This morning was SO strange! All of the kids slept in way later than usual, so I did too, and it was awesome. When Rowan did wake up, he lay in his bed and cooed for quite some time. He never got worked up, and was just full of smiles when he saw me. It was refreshing! I thought for sure one of those pesky teeth had finally surfaced, but nope. Just a happy boy, regardless.
I took Ro to get Dekker and Laela, and they both seemed happy too. Laela, however, was a bit quieter than usual. Usually, she is SO excited to see Rowan and is squealing and and practically scratching at her crib to see him just a liiiiittle bit closer! But not today. She was pretty serene. So I picked her up and she just flopped on my shoulder. And out of nowhere, I could feel her little body retching. I thought maybe she was just burping a bit, but she kept going. So I quickly carried her over to the garbage can. She stood by it a bit, retching over and over, but she never threw up. She was so weak, and didn’t seem to be able to stand up well, so she plunked down on my lap and we waited a little bit longer. Not being able to sit there forever, we eventually did diaper changes and got on the with the day. She was really hungry and thirsty, and she did great afterwards, but everyone once in a while, I caught her retching!! She was extra cuddly for sure, but very pleasant and didn’t seem any sicker than she has over the last week or so, but something was going on in that delicate little body of hers.
The day was weird for schedules and such, for whatever reason, but everyone was generally happy. Best of all, when the kids woke up from their nap, Bradys parents had come! So it was exciting to have grandma and grandpa around for an evening. They brought pizza and presents and were a captive audience for Dekker to show off in front of. Because of that, going to bed was very hard, but they got to stay up a bit later than usual as it was.
Once the babes were down, we drank coffee and ate strawberries and visited until everyone faded away for the night. Now we’re tucking in, which is hilariously early, but nice 🙂 We’ll see Bradys parents a bit more in the morning, and then HOPEFULLY we’ll be off to the zoo in the afternoon!!!!! Please, weather, be good to us!