Two Big Events This Past Week...

First of all, our daddy came home! The boys were so excited to see their daddy. He made it home late, late, late on Monday night; so it was actually Tuesday morning before they got to see him. Luckily he got to take Tuesday off so he could spent the day with the boys. Of course, a portion of Tuesday was spent on the Caddo River! Tim had a great time out West (Utah & Idaho) working 16 hour days fighting wild fires. Only Tim would consider that a "paid vacation" complete with smoke inhalation, long hours, using a drip torch, and swinging a Pulaski! Seriously, despite the hard work he had a good time.



Second, the boys began sharing a room this week. I have agonized and dreaded this for months. I have tried to imagine every terrible scenario possible and tried to come up with any solution possible to keep them from having to share a room (adding on to the house was not an option)! If you've heard me talk about my precious boys' very different sleep habits you know why I have put this off as long as possible. Well, actually they have done GREAT! The first night had some rough spots. Zac banged his head and yelped like a fire engine (this is normal) for nearly an hour and a half and Nate called me in the room several times for various requests during which, every time I entered Zac would pop up and say, "What you doing mama?" ... even at 2 in the morning! However, nights 2 and 3 have gone great. If Nate needs me, he whispers quietly and I hear him on the monitor and go in and remedy the problem and Zac usually sleeps through it all or rolls back over and goes to sleep after 15 minutes of siren noises, during which Nate sleeps or lays quietly. Soooooo ... so far, the experience has gone relatively smooth. Hopefully it will continue to go good. We are still napping in separate rooms after trying joint naps which was a total bust! That's O.K., because Nate will be napping at preschool 4 days a week beginning one week from Monday.

Baby is doing great! Only 5 more weeks to go. In some ways it seems so long but in so many other ways I need every minute of those 5 weeks to complete multiple projects! We are getting so excited about meeting our "baby boy" or "baby girl"!

Hugs to you all. KMO