I think blogging is a vicious cycle...an extreme love/hate relationship. On one hand I simply love to look back and reflect on all blogged things over the past 1.5 years, but on the other hand it is a dauting task. I feel like I am always trying to convince myself that I need to blog daily (but then the blog suddenly becomes a "blogging daily" kind of blog without much meaning or sentiment) or perhaps nominate Monday to be blogging day...somehow in the time I have been blogging I haven't figured out a reliable timeline that satifies my blogging spirit....
Therefore, perhaps I will add an additional committment to what seems like my giant mound of weekly duties (the mound only recently became overwhelming as the typical pregnancy/working full time nights exhaustion kicked in) and try to blog "weekly" without setting a day...I really do feel like I'm forgetting the simple things that make us laugh and smile from week to week.
This past week Sonia, Kreider, and Silas made the trek from snow laden Philadelphia down to visit...Kris, Ellen, Eliza, Colin, Archer, and I had A BLAST! Good people are everywhere but sometimes there are really good people that simply make your soul sing....the Grasse's are the soul singing kind of people to me (as are the Mecholsky's!!!!). We had an amazing time watching the superbowl, going to the Baton Rouge Zoo, and then through the generousity of Kris and Ellen we stayed with them in their two bedroom time share in New Orleans Monday night. It was really fun to watch Archer and Eliza smooze around together until 10:30pm....so sweet, two little toddling people. They are also really starting to get each other and realize/want the other person there. Kris took Eliza into their room to put her pj's on and she was screaming to Archer (being the prince charming he is) quickly made his way to the bedroom door and opened it freeing his beautiful princess! Tuesday we spent the day going to the Aquarium and preparing for the Saints welcome home parade. We once again had a wonderful time, said good bye to Kris, Ellen, and Eliza who had to return to the working life, and thanks to Sonia we spent the night in their room....
That very night, for the first time in his little pumkin life, we let Archer "cry it out." Archer has never ever had issuses going to bed, and in fact is probably the easiest kid to put to sleep---even sometimes requesting sleep. We simply rock him with his "baba" while singing him a song, once his baba is gone he says, "ni night" gives a hug, kiss, and pat to mom or dad and that is it....and that has really always been it...SUPER EASY KID. HOWEVER, those conditions generally apply only to the confines of our house/his bed! This kid does not like to sleep away from home! After Monday night in the Kris and Ellen's room with Archer tossing and turning all night in bed with me (and Colin getting kicked to the couch because Archer screamed anytime he was put NEAR his pack and play) I was beyond exhausted...not to mention the daily events. Archer also hadn't really had a nap and we knew the following day would be long so we sort of decided we would put him in his pack and play in a quiet room and let him convince himself through tears to sleep...WHAT WERE WE THINKING/THIS WOULD COME BACK TO GET US! Needless to say, after an hour of NONSTOP "mama mama mama" I decided to go in and sing Archer his timeless favorite "the wheels on the bus" to which is instantly crashed and then held onto me with all he had...slowly and over the course of minutes I was able to lower him into his bed while repeating "mama is right here baby, mama is right here." FINALLY he was out! He ended up sleeping until almost 9am the next morning and we had cafe du monde and headed to The Children's Museum (WHICH WAS AMAZING).
Lunch, back to the hotel to attempt to put Archer down for a nap, followed by more play time and then packing the car to head back to BR and our neglected dogs! So tough to say goodbye to Sonia, Kreider, and Silas, all while knowing we couldn't let an entire two years go by again without a visit (kids grow up too fast).
LONG STORY SHORT...Archer would NOT sleep for the next three nights....he would saw logs on our chests but the second we tried to put him down he would scream...BROKE MY HEART, it was almost as if we had broken a bond...a trust he had and it was awful. The past two nights; however, he has gone back to the old routine of going right to sleep...and in fact has been sleeping in much later than usual so perhaps we got more than we asked for :) YIPEE!
Ok, I have spent far too long at sskfsdkjfhworkwoksldjfl blogging and need to get lots done in order to get home quickly to my boys and my warm bed!
Oh, we had an ultrasound on Monday and saw a lovely little bean (our est. due date is Sept. 14th, but the baby was measuring Sept 19th...) we are sticking to a Sept. 19th due date to avoid the feeling of lateness and agigtation! It is much easier to be early while huge/fat/miserable, then sit around waiting for that day.
Ok, Ook, back to work. I will write more in my weekly blog and add some pictures and a very interesting video when I get home/wake up.
Love,
The ever growing, on our way to a family of 4....
Kimbles
