Here is the weekend

The theme of my weekend is- things don't always turn out how you planned. More on that in a minute.

This week has been one of the most tiring we've had in a long time. Ellie has been waking in the night for a bottle (which is still standard for her) but then talks to herself for like an hour in her crib, then cries, then becomes impossible to get back to sleep. So, no joke- some nights we've been up for anywhere from 2-4 hrs in a row.
After these shennanigans happened 2 consecutive nights, we had to start letting her cry. But she puts up a good fight and by the time 4am rolls around, I give up and go in her room and rock her because I just can't take it anymore. However, she seems to be getting the point since last night and we're hoping we're fixing the problem of "night time partying" for this stinker.

Crying it out for the second child is weird. We went through it with Wren, and therefore had more resolve to do it with Ellie easily. But then you are mostly worried about waking up the other kid in the process. Luckily Wren doesn't wake up which is miraculous..except she wakes up for a totally different reason about 45 min after the crying stopped and we've all fallen asleep.
Oh, life with kids!

We had planned to go out for my birthday dinner about a month ago, and as of today, Kenton is completely and utterly sick with the flu. The poor guy can't even eat or get out of bed. Not the end of the world, but one of my reasons for the weekend not going as planned!

Wren is also adjusting to the change of me returning to work, even though it's "only" 2 days a week. She is more clingy and sad to see me go than I expected. We've also been noticing that some sibling jealousy is creeping in now that Ellie is requiring extra attention since she's become mobile and more playful in general. Ellie gets a lot more attention now that she has sweet skills, haha. These things are all natural, but challenging in the moment of course.

Since Kenton is feeling like crap, I've already planned to take the girls to get Bloom Cookies downtown in the morning because I love them and need a pick me up after this crazy week! If you haven't had one, run over to a market or Mercer for some tomorrow!!