On Tuesday I went back to my chiropractor friend for her to make sure the swelling went down on my wrist, which it did, and she said she wanted me to come back on Friday, so I did and it still looked good. But I still have a bump from what she thinks is a cyst, so she put a piece of medical tape on it to hopefully send a message to my brain to pay attention to that spot and hopefully get rid of the fluid. I'm supposed to wear it for 5 days in hopes my brain gets the message. The tape itself actually does nothing besides brings attention to the spot. It hasn't been hurting so that is good.
Well, Gabe is as active and cute as ever. He really likes the dragon rider/walker that his Uncle John and Aunt Melissa sent us. (A hand-me-down from cousin Rachael) He was bouncing on it yesterday and I took a video just because his face was so serious.
His naps have been really off recently. I think yesterday he only had one kind-of-long nap in the afternoon because he never got fussy for a morning nap, and then once he did sleep, when he woke up, it was too close to bedtime for another nap. The day before that he only slept 30 minutes for his morning nap and fought Tim for an hour while I was out with Patty for his afternoon nap, but eventually went to sleep for a couple of hours. I'm not sure what's up with him. His schedule was a little off today, of course, because it is Sunday, and he actually got up earlier than normal so I put him back down right after his first bottle and he slept for about an hour. Then again for about 35 minutes on the way home from church, with a stop at Wal-Mart. Then maybe 30-40 minutes after we ate lunch. But he got to bed a good time, a little after 7:30. He's also been waking up again around 3ish in the morning. Friday I knew it was because he was hungry because he didn't get his last bottle before he went to bed, but last night he got all his feedings and he still woke up. But as I entered the room I smelled the reason for him waking up. I changed his dirty diaper and rocked him a little and put him back down. I think he may have cried a little, but went back to sleep pretty quickly. Unfortunately, I don't go back to sleep as quickly. I was up for over an hour both times, almost 2 hours the first time, worrying about if he was going to cry again, and just not able to relax. So needless to say, I've been pretty tired these last few days. This past week he has started looking at us after we put him down and crying. He used to do this but a couple of weeks ago he changed and would just roll to his side as I walked out and never cried, but just went to sleep. I guess I shouldn't say "never". There were times I would have to go in a few minutes after putting him down and "re-set" him as Tim calls it and put his paci back in and then he'd be fine. Now he's back to rolling over and looking at us and crying as we walk out of the room, especially during naps. Bedtime is easy, but daytime is getting harder again.
We ate at Texas Road House today and he sat in a high chair, which was really just a booster seat they put in the booth, but it had a rail all the way around so he wouldn't fall out. He loved it. Since they keep the menus on the table, those kept him occupied the whole time. He had lots of fun.
I'm half-way through the last Hunger Games book! I can't wait until the movie is out on Netflix on the 18th! I have it saved in our Queue so I can get it the first day! :-) On a totally different note, the women's group this fall at church is going to be doing Beth Moore's Daniel study. I heard it is really good, and I really enjoyed the last one we did, so I am looking forward to it. Apparently some of the ladies had said that they had a hard time getting the homework done every week last time, so the two women who are leading it decided that we'll meet every other week to give everyone more time to do the homework. On one hand I don't really like that because it's not that hard to do the homework, and I feel like I'm going to forget what I did and it won't be as fresh on my mind each time so it will take away the impact, but on the other hand, I will be teaching full time so I may need the extra time to get the work done. However, I plan on doing what I did last time, which is do it in the morning before everything gets started for the day so I don't have the "too busy" or "too tired" excuses to use at the end of the day.
I'm getting pretty excited about my training next week. I'm ready to learn about what I'm going to be doing and how it works. They have reserved hotel rooms for us if we want them, so I took one. I'm not sure if I'll have a roommate or not. They didn't ask me if I wanted one or not. I don't really care if I have one. It would be good to get to know another new teacher and maybe make a friend that I can keep in contact with. I'm also looking forward to having a little break from Gabe. I hope that doesn't make me sound like a horrible mother. But I haven't had a break ever. Yes, I was away from him during the day when I was working, but I haven't had a day where he didn't dictate when I got out of bed. Not that I'll get to sleep in at my training, but at least I'll get to go to bed when I want and sleep ALL night with no interruptions and get up with my alarm, not a crying baby. I love him so much, but after Tim being gone, and him not napping well lately, I could use the time off. Hopefully it will refresh me and give me back some energy.
Time to read and go to bed! Good night!
Well, Gabe is as active and cute as ever. He really likes the dragon rider/walker that his Uncle John and Aunt Melissa sent us. (A hand-me-down from cousin Rachael) He was bouncing on it yesterday and I took a video just because his face was so serious.
His naps have been really off recently. I think yesterday he only had one kind-of-long nap in the afternoon because he never got fussy for a morning nap, and then once he did sleep, when he woke up, it was too close to bedtime for another nap. The day before that he only slept 30 minutes for his morning nap and fought Tim for an hour while I was out with Patty for his afternoon nap, but eventually went to sleep for a couple of hours. I'm not sure what's up with him. His schedule was a little off today, of course, because it is Sunday, and he actually got up earlier than normal so I put him back down right after his first bottle and he slept for about an hour. Then again for about 35 minutes on the way home from church, with a stop at Wal-Mart. Then maybe 30-40 minutes after we ate lunch. But he got to bed a good time, a little after 7:30. He's also been waking up again around 3ish in the morning. Friday I knew it was because he was hungry because he didn't get his last bottle before he went to bed, but last night he got all his feedings and he still woke up. But as I entered the room I smelled the reason for him waking up. I changed his dirty diaper and rocked him a little and put him back down. I think he may have cried a little, but went back to sleep pretty quickly. Unfortunately, I don't go back to sleep as quickly. I was up for over an hour both times, almost 2 hours the first time, worrying about if he was going to cry again, and just not able to relax. So needless to say, I've been pretty tired these last few days. This past week he has started looking at us after we put him down and crying. He used to do this but a couple of weeks ago he changed and would just roll to his side as I walked out and never cried, but just went to sleep. I guess I shouldn't say "never". There were times I would have to go in a few minutes after putting him down and "re-set" him as Tim calls it and put his paci back in and then he'd be fine. Now he's back to rolling over and looking at us and crying as we walk out of the room, especially during naps. Bedtime is easy, but daytime is getting harder again.
We ate at Texas Road House today and he sat in a high chair, which was really just a booster seat they put in the booth, but it had a rail all the way around so he wouldn't fall out. He loved it. Since they keep the menus on the table, those kept him occupied the whole time. He had lots of fun.
I'm getting pretty excited about my training next week. I'm ready to learn about what I'm going to be doing and how it works. They have reserved hotel rooms for us if we want them, so I took one. I'm not sure if I'll have a roommate or not. They didn't ask me if I wanted one or not. I don't really care if I have one. It would be good to get to know another new teacher and maybe make a friend that I can keep in contact with. I'm also looking forward to having a little break from Gabe. I hope that doesn't make me sound like a horrible mother. But I haven't had a break ever. Yes, I was away from him during the day when I was working, but I haven't had a day where he didn't dictate when I got out of bed. Not that I'll get to sleep in at my training, but at least I'll get to go to bed when I want and sleep ALL night with no interruptions and get up with my alarm, not a crying baby. I love him so much, but after Tim being gone, and him not napping well lately, I could use the time off. Hopefully it will refresh me and give me back some energy.
Time to read and go to bed! Good night!
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Cute videos!! Thanks Amy!!
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