The Daily Hailey

*Insert guilty face here*

I woke up to Rowan kicking the wall shortly before 7:00am. I shushed him through the monitor and he fell back to sleep pretty easily. I heard Dekker close his bedroom door after getting up to use the bathroom, but he stayed very quiet, which is unlike him these days. But I was thrilled, and spent the next while dozing in and out and getting some extra rest. And then that turned into a LOT of extra rest! Laela lulled a little bit, but was just singing to herself very quietly in her crib. Everyone was comfy and cozy. And then I heard the bathroom footstool move. The footstool??

I ventured out into the hallway and, sure enough, Dekker was in the can. Now I had been awake and aware for quite some time, and I hadn’t heard him go in there, which leads me to believe that his door clicking was actually him leaving their room, which I don’t usually hear. Unfortunately, Dekker hadn’t quite made it to the toilet in time, and had peed his pants. On the rare occasion that this happens, he waits for help. I asked him how long he had been in the bathroom, and he hemmed and hawed for a bit before answering “Kind of probably like almost forever.”

*insert another guilty face here*

So I felt pretty bad that he was deserted in there for quite so long, but weirdly, he was in great spirits! Laela was really positive too, though she did give me a very clear, stern talking to about leaving her in her room for quite so long. Hahaha! It was actually hilarious. “Mommy, looooong morning! Door closed, SO long!” Got it, Laela. I know now. I told her I thought they were sleeping, and that I didn’t know Dekker was peeing, and she just laughed at me and said “Oh IIIII get it!” and she laughed at how silly it was. That was it!

The big kids ate a great breakfast and went up to play in the loft. Rowan woke up shortly thereafter and had his oatmeal and yogurt. The kids have all been in awesome spirits today, which I did NOT expect after such a funny misunderstanding this morning! We’ve had a rocky, heavy couple of days recently, and the late morning was exactly what I needed, whether it was “correct” or not. I’ll take it, and I am SO thankful to God that my kids have been so gentle and loving today. He is good, and He knows what I need.

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On a completely unrelated note, though, have you guys been noticing some words on my blog are connected to links? Something is up with my laptop and I am NOT putting those links on here. They only show up after I’ve posted, and no matter how much I go in and edit, they don’t go away. I’m now noticing some are generating a day or two after. I’m not sure if this is just on my laptop or on other’s copies of my posts, but I would advise against clicking on anything! I will be reloading my laptop in the near future, and hopefully some of the funny things that are happening go away. Too many new popups, and now this. Don’t click!!

BAHAHA! After posting this, I see there is an ad attached to the word “popups.” Nice.