I’m not entirely sure what has hit our house, but once again, the kids are fevering snotty little messes. Their spirits are still reasonably up but they are tired. Poor things. We occupied our time well, though, and the kids joined Brady and I in our room as we began setting it up for the baby. I know I’m still a month or so out, but I feel like there is SO much coming out that is out of my control, and this is one thing I can prepare and feel accomplished about. We moved the room around and made the space for the place where he’ll sleep, and we cracked out the brand new playpen we bought for him.
And that playpen is CRAP. Ugh. I’m SO disappointed! I swear, playpens cost so much less when we bought one for Dekker, and we gained another second hand, but both are very worn, and everywhere we look, they are amazingly expensive and come with a ridiculous amount of features that we have never missed with our basic playpens. Anyway, we had found this great looking playpen by a known brand for a decent price, and we had snapped it up! It even came with a few little bells and whistles, so we were very excited about it! But nothing about that thing suggested any confidence in its strength, sturdiness, or longevity. It was just garbage. So back in the box it went. And of course, our room was left in a mess, because I was discouraged. Thank goodness, it wasn’t too long after that that I found a well-rated, better known brand playpen online for us. It was more than the one we purchased originally, but it was down from a MUCH higher price, and still seemed reasonable. Must have just been the design discontinuing or something. Anyway, that is now reserved for us at Toys r Us. We’ll pick it up in the next day or two.
After a bit of an emotional morning, they had a light lunch and Laela and Rowan both went down for naps. Laela rarely naps anymore so she was especially sad about it. Once the two were down, though, I began to get ready for my afternoon/evening away. Kim and I had planned a date, so I had gotten dressed, and just wanted to wear a bit of makeup. I invited Dekker and Brady to come snuggle up in bed and watch Paw Patrol on the laptop while I did my makeup, and they both agreed. It was actually pretty adorable to see Dekker all tucked into bed, in my enormous pregnancy pillow. He was so cozy, and pretty unmoving.
I got my makeup on in good time and actually managed to get my hair up for the first time in a long time! Fun stuff! Kim arrived shortly after 3:00pm with Starbucks for she and I, and even a frapp for Brady.
We did some good damage at Value Village. Nothing too crazy, though. I got a few things for the kids, a maternity wrap dress for myself, and a couple of cute belts. Afterwards, we decided to go to Opa for supper. I’ve never been, but I came at the right time, and took advantage of their salmon promotion. I had it in a pita wrap with all kinds of yummy things, and fries on the side. It was all delicious. Meanwhile, at home, Brady was having a bit of an interesting evening with the sick kidlets.
Its ok though, they went to bed happy.
Though now, they’re all coughing and tearful on and off 🙁 I hope they sleep well. Needless to say, we’re not going to church tomorrow. Hopefully a good nights sleep and a reasonably restful day tomorrow does the trick!