Halloween

misty  ·  Sat, Oct 31, 2015

Since we got here, we’ve been staying on California time so that Milo doesn’t get messed up. That means she’s going to sleep at around 11pm and waking up at around 9am. Except today. Today, we planned to go see Noelle in the morning, so we woke up at around 7:30. I fed my girl and tried to put her back to sleep, but for some reason she wouldn’t stay sleeping. She stayed awake all the way to Noelle’s. Finally I got her to sleep a little after 9:30, but I suspected that she was going to be cranky today due to lack of sleep (I was right).

We had a nice visit with Noelle and Robin and John, but Milo mostly slept. After a couple of hours, we headed back to Mom’s to visit with Kenny and Sue, et al. Since it’s Halloween, we put Milo in a Ninja Turtle outfit that Lynn bought her. At some point in the early afternoon, Kenneth held her and she immediately began smiling big. She also pooped big - it came right out of her diaper and coated her back as he held her. After giving her a big attagirl for blessing Kenneth that way, we changed her, but that meant that she was no longer a Ninja Turtle. Win some, lose some.

Milo slept a lot and fussed a lot due to lack of sleep. Sue and Katie got to hold Milo, both as she was asleep and awake. The rest of the family came by at different times, but everyone ended up at Mom’s in the evening, as Chase and I had planned a big family dinner. It was a really lovely evening; even though I spent a lot of time calming my girl (she wanted me a lot today), I also spent a lot of time surrounded by family. The love was palpable tonight. My girl is so lucky.