The Daily Hailey

The kids were so cute this afternoon! Rowan needed to sleep around noon, which I was initially bummed about. With that timing, the other kids go down around 1:30, making it very likely that Rowan would be up as soon as the others were down. But there was no keeping that boy awake. Well, maybe awake, but not happy. I gave in and brought him up to his bed, and he didn’t make a sound after I put him down.

It was nice to pay some closer attention to Dekker and Laela with my arms empty. They were very sweet together. I heard Dekker occasionally suggesting Laela to come with him rather that doing the thing she was going for that was going to get her in trouble. At one point, Laela had broken a rule and couldn’t have what she wanted, and was making a big show of it. Dekker walked up beside her and asked “Laela, you want to play catch with me?” She lit right up and chased after him, and all was well again. They’re fabulous, plain and simple.

When it was time for them to have their nap, Rowan was still out and I wanted to keep it that way, so I made it a game to walk as quiet as possible. Dekker didn’t buy it at first but I made sure I looked as idiotic as possible doing it, and he was mirroring me soon after. I’ve never seen that boy walk so slowly 🙂 Laela, on the other hand, walks like an elephant no matter what. So I carried her. But they went down beautifully and didn’t make a sound. I figured Rowan would be up anytime so I made a bottle and climbed into bed. Ro sleeps in a cradle next to our bed, so I figured this way, I could rest and still be available right when he woke.

An hour went by and he finally started to stir. I went go grab him right away. I don’t usually rush to get my kids the second they make a peep, but if I let him get too loud he would wake his siblings, and when they go down quite that smoothly, its because they really really needed to. So I grabbed Rowan and climbed back into bed with him in my arms. I went to grab his bottle to give him some milk since he hadn’t eaten in a few hours, but he was wearing his sleepy eyes again! After 2.5 hours of solid sleep, I didn’t expect any more! I patted his back and easily lulled him back to sleep.

AN HOUR LATER he officially woke up. He drank his whole bottle right away without any doddling or dribbling. He was well rested, had a dry diaper on, and a full tummy, and he was SO alert and happy!

I know, he’s not smiling in this picture. We’re just starting to be able to coax him to smile, so its still not an easy thing to capture on film, but he was very animated at this point in the day 🙂

It was so refreshing having so many nice, squishy encounters with my kids! They made today easy peasy.