Screams

The last few nights Lacey has decided to wake up and scream in the middle of the night.  Scott will go in and try to help her but all she has wanted was her momma. She was doing so good with the whole sleeping through the night thing,  so this really wasn't something I expected or wanted.  Last night she was up every two hours.  Then it would take me a good 45 minutes of rocking before she was ready to go back to her crib.  It is so exhausting getting up that many times.  I was just hoping I would have 6 more months of a full nights sleep before I had to start getting  up again at night.
This morning she woke up with pink eye  so we got her in to see the doctor. Turns out she has a pretty bad double ear infection. Luckily we decided to go in today, and hopefully she stays feeling better (and sleeping through the night) again soon.

The bed to myself

For the past 3 days Scott has slept on the couch. He decided that was the best way for us to both get sleep. He has been coughing all through the night,  so I really appreciate him not ĺying next to me while he does that.  I'm a really light sleeper,  so everything wakes me up.

Most nights I go to bed a couple hours before Scott does.  Growing a baby is exhausting. It was weird going to bed knowing that he wasn't going to be joining me.  It felt more lonely than normal,  even though I am used to going to bed alone.  I'll be happy once he is all better and things go back to normal.

I was even tempted for a bit to go get Lacey and bring her into bed with me. I'm glad I didn't,  we all know how that would turn out.  She would wake up and want to snuggle.  Her idea of snuggling is getting as close to your head as possible. I know I wouldn't have gotten a wink of sleep if I attempted that.

Such a Tease

Seriously,  what is up with this weather?  I'm sick of the snow.  I'm sick of the freezing wind.  I'm sick of not wanting to leave the house because it's too cold.  I'm sick of being cooped up all day every day. Last week we had a couple beautiful days,  lacey got a taste of what it is like to have the option of going outside. Now,  it's back to being too cold.  Lacey stands at the door and begs to go outside but it's just too cold. Why can't it just be spring already?

Prepping

In a couple weeks we are taking a road trip down to Arkansas. That is where Scott's Sister and her husband live and it has been too long since we have seen them. I've got about two weeks to come up with my gander plan for the trip.  Should we drive through the night? Split the drive into two days? How can I keep her (and us) sane during the drive?  How to I get lacey to sleep in a pack n' play? I'm just trying to brace myself for the trip. Prepare myself for the worst.  That way of things go well I will be pleasantly surprised.

Hair

Lacey finally is getting a little more hair. Not that she really has enough to do anything with, but now I don't know how I should handle it. I've done pig tails in the past, but now the top hair is getting longer but it doesn't quite fit into the pig tails. So now I'm not sure if there is any way for me to do her hair cute while its in this awkward stage.

clean kitchen

There is something so relaxing about having a clean kitchen. I seriously let the whole house become a disaster zone while Lacey was sick. I never knew how much time goes into taking care of a sick little kiddo. It was tiring being needed 24/7, without any breaks. As soon as Scott got home from Chicago he devoted some much needed attention to the kitchen. I just feel better knowing it's clean in there.

It's the little things

Today I went down to the basement to do some laundry. Lacey has pretty much thrown up on everything we own the last few days so we have a lot of laundry to do. While I was down starting the load a bunch of clothes came down the laundry shoot. I just figured Scott was sending down a couple things to add last minute. Then I saw that most of the clothes were clothes Lacey hasn't even worn yet, tags on and everything. I was trying to throw in the rest of the laundry, and every once in a while a couple more peices of clothing would drop. I came back upstairs with an arm full of clean clothes to find Lacey running back and forth from her drawers to the shoot. She was emptying her drawer and growing everything down. She cracks me up, I guess that's what I get for leaving the shoot door open.