at all. We had some highlights, but it felt like we had a LOT more struggles this year than usual. I am so thankful for our days, weeks, months, and years on this earth ❤️ but 2019 was tough. So was 2017. Oy. But 2018 was excellent for us! Maybe 2020 will be a huge party 🥳 Who knows? Not I! But, regardless of what-ifs and whats-to-comes, let’s do some reliving of 2019, shall we? We shall. 

January

We kicked the year off with a bunch of vehicle trouble. Got stranded in a few places and learned a LOT about our van. All was able to be solved, thanks to research, a mechanically minded husband, and a ton of prayer. Wavy got older and more independent. She rarely fell asleep on us anymore, so it was pretty special when it happened. The kids had a couple quad rides with one of our neighbours, which made winter a bit more survivable. And starting in the beginning of the year, we finally prioritized the basement and got into it!

February

February was a busy month. We continued working on the basement, and got a lot done. Plumbing, drywall, etc. I got a mole removed and started my fun journey through a bunch of other skin issues. Brady and I celebrated our tenth anniversary! ❤️ This month was record breaking for COLD! Yikes! Rowan celebrated his fourth birthday. Laela stopped napping 🙂 

March

More basement stuff! More plumbing, muddling, taping, etc. The kids were rocking school together. Brady and I were given a night away to Regina to go to a concert, which was a definite highlight! And then my mom got really hurt, and I spent the next while with her. 

April

This picture is out of order, lol! My mom started to improve, which was the highlight of this month, easily. She could leave the house a bit easier for more than just appointments, and we started going for walks. Thank the Lord for the warmer weather! Our band, Rule of Three, played its first gig at Clearcut in April 🙂 More basement stuff, primarily painting! The warmer weather brought out bikes, and Laela learned how to ride without training wheels. I toured Cher’s university and started spending a lot more time with her ❤️

May

May was a great one! We were gifted a night away at Waskesiu, and embraced it fully! It was SO good to be back, even though it was cold and snow covered. We hosted our first garage sale, also, and Laela lost her first tooth! We tried for another Waskesiu trip and had our experience where our children were watched a little too closely, and we ended up leaving. While that wasn’t a positive experience for us, it opened up an important conversation in our home, so I’m grateful for that. At the end of the month, Solly turned three. 

June

Rule of Three played the local car show. Both kids rocked track and field day, and school wrapped up shortly thereafter. Brady and I went with our friends to Jazz Fest and saw Walk Off the Earth in concert. SUCH a good event! Seriously, if you ever get the chance to see them live…

July

We kicked the summer off with Waverly turning one. Right after that, we sent the big kids off for their first time to CAMP! They loved it! We raced through the month, and went to Waskesiu for our family vacay immediately upon their return home. Brady and I went to Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan for my birthday. Another “If you EVER get the change” opportunity!

August

We got a TON more done in the basement in August! Brady’s work was SO slow this entire years, so we picked away at the basement while he was homer. August was when we acquired most of our finishing stuff. My mom turned 60 this month, and her party was AWESOME. Of course, the only picture I have from it is her wearing a headlamp while we disassembled it all late that night 😅 Dekker also had a birthday that month, turning eight. We celebrated National Rainbow Baby day with a beautiful photo shoot of Waverly. The month wrapped up with me finding out I was pregnant ❤️

September

September feels like an empty month, but there was a lot behind the scenes. School kicked off. Rowan started preschool. Laela turned six. Lots of milestones. In the meantime, I was getting bloodwork every other day and ultrasounds every week to see if my pregnancy was viable. It was not. 

October

Kicked off October with a D&C. That was tough. A couple of weeks later, Cher and I went to Edmonton for some Christmas shopping and a much needed break from daily life. We got our first big batch of snow this month, and October wrapped up with a super cute, slushy, long winded Halloween that the kids really enjoyed! 

November

We played a TON of lego in November, haha! We got more finishing supplies and kept moving on the basement stuff, quite determined to get it done before the end of the year. Waverly had her scary breath holding spell, where she hit her head, appeared to seize, and fainted. That was a pretty big learning experience for all of us. VERY thankful for our new hospital who saw her so quickly and easily. And we put up our tree 🌲 

December

Brady got his Christmas gift early – his beer advent calendar. I’d say that was a highlight, lol! Rule of Three played its first local gig at the restaurant. Jerilee took our family to GLOW for our Christmas gift, and we had SUCH a good time! I organized and executed a homemade gift exchange, which played out in December, and I’d say it was a pretty great success. I knitted up a STORM in December, successfully ending the year in a pretty solid heap of pain, but it was worth it. We Christmassed HARD and had an awesome season.

I say again, I am SO thankful for my life and all I have in it. If you’ve been along for any length of time, you know what I believe. I trust that God knows what I need and when I need it. He has never not provided for me, and I have full confidence He will continue to do so. 

I’m thankful for 2019, and I’m ready for 2020!! We’ll talk goals and direction soon 🙂 

Some of you people know all about these, but I’ve never had one before. My kids historically HATE baths until they’re quite a bit older. And trust me, we’ve tried everything. They’re just not fans. Showers are even worse. They HATE them. But suddenly, we have a water baby. Waverly LOVES the bath. She can’t wait to get into the bath. Seriously… She doesn’t wait…

Today, we rocked a good old fashioned bath. And by “old fashioned bath,” I mean they all shared the same water. I know, I know, judge if you must, but it was the CUTEST bath ever! And you know why? Because Wavy bathed with everyone!!! 

Is this not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?? 😍 I am SO smitten with these little loves. Waverly splashes and chews toys and dumps water and they all laugh and laugh and laugh. 

I’m SO thankful to finally have a kid who loves baths. I think she’s a big part of why my other kids like baths now, too. Thank you, Wavy! For that, and so much more. 

In lieu of lofty Christmas gifts, Brady opted to get the beer advent calendar again this year! It was made solely by Red Racer this year. 

By the time I write this post, it will kind of be too late, because the month of advent is over, but still 🙂 Its such a fun thing! Brady loves testing 24 different beer through the month and critiquing them along the way, choosing his newfound likes and dislikes. This winter, he discovered he likes bitter beer. IPA, specifically. He’s learning 🙂 Its fun to watch, and taste them with him along the way. So, as he did last year, he wrote notes along the way and rated the beer. And here you have it!!

1. Free Heel Rose Saison – 4/5
– red wine and hibiscus 
– light and yummy, little bit fruity

2. Ice Fall Irish Coffee Stout – 4/5
– mildest stout I’ve ever had
– lightly chocolatey
– comforting, tummy warming

3. Winterholder Witbier – 2/5
– pretty standard
– slightly odd beforeward taste (lol)
– slightly odd after taste

4. V-Trail Barrel Aged IPA – 5/5
– yummy and crisp
– radleresque
– good to the last drop

5. Tape to Tape Gin and Lime Lager – 4/5
– ver flavorful
– refreshing 
– no bad aftertaste for how beerish it is

6. Free Ride Smoked Sea Salt Belgian Ale – 2/5
– …ok… cold but tastes warm
– smells spicy, tastes salty
– weird

7. Ski Lift Green Tea Lager – 4/5
– crisp and refreshing
– I don’t like green tea, but its still good

8. Bundle Up Sweet Potato and Maple Ale – 4/5
– no odd flavours, very normal
– no aftertaste

9. Torpor Barrel Aged Imperial Porter – 5/5
– bedtime in a can
– very strong at 9%
– drink it slow…
– very flavorful, no weird aftertaste

10. Hurry Hard Lager – 4/5
– light, refreshing
– some flavour
– chuggable

11. Switch Graff – 3/5
– standard
– regular pale ale
– not so “flavoried”

12. Shinny Strawberries and Cream Ale – 3/5
– creamy and smooth
– strawberry milkshake for grownups
-more strawberries next time
(Editing Hailey here. I’m not sure who he’s asking for more strawberries…)

13. Bow Saw Dark and Stormy Ale – 4/5
– hint of dish soap, hint of grapefruit
– oddly, still yummy

14. White Out Basil Ale – 3/5
– very subtle at first
– starts to taste like spaghetti over time

15. Snowracer Dunkel – 4/5
– flavourful, happy, a little bitter
– very yummy, good aftertaste 

16. Snow Tracks Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout – 5/5
– delicious dessert beer
– cinnamon and chocolate and yum

17. Sleigh Ride Negroni Red Ale – 5/5
– citrusy, crisp, and delicious
– radleresque
– yummy

18. Tubester Brut IPA – 5/5
– citrusy and slightly bitter
– slowly realizing I really like IPAs

19. Corkscrew Mimosa Saison – 4/5
– smooth and easy to drink
– just a hint of mimosa

20. Salchow Dortmunder – 2/5
– first taste was ok
– reminds me of the time I ate oatmeal off of my prybar 
– metallic 

21. Gangline Raspberry Stout – 3/5
– smells amazing
– light on raspberry taste
– too much stout

22. Oat n Aboat Hazey Pale Ale – 4/5
– crisp and happy
– one I’d drink all summer

23. Snowblind Whisky Sidecar Ale – 3/5
– many indistinguishable flavours at first taste
– a bit much
– decent flavour overall

24. Thor’s Hammer Port Barrel Aged Barley Wine – 3/5
– novelty in how strong it is – 11.5%
– mediocre flavour 
– not the best to end on
– merp

I asked Brady for his overall review of this advent exbeerience (see what I did there?) and he obliged. 

From Brady: “Very good. No duds.”

🤷‍♀️

Sooooo… there you have it! Lol! Why complicate things? 

See you all for next years beer calendar!

I woke in a decent amount of pain today. Being that we had nothing scheduled today, I was gifted a morning in bed to rest my body. Cher had some plans reschedule, so she came and joined me. Brady made us scrambled eggs and toast, and we enjoyed breakfast in bed while we watched funny YouTube. It was super relaxed and felt great for my body to not move. 

We did eventually surface, however. Brady went to do some work downstairs once the little ones went down for naps. Dekker got invited out to a friend’s house, and Laela helped in the basement. 

My mom popped by for some things she had forgotten the other day, and ended up taking Laela along for her last errand for the day.

Cher and I took the kid-free opportunity to sit outside on the step in the sun. It wasn’t so toasty warm but fresh air was worth our time. We talked about warm weather, yard projects, gardens, trees, etc. Throw your BEST front yard tree ideas at me! Bonus points if they bear fruit!

Eventually, they all began waking up and being all cute. 

We have kept a super low profile all day, and I think the evening will look about the same. Except Brady will likely do some more work in the basement still. Just you wait for the next basement update! Its SO close!!! I mean, no ceiling, but give that a year or two still. That will come after the yard and fence. But besides that, we’re SO close to being done in the basement!!!! Eek! But I’ll give that its own post 😉 

So as I mentioned, we spent yesterday evening in the city, doing our annual Christmas light tour. But first, to McDonalds for supper!!!

It was a pretty cute gig. The four older kids all ordered pancakes, despite the fact that they had waffles for brunch that day. They ate, and us adults had our burgers, and Wavy had chicken nuggets. Everyone ate all they wanted before we got coffee and cookies and headed to the lights!

Ok, so actually first gas, and cleaning headlights, and re-pairing the new phones to the van for the sake of music. And then the lights. 

We had SUCH a nice time ❤️ We hit all the favorite places, and the kids were even in awe of the smaller ones. Laela commented at one point to look at one house, because “It wasn’t so exciting, but still nice.” We started late, and therefore ended late, but no one fell asleep!! That was a HUGE win!!! They all got home, had pee breaks, and went straight to bed more than two hours after their usual bedtime. Thank the Lord for a longer nap than usual! 

This morning, we got up a little earlier. Brady and I sat on the opposite side of the island than usual, and mom threw on an apron and made our family breakfast ❤️

She wins ALL the mom awards. If I’m a fraction of the mother she is to me to my own kids, I’m happy. 

We spent a super happy, relaxed morning together, reading stories, colouring, playing games, and continuing the saga of checking out our new stuff. 

But mom wasn’t able to stay long. We SO enjoyed having her home with us for a few days, but her show must go on as well, and it was time for her to head out. I am so grateful she stayed, and that she is able to just come and join right into our family. We sure love you, mom! I hope you feel that!!

I’ll tell you more about today when I know more. I went for X-rays and bloodwork this morning, so hopefully there are answers to my pain questions to follow! For now, we keep enjoying Christmas!

Today is our Christmas over here. Its a pretty chill schedule but we love it a lot. Not only were we fortunate enough to have my mom join us this year, but we invited our across the street neighbours, Tom and Rae, as well! It was a total blast. 

Everyone hung around patiently while we fried bacon, cooked waffles, got fruit ready, and set up for brunch. It’s SO nice to be surrounded by people who pitch in, don’t judge, and just fit. Our people just fit. 

The kids directed the guests where to sit, and set the table. We all worked as a team to get the kids set up with food before we began feeding ourselves. We had forgotten to pull the whipped cream out of the freezer until a bit too late, so Rae ran across and shared their whipped cream with us. Thank you!!

Once everyone had eaten their body weight in brunch, we moved into the living room where we opened gifts together. Now, I hadn’t known if we’d get to see Tom and Rae this Christmas, so I had brought them a couple of gifts from us a few days earlier. So sadly, they were the only ones without gifts to open this morning :/ That felt pretty crummy but 🤷‍♀️ the show went on. At least we had a gift for mom! Our modest Christmas for our children turned out beautifully. They received five gifts from us, plus gifts from Tom and Rae, and from Cher. The kids had SO much fun and we’re SO grateful! I’ll tell you all about what we got them in a different post, but I’ll tell you their favorite gifts. Dekker loved his “Ultimate Book of Vehicles” best, though he backpedalled and said he really loved everything. Laela loved her electric toothbrush. Rowan loved his train whistle. Solomon loved his car garage. And if I had to guess, I might say Waverly loved her slippers the best. She also really loved her toothbrush. 

Once the kids had opened everything, we helped them get a few things out of the package to play with, and once they were settled, Brady and I opened our gifts. That was fun 🙂 Too bad Brady’s coolest gift hasn’t come yet :/ Merp. Regardless, we finished up gifts and then played toys and games and read stories. It was really, really nice. I have ZERO pictures 😳 but my mom and Rae took a handful, so maybe I’ll do a follow-up photo post down the road. There are SO many posts coming up, my goodness. We’ll get there 🙂 

Tom and Rae had to head out to continue their plans, but we were SO happy they came and joined the fun! Once they departed, we played and read for a half hour or so before snacks came out and naps went down.

The evening plan is the same as always. Supper in jammies, and then the Christmas light tour in Saskatoon with cookies and drinks. This year, we’re going out for supper rather than eating in. Yes, you heard right. Christmas dinner is at McDonalds this year 😆 I can’t wait not to have to make anyone eat their food. 

Merry Born Family Christmas to you all!! ❤️

Christmas Eve didn’t start out so festive. I got no sleep (literally. No sleep.) the night before and was in a lot of pain first thing. That was how I ended up hanging out at the walk-in clinic around noon with my mom. Thank you for going with me, mom ❤️ We spoke to a doctor, and I admit, it went better than I anticipated. Not in the way that he fixed it or knew what was wrong, even, but he took it seriously. I half expected a doctor to just brush me off as sore and tell me to relax. He did not do that. He wrote me up a requisition for blood and xrays, but unfortunately, this is not the ideal week for it :/ and no one in office could do those things. He prescribed me some pain meds but basically told me to just keep doing what I’m doing until we can look further into whats actually happening. He told me he’d also like to refer me to a rheumatologist, but he’s going to send that to my doctor and she can take it from there. So, the ball is rolling, at least. 

We got home and Brady basically tagged my mom out. He and I headed to the church to do a practice/sound check for music for the Christmas Eve service. It wasn’t a long practice, and it went smoothly! Win! 

The afternoon was spent all together – Brady and I, the kids, and my mom. We’re SO happy to have snagged her for the day ❤️ She played with the kids and helped us get them suppered and organized. I was able to get my hair somewhat done, and found some clothes that fit, and Brady looked pretty fly as well. Everyone was put together, if I do say so myself, but of course, I have no proof. You’ll just have to take my word for it. 

I have to say, guys. This years Christmas Eve service just hit the nail on the head. It was SO light and relaxed. People were kind of quiet, but they seemed peaceful. There were passages read from the Bible, retelling the story of Jesus’ birth, and we played songs in between chapters. Waverly doesn’t like strangers much these days, and it was after her bedtime, so to avoid anyone having to miss the service and carry a crying baby out of the service, we just brought her up on stage with us and gave her a shaker. We could hear her shaking it from time to time, but were told later that she grooved and played and was just SO charming to watch. Unsurprising. I feel so grateful to have a baby who I can trust to just sit still up there. 

As with every Christmas Eve service, Brady and I discussed beforehand that we would leave as soon as everything was finished and our instruments were packed up. And as with every Christmas Eve service, we were among the very last to leave. Lol! Anyone else like that? We’re so bad at leaving. But our kids were doing SO well and were happy, and we were visiting with the other family who was last to leave. It was SO nice.

Getting home was also nice ❤️ The kids were happy, but tired, and went to bed easily. No one got up or made excuses. They just went to bed. 

And then the adults had fun. 

Appies and dominoes were on the list of things to do! Firstly, M&M discontinued their cheeseball, which is SO sad. I toyed with the idea of asking Carrie to make us one. Not because I’m super lazy, but because hers is the BEST. But, I didn’t. And yet, she made me one anyway as a Christmas gift. I didn’t even hint!! It was ALL her! So we had crackers and cheeseball for an appie to our appies. 

But then appie night truly began. We had tempura shrimp, whisky mustard wings, mozza sticks, margherita pizza, and our newest addition to the group – bacon and beef skewers! The dominoes were purchased out of a garage sale a couple of years ago, and they’re CUTE! Bright colours, nice and heavy, etc. They’re great. 

We played through the whole dominoes game (double nines, for those who are interested, lol) and laughed a LOT. I haven’t heard my mom laugh so hard that she snorted in a LONG time. We called it quits shortly before midnight. 

It was SUCH a fun evening. And today has been no different. Its currently nap time over here, so I stole a minute or two to blog. But I’ll tell you more about today probably tomorrow. I have SO many blogs I have to share this season 🙂 About all the homemade gifts I made. About Brady’s beer advent gift. A present report. A look back at 2019. Resolutions and goals. All kinds of writing to do and virtually no time to do it in! But I’m trusting that you’re all busy with your own thing anyway 😉 We’ll do all kinds of catching up soon. 

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone ❤️

Ok guys! YESTERDAY!! Yesterday was HUGE! I’ll tell you all about it 🙂 

Yesterday was our big shop for the season. Recently, we were gifted a stack of gift cards for Superstore and Coop by a loving friend who knew we were struggling financially ❤️ We took those, along with a forgotten Costco rebate cheque, an age-old Walmart gift card, and a cherished M&M gift card along with us. These gifts are what made it possible for us to get ALL the groceries we could need, plus a few yummy treats!! So, you know who you are. Our family REALLY appreciates your gift. 

Because of those gifts, we headed into Saskatoon armed and ready for shopping! We were going to go super early but I was in some pretty big bad sleepless pain, and Brady let me sleep in a little. So we got a later start but we got moving in the mid-morning. We tried to pick a smart order of our big long list of things, and started at Carters. 

Ugh. Carters. I messed up a gift I had bought for the kids and unfortunately, just discovered it now. Carters turned out to be a bust, which was sad. I called the other location and accepted the fact that I’m out of luck. I can work with what I have. At least I bought big rather than small. 

Walmart was next. We only got groceries there that we couldn’t otherwise get at Superstore, like Pilsbury turnovers. Lots of things can be found at both places, but we had big Superstore gift cards so we opted for that. We also picked up curtains and curtain rods at Walmart for the basement! That felt successful! 

We went to 8th St next. There were a lot of places to hit on 8th, it felt. Superstore was first, and it was HUGE. I really really dislike how they reorganized it. The sections are so mixed up and I couldn’t find anything. At one point, someone asked me what I was looking for. She said “I keep hearing you looking for something! Can I help you?” I was super embarrassed, but then she told me she knew where the item was, and another shopper said they were looking for it too! All in all, we had a successful Superstore shop. Aaaaall free, thanks to our gift cards! 

From there, we hit M&M for appies. While I ran there, Brady grabbed some drive-thru with the kids. M&M was sold out of one item I was looking for, and another was discontinued, but I got a few things. And we all got lunch! 

As we ate, we drove to the house of someone Brady had worked for recently and picked up a check, as well as we hit Wholesale Club in search of an item we did not find. However, I’ve gotta go wander that store sometime! It seems right up our alley!

We made our way to the north end of the city to another M&M location to get our much needed tempura shrimp. It was about 2:00. Nap time was already long past. So we decided to be suckers for punishment and *gasp* upgrade our phones!!!

Turns out, no matter how many ducks you have and what order they’re in, that still takes a LONG time!! We felt SO bad. Our kids did ok, at least for the first while. They started breaking down as we agreed on new plans, fees, extra products, trade-ins, etc. That all is a pretty long story, but we left a large group of people wishing us well on our way, haha! The kids had quite a fan base after that hour and a half. Brady and came out each with a new iPhone 11. Brady got a case and I got a screen protector (the caste I really want is on Amazon) We traded in our phones and had a shocking amount of credit we had to use that day, so we also purchased two charging pads, as well as AirPods for Brady and a FitBit for me. SO much good stuff!! We should’ve upgraded our phones long before we Christmas shopped for each other, haha! 

The kids were OVER it by the end of it, but the day was not done! We still had Costco. 

It was clear that they were not up for another store, and Brady was frustrated that his new phone hadn’t had a chance to start up at the mall on the wifi signal. So we decided I’d do the Costco shop and he would go drive to a nearby gas station and use their wifi to get his phone rolling. 

Costco was nuts. I didn’t mind it, except that it was probably a day we should’ve had two carts, and I could only do one! It was SO heavy! Thank goodness we didn’t need diapers this time! I hauled it ALL in in terms of bakery stuff, fresh stuff, meat, and only a few things from the aisles. That always feels like a good successful shop 🙂 I got to the till way sooner than I would’ve thought and unpacked as fast as I could. It was disappointing to learn I couldn’t use our rebate cheque because it has Brady’s name on it, not mine 🙄 I get it, but, ugh. So I could’ve saved almost $200 but I guess we’ll use that next time. 

Thank goodness Brady was back by the time I finished up. My poor shoulders and wrists were screaming and he was gracious enough to pack it all up. He gathered up the new full propane tank, too, and home we went. 

Now everyone was pretty snippy at everyone else, and we decided, for ease, that all the kids would crawl into bed for a half hour or so, to rest a little. In the meantime, Brady offered to unload groceries and I took a bath. 

It was a good, successful plan, but everyone was still pretty over the top once they got up. Supper was short lived and everyone went to bed early. And they were up for it! 

The evening ended with finishing up the gift wrapping and watching some Christmas episodes of The Office with Jerilee. 

Not gonna lie. My body was in crazy pain afterwards, and I actually didn’t sleep at all last night 😕 I’m working on getting all that body stuff in order, but hey. At least everything we need is bought and home!! 

My. Goodness. Guys, I already have so many things to tell you and NO TIME to write it all out! It is clear that, ready or not, the season is upon us! We have been showered with gifts of all kinds already that I really want to talk about! We did a HUGE grocery shop today! I messed up a gift or two that I cannot fix 😔 Merp. That one sucks. We did an exciting upgrade! We’ve had unending company and have loved every minute of t! We have been SO busy!!!

Yet I still feel totally behind. I have food to make in advance. I have about half my gifts wrapped. Again with the gifts that are kind of messed up – not sure what to do about those yet. And the basement needs finishing touches! But seriously, with what minutes?!?!

I know I’m not the only one in the busy boat to Christmas! I just don’t remember it ever being this busy! But here me say, I wouldn’t change it! We’ve been out ALL day today. Its 5:45. We still have two sets of company coming today! We actually forced the kids to rest in bed when we got home from 4:30 until about 5:15. It was worth it though because I got a bath and Brady unloaded groceries. Guys, I will tell you ALL about it tomorrow but today, I’m beat. Lol! In the BEST way!

I will say, though, it was nice to be back out in the chaos all together again.

Its been a while ❤️

A couple of days ago, I finally went to check on Waverly at 11:00am having not heard from her. She was awake, but laying down quietly, not eager to get up. At all. But she needed to get up, so I got her up. Her diaper was wet through anyway, so she needed a change.

She cried through her diaper change, and did not want breakfast. So we snuggled instead.

The snuggle was as GOOD as it looks 👌 She was so smushy and quiet.

But realistically, I had other children who needed lunch and assistance along the way. So I took the girly with me. She had me in a total death grip anyway. Not complaining.

As lunch began to take shape, I could tell she was interested, but she would NOT be put down in her high chair. No way, no how. So we improvised.

I brought Waverly back to my chair and fed her Cheerios one by one. That she would tolerate, but nothing more. Maybe two sips of water at most. She was NOT hungry. Yet, with a little bit of food, she perked up a bit. Even got a little handsy 😅

She had eaten some of her Cheerios, and while she was a bit more awake, she still did NOT want to go down AT ALL. But life had to continue, and her brothers had been super independent while I was with Wavy. I needed to tuck them in. So I started to get up and move Wavy around, and she was not into it.

Until I tucked her into my chair and gave her the end of her Cheerios.

She was super into this 🙂

No joke. She still went to bed pretty quickly after this, because she was just ready for it. That little red nose really takes a little girly out!! But, goodness, she is SUCH a sweetie!

I’m SO thankful for my little band of sickies ❤️ One day, kids, we will be healthy again!