Colin slept through the night and other things….
The last two nights I have been away from the house… Tuesday was the Babywearing class, it went pretty well but there was only two people… They did bring their kids though and got to try on the slings and wraps and everything so that was fun… One mom bought a wrap right away, the other is going to call me if she needs one…
Yesterday I went to Isabelle’s house and spent the day with her and the kids… it was nice… I always have fun when I go there and I just feel comfortable… There is no akward moments etc… just relaxing….
Last night I went to a volunteer meeting that happens about every six weeks… it is to touch base with the other volunteers, get the latest news and get suggestions for cases that we might need help on…
Both nights I left the kids with Simon and though Xavier still won’t go to sleep until I am home Colin gets to sleep easily by just sitting on Simon… Before when this would happen, Colin would wake up at about 10-11 to nurse but lately he has been skipping that nursing session and that has even extended to nights that he hasn’t been nursed to sleep it seems… Tuesday he woke up at about 2 am to nurse and then this morning at 5am (when Simon got up to go to work) Colin was still sleeping… Simon came to me and told me that Colin was still in his bed and it was 5am… I just looked at him and said ‘Cool… that’s why I’m leaking!’…. So Simon went to get Colin and brought him into our bed where he slept until about 6:30….
As much as I want this to last, I am going to miss having him in our bed… I like the arrangement that we have though that the kids start off in their own beds… I like falling asleep next to Simon and I like falling asleep with my breast tucked away… but I also love turning over in the middle of the night and feeling the soft skin of my boys…
Sleeping through the night can be a bitter-sweet moment….
Xavier is gone for the night….
Xavier is spending the night at my mom’s tonight… this is the first time that he has stayed the night with mom just for the enjoyment of doing so… He spent the night the night after Colin was born because we were at the birthing center and we had no idea how the night would go and we were exausted.. and then 2 1/2 weeks later he spent the night again when Colin was in the hospital for 5 days and I stayed there the whole time so Simon was alone with Xavier and needed a little break for night….but besides that he has never slept away…
So, I just drove and hour to Montreal and dropped him off at my mom’s… they are going to have a sleepover and then Tomorrow she is bringing him to Disney on Ice: 100 years of Magic… I think he is going to have so much fun… and he was excited to see Woody and Buzz for ‘real’…. it is just weird though that he is starting to have his own life and experiences without me… I feel a bit left out, but I also am proud that he becoming such a “big boy”…
On the way back home I saw a hitchhiker and I thought she looked really interesting and thought about stopping but it wasn’t a good place to stop… I thought about her a few more times on the road… about half way home I saw her again and decided to stop… It isn’t something that I have ever done but she just reminded me on two people that I really love… I was right.. she is a organic farmer, working at apple picking while she is on unemployment and was on the way to a poetry festival…. We had a nice conversation and I drove a little further to get her to the ferry so that she could get to where she was going in time….
I hitchiked a lot as a little girl with my mom and there is something about it that I remember… there was always a great conversation…
Just a few words can mean so much….
I did alot of things with the kids yesterday and was feeling bad about not doing any housework… but Simon said something that made me even more proud to be his wife….
“In two years it won’t matter if you cleaned or not, it will matter that you spent time with the kids”
Now that is a great husband and Father!