Sorry about the disappearing act… I just came back from 9 days at my in-laws place in Ottawa. I just didn’t like the idea of a post that basically says: "Hey! My house is empty, so why don’t you stop by and steal all my stuff!", so I just kind of disappeared. I honestly don’t feel comfortable posting on the internet that I’ve headed off for "vacation" – sorry folks.
Honey had yet another business trip to Ireland, so I thought I’d take advantage of my 2nd last week of Maternity Leave (sniff, sniff), and bring the kids up to Ottawa to spend a week with their paternal grandparents for 9 fun-filled days. I must be a sucker for punishment ’cause I took the kids by train…. At 7 am, Fri June 20th, I loaded the kids in the car, drove to Toronto’s Union Station (an hour drive), then boarded a 5.5 hr train ride to our Nation’s capital (Ottawa). Now that doesn’t sound so bad, except when you consider my kids are 3 and 11 months old, and I was by myself. The 3 yr old was so excited that she didn’t sleep on the train, and the 11 month old slept for a whopping 26 min 12 sec. Lets just say that not only was I very happy to get off the train in Ottawa, but so was the rest of the train… ’nuff said!
Anyways – the trip went well. Sierra slept well, ate well and played hard with her 3 cousins (aged 9,7 and 6). Brooke ate well, but slept horribly! SO horribly that my MIL and I attempted to put her on a sleep/nap schedule… And guess what? It freaking worked! Right now she’s 90 min into an afternoon nap, and last night she only woke up once! Yippeee! One wake up/night is a-ok for me, I can handle that after waking up 3-4 times a night since last July. Last night I was up 1/2 the night waiting, just waiting for her to wake up – LOL! We’ll see how long this new sleep routine lasts, I may have spoken too soon, and tomorrow she’ll return to her old bad habits.
Anyways, I’ll have to write more about the trip in another post ’cause I have a lot of housework to do while the baby is napping in preparation for my return to work next week (sniff, sniff), but for now I’d like to leave you with a picture of quite possibly the cutest baby ever:
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Great photo- I always find family to be the perfect cure for husband going away.
That is one seriously cute baby. 26 minutes of peace on a 5.5 hour train ride…. I guess that beats 2 minutes + 3 hours of meltdown
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glad to hear you had a fun trip! She is definitely one adorably cute baby!
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She is a darling. And welcome back! I missed you. I think we grandparents enjoy those visits when daddy has to go out of town for work. I know I do!! The sleep/nap schedule will probably work for you, and think of how nice it would be if the allnight sleeping hangs on since you have to return to work!
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Welcome back Janice! See ya tomorrow! And yes, she is the cutest baby evah! She looks so much like you at that age – was looking at your baby pics and will bring them to your house tomorrow. Wish my scanner worked!
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She’s adorable! What a great picture! Glad you had a great vacation…
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I can’t believe that it’s already time to go back to work. The time really flies. I also can’t get over how much she looks like Sierra as a baby. It’s like you had the same baby two times
Are you going to the BFF in Niagara Falls in a couple of weeks? I thought I saw your name on the blog roll. I’ll be going too, it will be great to meet you!
Vicky
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