The Daily Hailey

The fun of the weekend is over, and we’re back to the fun of the weekdays! I always feel awesome when I wake up to the sound of silence, like today. The kids were awake, and playing happily and surprisingly quietly in their room together. At one point, I observed Dekker standing in front of Laela’s crib, singing her songs, and she danced and danced to his music. It was beautiful and heart warming. I love those kids.

Breakfast was seamless, and the kids went down to play on their own. While they were downstairs, I did the dishes and called the government about my student loan. Every year, I have to put some info about my loan into my tax stuff, and I never get the letter in good time. So I called and asked for the number I needed, and they said it wasn’t generated yet. So I’ll try again in a week or two. But at least I tried! As a brief side note, I’m pretty sure I only have one year left to pay off my loan!!! I’m paying it off putridly slowly, and I know I could boost the payment, but its such a small, easy payment, and I’m not too choked about it, so we’ll pay it down for another year and then be FREE! Yay!!!

Upon arriving downstairs, I was met by two littles on their new chairs, playing with toys on their laps. It was pretty adorable. I had plans to spend the morning laundering the things we bought the kids yesterday from Value Village, but decided instead to keep it comfy. After such a big day yesterday, my kids love a good pj day. But I did feel the need to accomplish at least something, so we opted for beautification 😉 Nail painting!!

I opted for purple for Laela, since she had pink last time. I’m not thrilled with the shade. Its not very bright in person. But oh well. She doesn’t seem to mind it.

Dekker wanted to be part of the fun, and he picked green, which was super cute, in my opinion. Don’t be judging me for painting my sons toe nails, please! He hangs out with girls all day. Why shouldn’t he join the fun??

I painted mine as well, but they didn’t exactly warrant a picture, so you’re just gonna have to trust me. Hopefully we’ll get Brady in on it later this evening 😉

After the fastest spa treatment in the world, the kids and I took some goofy pictures before Dekker decided to go upstairs. Sometimes he goes up there for just a second to get something, and then sometimes he stays up there for a half hour. I never worry. He never gets into any mischief. And mainly, I know he likes his space, and that sometimes he finds Laela’s constant presence overwhelming. So he goes away when he knows he needs to, and he’s usually really friendly when he makes it back. This time, he was gone for quite a while. He resurfaced after maybe a half hour. He brought down all of the Little People princesses that Laela got for Christmas in a little box, and presented them to her. He also told me that he turned on the Christmas lights. And then he went about his business, playing toys in the basement like always. I love him.

Thankfully, both kids were very ready for nap time. Not that Dekker wasn’t sad, but he was asleep after probably ten minutes. This doesn’t happen all that often, but I love it when it does. He’s currently been sleeping for two hours! As the kids are sleeping, I’m in bed. I sound lazy, huh? Well, I’m taking my rests where I can. Ten to one says I might not ever get this 100% quiet time again! I’m not sure Dekker will still be napping by the time his little brother comes around! Who knows. My anticipation for those coming days is really growing. I can’t wait to have my new little boy in my arms! But I’ll take the goofballs that currently live in my house, too 🙂 Big fans of those kids.