Hug Twice

I don’t mean it to sound like I see Matt and I as “Us” and the kids as “Them”. But sometimes when it seems all we do is work and take care of kids and we never spend any time just he and I together, it starts to feel that way.

Alexa is working hard now on walking, and like her brother, this has translated into not wanting to sleep. Ever. Walking is really interesting, even if you’re only doing it a few steps at a time, and the idea of sleeping is so… not interesting.

CJ woke up in the middle of the night Saturday throwing up, poor pumpkin. He had a fever, and fevers sometimes trigger vomiting in him. He spent Sunday pretty under the weather and needing constant company from me or Matt, but now seems to be fine. No more throwing up, thankfully, and the fever was gone by Sunday afternoon.

It’s hard to believe that a little more than a week ago, Matt and I actually went out by ourselves and had an actual adult evening alone. That seems like about 2 years ago already. With my new tutoring from home job and Matt’s working and the kids (rightfully) claiming a lot of our available time right now, it seems the only time I ever see Matt without a kid in my ear is when he’s asleep.

Hi honey!

Tonight my goal is to get Alexa to sleep at some sort of reasonable hour. If that doesn’t work, my new goal is to keep her awake and excited in the morning instead of letting her doze off and on, and getting her to sleep tomorrow at some sort of reasonable hour. CJ’s well now and he does great with the sleeping so he shouldn’t be a problem. And then maybe Matt and I can have a conversation. Or even watch a movie. Or even just a half hour TV show? Who knows… the possibilities are endless.

I’m not holding my breath though. Walking is fun.

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