Weekend!

Saturday was one of our only days this week during which we had David home.  We were hoping to really take advantage of the time as a family but Haley woke up a little under the weather so we ended up hanging out at home for most of the day.  Both of the girls slept in for a while and then Daddy gave them breakfast and took a shower with them.  We noticed Haley wasn't feeling well when she was sitting in David's lap after her shower and her eyes were all red and she kept saying she was cold.  She said she wanted to lay in our bed so I put her in our bed where she promptly fell asleep for over an hour.  Considering Haley has been fighting even her afternoon nap lately, this was not normal.  She woke up whining after over an hour and I went in there with her and rubbed her back and she kind of dozed on and off.  Then she said she wanted to try and eat a pancake (Todd had made pancakes for breakfast) so I gave one to her but she didn't eat any of it.  Then David gave her some yogurt and he said that she ate a bunch of that.  She was awake for hardly an hour and then she asked to lay down again.

Meanwhile Emily was hanging out and playing with Jay or David.  She went down for her afternoon nap after lunch and slept a solid two hours.  Haley continued to sleep through the afternoon (in our bed by the way) and then got up a little bit before dinner and seemed to be doing a little better.  The highest her temperature ever got to was 99.7 which is hardly anything I think for toddlers.  David and I played some one on one Dutch Blitz during naps, it was fun but a lot slower than normal games.  David made cheeseburger soup for dinner and it was so good.  I tried to help out here in there but he likes to be the only cook in the kitchen.  After dinner we cleaned up the dishes and straightened up the house because we had invited some couples over for games.  Julianne and I made an apple crisp for dessert and people started to arrive around 7.  We had three couples over from church, the Ashleys, Grubbs, and Yeakleys.  I gave Haley some Tylenol after dinner and I think that really helped her.  She didn't have tons more energy but she wasn't whiney or clingy anymore.  We put Emily to bed around eight and let Haley stay up longer and watch a Dora movie.  The Yeakleys and Ashleys left around ten but the Grubbs stayed and played until almost midnight, it was a lot of fun.

SATURDAY night was not so great.  Haley ended up getting up at least five times.  Sometimes she was just whining and some of the times she said she was hungry which didn't surprised me since she didn't eat very much on Saturday.  We eventually just brought her to our bed and she slept a little better but still not great.  David had to be at church at 8:30 because he was leading worship so he was up by 7:30.  I had kind of decided to just stay home with the girls because of our bad night.  Emy woke up around 8:45 and Haley slept in until around 9.  She woke up happy and without any trace of a temperature.  I gave her breakfast and she ate without any problems.  It was probably a little after 9:40 that I decided to go to church.  Our service starts at ten so I just put my hair in a pony tail (I know, gross, try not to visualize it) and put some make up and clothes on.  Then I got the girls dressed and we jumped in the car.  We missed the first two songs but made it for the rest of the worship time and the sermon.  We sat way in the back, David didn't even see us until the end of the service.

Emily hasn't seemed sick at all so I put her in nursery but left Haley with me.  Emy has had hardly a trace of separation anxiety, I'm still waiting for it to hit.  It was especially obvious today when I sat her down on the rug in her classroom and she sat there looking up at the teacher while I walked out, she didn't even look after me!  Haley sat on my lap during the sermon and watched the Ipad.  I had to keep a close eye on her because she loves to try and turn up the volume which I really can't blame her for because why would you ever want to watch Sesame Street on mute?  After the service we stayed and talked for maybe five minutes tops and then headed out.  Haley was acting completely normal but I didn't want to chance anything.

Julianne and Todd made baked potatoes for lunch and they were so good.  Haley ate a bunch of cheese and yogurt and maybe a bite of the potato.  After lunch I put Emy down for her nap and let Haley stay up for a little bit because she didn't seem tired.  Even after waiting, Haley had a hard time falling asleep.  She really did seem like her normal nap-fighting self.  David left for an overnight trip to New Jersey around 2:30, he'll be back super late on Monday night.  I let Haley sleep until around 4 and then I woke her up.  Emy kept sleeping until almost 5!  It was overcast and rainy today so I think that helped them sleep.  We ate leftovers and banana muffins that Todd had made for dinner.  After dinner the girls played for a while and I read them a bunch of books.  Haley was being so cranky and disobedient, I couldn't figure out what her problem was.  I didn't think she could be tired since she had such a late nap.  David got to PA around 9 and skyped us with Mimi, Pops, Aunt Rin, and Uncle Daniel for a couple minutes before bedtime.  Haley and Emy were mostly silent during the short call.  I realized why when I put them in their beds afterwards and they both rolled over and went to sleep right away.  Well, Emy went to sleep right away but Haley had to use the bathroom a couple minutes later, then she went to sleep.  She never has to go right before bed when I ask her, only five minutes after she's been in bed!

Haleyism:
Haley says 'because' all the time and I don't think she has any idea what it means because it is rarely followed by anything.  I say "because what?" or "because why?" all the time and she looks at me like I'm crazy for asking.

Emilyism:  
This morning Haley handed Emily her paci and Emily said "thank-you" so clearly.  I wish I had gotten it on video but Emily hardly ever says it when we are staging it!  I know that sounds fishy.

I did take some pictures today and then realized my memory card wasn't in the camera, oops.  Instead I have this video that was taken last week but wouldn't load on a previous post.

Emy and Daddy