Today was my first day of vacation. I decided to just take the week of this week and enjoy it with my family. It's a nice opportunity to just chill and get some needed rest - or so I hope.
My family showed up tonight about 600pm. Eric's family drove up from Louisville and Chris' family drove up from Mobile. I had already made plans with a friend of mine to go out, so I missed the inital insanity of "seeing the new house". After I got home, I walked down to visit for about an hour.
The kids were going NUTS! They were running around and screaming. I think this was the first time they had all seen each other in a year. Wow. Anyway, they were all exploring the Grammy and Grampy's new digs - I don't blame them. There is a ton of space for the entire family to sprawl out and relax. It is nice.
I walked back home about 1030pm to head off to bed. Jim was still playing video games with his friends online. How funny. Oh well. I'm beat.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Sunday in Mobile
Sundays are always crazy in Mobile. My brother is the pastor of a Baptist Resort ministry and he leads service every Sunday morning and evening. Lee also leads the Sunday School group, the singing and other stuff to keep it humming. So needless to say, we were busy busy busy.
Sunday morning started off well. Reagan did sleep ok the night before in the pack and play. I was a little surprised by that, but she woke up happy. We all spent some time just relaxing and eating Lee's wonderful food before getting ready for church. I really debated going to sunday school because it was right during Reagan's nap time and I wasn't sure she'd sleep at the nursery. I eventually decided to just bundle her up and take off with my mom. Other than a few short crying spells when I dropped her off, she did fabulous with Ms. Ann. She said she went "right to sleep" and slept for over an hour. Yea Reagan!!!
She played all afternoon in the playroom with the other kids. She was able to get acclimated pretty quickly to the "older" toys and had a ball with the other three kids. There was this one toy - the caterpillar with the letters on the feet - that she just LOVED!!! Oh My! I would hit the button on the top and music would start. As soon as the music started, she would start rocking on her butt - back and forth to the music SMILING SOOOO BIG!! She just had a blast. Eventually she started reaching over and turning it on herself.
I really feel like she was able to “stretch” some today. Their house is all new to her which meant she was going everywhere looking at everything. She would find something new and pull up on it. She even tried to just stand up on her own and ended up getting stuck a little bit in “downward dog” position. It was amazing to watch what she learned in just a day! All three of the kids were just wonderful with her. John tried to play with her and the ball. Whenever she would crawl anywhere, he’d follow beside her with his hand on her shoulder. So darn cute… and protective. Awwwwww.
The interesting thing about a different family is the different dynamics of the home and the effect on Reagan. She is very used to a quiet environment even when Jordan is home. She is by nature a quieter child and very content to just hang out and play. Chris’ family is much more active with three children and the house is much louder than ours is right now. I think all the activity kept her wildly awake at night and she didn’t settle down until everyone else went to bed. While that was a little frustrating, I loved watching her interact with her surroundings and think she did fabulous!
Sunday morning started off well. Reagan did sleep ok the night before in the pack and play. I was a little surprised by that, but she woke up happy. We all spent some time just relaxing and eating Lee's wonderful food before getting ready for church. I really debated going to sunday school because it was right during Reagan's nap time and I wasn't sure she'd sleep at the nursery. I eventually decided to just bundle her up and take off with my mom. Other than a few short crying spells when I dropped her off, she did fabulous with Ms. Ann. She said she went "right to sleep" and slept for over an hour. Yea Reagan!!!
She played all afternoon in the playroom with the other kids. She was able to get acclimated pretty quickly to the "older" toys and had a ball with the other three kids. There was this one toy - the caterpillar with the letters on the feet - that she just LOVED!!! Oh My! I would hit the button on the top and music would start. As soon as the music started, she would start rocking on her butt - back and forth to the music SMILING SOOOO BIG!! She just had a blast. Eventually she started reaching over and turning it on herself.
I really feel like she was able to “stretch” some today. Their house is all new to her which meant she was going everywhere looking at everything. She would find something new and pull up on it. She even tried to just stand up on her own and ended up getting stuck a little bit in “downward dog” position. It was amazing to watch what she learned in just a day! All three of the kids were just wonderful with her. John tried to play with her and the ball. Whenever she would crawl anywhere, he’d follow beside her with his hand on her shoulder. So darn cute… and protective. Awwwwww.
The interesting thing about a different family is the different dynamics of the home and the effect on Reagan. She is very used to a quiet environment even when Jordan is home. She is by nature a quieter child and very content to just hang out and play. Chris’ family is much more active with three children and the house is much louder than ours is right now. I think all the activity kept her wildly awake at night and she didn’t settle down until everyone else went to bed. While that was a little frustrating, I loved watching her interact with her surroundings and think she did fabulous!
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