Family Trip Part 2

Charlie finally came home on Wednesday to join in the grandbaby fun. Wyatt just ate up all the attention. He spent the majority of the rest of the week outdoors with Momma or Poppa B, riding in the mule, going for walks, or hanging out by the lake. The weather was simply beautiful! In fact- he spent so much time outdoors- he developed a little runny nose likely from allergies. Byron got to spend a lot of time in the woods hunting turkey. It's amazing how he bounds out of bed at 5:30 when it's time to get his spot staked out- but when it's time for work- his alarm goes off about 20 times before he actually gets up! Momma and Poppa B kept Wyatt for a whole afternoon for us while Byron and I went out to lunch and a movie. It felt so great to get out and do something together. Kinda made us feel young again. And it's such an amazing feeling to not worry at all that your kid is in capable hands. I mean- who can top the love of a grandparent? We saw the Hunger games. I liked it- but as always...the book is better. But honestly- who cares what we saw? It was just nice to get out. We had a little party for Byron's birthday on Saturday with a bunch of our friends. Dr. Kuhn and Ms. Sue stopped by to meet Wyatt as well.

By Saturday night- Wyatt was about through with our little family trip. He was awake every 1.5 hrs SCREAMING. It was a rough night for both of us. He hadn't napped and was just plain old TIRED- but just couldn't sooth himself back to sleep. So- by the end of that night- I was ready to go home too. It was good that I had Byron with me on the plane because it was a real wrestling match with Wyatt. He was just so out of synch. The first night back- he did infinitely better in his crib. It took about 3 nights to get fully back to normal- but he started napping better the very first day home. His runny nose didn't help matters- it made it very difficult for him to eat (he couldn't breath while eating). But I'm happy to say - he's back to sleeping (mostly) through the night. I started a new thing with him - where I "dream feed" him one more time before I go to bed around 11PM. Then- he can make it till 7 or 8 AM. I'm liking this new strategy! Thanks Katie for the advice!