Yesterday was just one of those mornings that I woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep. Matt’s light woke me up at 4:44, and then I could hear the water running because it turns out the hose in the back broke and somebody left the spigot on over the weekend. Then Matt’s alarm went off (he was in the kitchen), and there were noises I couldn’t sleep through. Then of course the children woke up and the day began.
The girls were very excited to have some friends over for a bit. Kendra dropped Kaitlyn and Emma off for the morning – yay for girlfriends!
They all played together a lot, but the pictures I got were of the sisters playing together. Joanna and Natalie have been enjoying the Potato Head family lately.
Emma and Kaitlyn!
This was snack time – such sweet girls!
After they left I attempted to put my kiddos down for an early rest time at about 12:40ish. James went down great (I figured he would since I didn’t let him have a morning nap), but Natalie and Joanna couldn’t settle. Joanna never sleeps, but she just had trouble “resting.” I soooooooo wanted a little nap; I’ve just been so tired lately! But, alas, it was not to be. I was way too grumpy for anyone’s good though, so I made the decision to have a Dr. Pepper on the way to Joanna’s ENT appointment for the sanity of us all. It was a good choice. Making it a whole week without a slip is something, right? :)
I had to wake James up at 2:20, but he’d had a great nap!
Here we are keeping ourselves entertained while Joanna had her hearing test with the audiologist.
The kids really did well. Sadly, there were signs that said “No food or drink” so I couldn’t use my regular method of keeping tiny people happy. Oh, well. We survived.
Joanna failed her hearing test (That was one hundred thirty eight dollars worth of DUH!!!) and Dr. Clegg is putting her on antibiotics for the next ten days (or ten days from the point I actually make it pharmacy to pick them up) to see if that will do anything. If not, it’s tubes for her! I can’t remember whether I’ve mentioned it here, but about a week and a half or so ago, Joanna just stopped being able to hear much at all. It’s making our lives miserable! She misses so much of what’s going on around her and we’re constantly repeating ourselves. Thankfully it is just fluid in her ears that’s blocking the sound, not something worse.
After the appointment we walked around Kingwood Hospital for a bit. The girls loved the little stream kind of place.
When we got home, we had enough time to gather up our things for church and play outside for a few minutes.
James is a walking boy these days!!
Matt had to meet us at church since he was running a bit behind. I sure was thankful for the spaghetti supper I didn’t have to cook or clean up after! And my choir kiddos were wonderful. We really started working on learning the musical, and they were very into it. What fun!
I came home and went to bed probably before the kids fell asleep. Sadly it took me a long time to actually fall asleep myself, but at least I was laying down. I probably fell asleep about 10:00. I didn’t stir once until 6:08. Then it was time to take care of my early-risers; I think those kids are linked somehow to wake up at the same time. Joanna slept until 8:35! I could tell she needed to catch up on some sleep – I’m so glad she did!
I’ve been skipping James’ morning nap recently because I think he’s sleeping better all around without it. But he was grouchy this morning, and I knew I couldn’t handle a morning of holding him off with food and entertainment. So he’s napping now! I’m soooooo thankful Joanna had a ride to school, and I get to just sit here and snuggle with my Natalie. Wahoo for Thursday mornings!
