Today is going to be a great day. I can feel it in my bones. The past few weeks I've been struggling to get Karson to sleep normally again. He's always been a pretty good sleeper, sleeps usually about 12 hours a night. He wakes up usually twice a night to eat but goes back down pretty easily so it's never been too bad. Recently however since we've come to Mississippi (and he's been sleeping in his Pack n Play) he hasn't been able to get his groove back. He wakes up and doesn't want to go back to sleep, it's bright in the room, he rolls and rolls in there and the whole thing like shakes. We couldn't fit his crib in the car when we came out and this is only temporary so the Pack N Play was it. I thought we might have some issues with it because lets face it, his crib is MUCH more comfy and stable but you do what you can. Anyway, last night was an exception and it was AWESOME! He went down as usual around 8 and slept till about 4, I got him up and fed him, then it was back down no problem (again normal) the second time is usually the difficult one. He woke up at 6 I fed him a little he really wasn't too interested, I tried getting him to go back down and he would NOT go to sleep. I kept thinking "oh no, I really don't want to get up at 6 this morning"! Finally around 7 he went back down and slept till...(drum roll please.....) 8:45! I would do this every morning! Even if I'm up for an hour between 6-7 if he goes back down and sleeps till quarter till 9! We're leaving in like 4 more weeks to go back home and it's going to be awesome to get him back in his crib on his regular mattress! I can't wait.
Being here has definitely had it's challenges, I am doing this mostly by myself and this point.
Michael gets out of school most days at 3:45 and has to go back 'bout 6:30. After I pick him up drive back home, make dinner, and talk about our days he's gone again and I have to finish Karson's end of the day routines solo. The weekends are our saving graces, after school on Friday he has the whole weekend home. Doesn't have to go back till around 5 on Sunday evenings. I realize it's not ideal and some of you are probably thinking 'that's still not a lot of time!' and you're right, it's not. But after being away from Karson and myself and only being able to communicate through letters in the mail for 8 and a half weeks, it feels like Christmas when he's here. And that my friends is worth the week nights, the getting up early, and the missing home. Because I walk in the room and I get moments like this:
I walk into the room and my heart smiles. My two boys together again, playing on the bed. To me, this is what it's all about. My family being back together again. Being able to see one another and interact in person. I'll take being together over doing it with grandparents
any day of the week.
My sweet boys at dinner the other night:
Whatever you do: do it with a smile in your heart and be thankful for what you are given. Get out what you put in! Make the memory! Have a great day!
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