well, turkey day has come and gone. We had an incredible weekend, long, but great! First, we decided to drive to Riverside on Wednesday and set up camp, (if you may), at Kathy's house, even though she was out of town visiting in-laws she allowed us a place to rest our heads. well, we really didn't leavesoon enough to beat the holiday traffic, so what usually takes us a little under 2 hours took us 4 hours to drive. We had to stop to feed and change Aedyn, but it was kind of nice because we detoured through Pasadena to Temple City and stopped by where we used to live.
We finally got to Riverside at 7 pm had dinner with my Mom, who was house and dog sitting for my sis, set up the pack n' play (which would be Aedyn's make-shift crib for the next 4 days), then headed for bed.
The next morning was relaxed, then we headed to Jen and Jason's for Thanskgiving. It was a warm festive day. My favorite part of dinner was the Sweet potatoes, a new recipe Jen found made with bananas and honey. YUM!! Aedyn also got to meet his Aunt Charity and cousin Willow for the first time. He was a little fussy, but finally went down for a nap right before dinner was to be served. Well, I guess he knew the food was hot and ready so he woke up and joined us for the holiday feast, he didn't want to miss out!
The next few days were spent up in the mountains, with Dad and Helen. Aedyn also got to meet G-pa Justin, Uncle Doug and Aunt Debbie. We took a lovely walk on Saturday. But to be honest, it kicked my butt. TOO MANY HILLS! But, it was a beautiful crisp, sunny fall day which was followed by a warming bowl of homemade turkey noodle soup and panini sandwiches!
Sunday, we got up,packed, and headed back home. Driving was much more pleasant because it only took 2 hours this time! I don't know if I have mentioned before but Aedyn is a great traveler. He loves to be in the car while it is going.
A miracle happened on Sunday evening; Aedyn slept an incredible 7 hours straight! He fell asleep at 8:30pm and didn't start stirring until 3:30 am. Mommy got a full 6.5 hours of sleep!!!! And then it happened again, last night he took a bath(which he loves by the way), took a bottle at 8:30 pm, fell asleep at 9 pm and didn't wake up until 2:30 am, back to sleep by 3:30 am and didn't wake up until 6:30 am. He stayed up for playtime until 9:30 am and took a mid-morning nap at 10:30 until now 12:30. Aedyn is definitely starting to understand about establishing a routine of playtime during the day and sleeping at night!
Of course this may end soon, because Aedyn has a doctor's appointment today to get a checkup and his first immunizations! I am not looking forward to this!
The wee babe beckons. Peace and Love to all!
2 comments:
Thanks for spending the weekend with us. It sure is great to have a baby in the family again. Of course I can't shut dad up.."Grandpa has the touch"...whatever! Ha Ha. We miss Aedyn already. What a precious child he is...give him kisses and tell him we are so happy he decided to sleep longer than 3 hours!
YAY! More sleep for Dee!
Glad to hear you all had a great Turkey Day.
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