Sleepover at Auntie's House

Sawyer and Kaden came for a sleepover Friday night. I would have them every night if their parents would let me. And if my husband would let me. But, I take what I can get.

showing me where my eyes are.

I was surprised that the Bean woke up more than the little Buck did. She hasn't woken up in the middle of the night at my house since she was three or four months old, but she woke up three times!! The first time was at 1:30am and I stumbled out of bed to go to Kaden, thinking it was him. When I realized it was Sawy whimpering I went in, snuggled her for a quick second, then laid her down with her puppy and blanket and she fell asleep instantly. The little dude woke up at 2:30am for a feed and then we had a bit of a snuggle before I managed to put him down and get some more rest.

It's a good thing I did too because Sawyer woke up at 4:30am whimpering again. She quickly returned to sleep, but woke up one last time at 5:30am, at which point I brought her into bed with us because I had no idea what was going on. The poor little Bean. I was delighted to have her warm little body cozied up to mine though and we soon fell fast asleep.

I woke up to Grunty Gus making a racket in the living room (where I had made a little bed for him on the floor... the good thing about small infants). I prayed that he would settle and I would get a bit more sleep, but it wasn't meant to be. His grunts soon turned to wails and I was summoned to warm another bottle of milk to satisfy the little man. That was at 6:30am. Sawy climbed out of bed and joined us in the living room at 7:30am.

I can't believe I just went in depth on our night... I know most mama's go through this every. single. night. and it really wasn't a big deal. In fact, I am disappointed when the kids come over and no one wakes up -- less cuddles for me! I just felt bad for Sawy because she never wakes up in the middle of the night. In fact, I don't think I've been up with her since she was three or four months old. I wonder what could have been bothering her. She fell back asleep too quickly for it to be anything major, but there was obviously something.

Speaking of the Bean, she still adores her little brother. She will straighten out the blanket on the floor, lay down, and then pat the area beside her saying "peease, peease, peease" indicating that she wants her little brother to lay beside her. Or she will run to the couch, sit in the corner and hold her hands, palm up, saying "peease, peease, peease". If I take too long to respond she starts rubbing her chest signing please and continue begging "peease, peease, peease" in a pleading fury! It's quite adorable.

You can also often find her hugging him, kissing him, and attempting to pick him up. She especially loves giving him attention when he is sleeping on the couch or the floor. And she is generally gentle, but her loving sometimes gets aggressive. I can tell when this is happening because she grinds her teeth slightly and develops a bit of an underbite. We wrestle when this happens so she can let out some of her energy and then she goes back to being gentle.

Sawy is forever pointing out Kaden's eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, tongue, ears, hands, etc. She also loves to copy his breathing. You know the sporadic, unrhythmic, occasionally absent, quickening breathing of an infant. I didn't realize what it was at first, but every time Sawy held Kaden she would breathe strangely and loudly. We soon figured out that she was copying him.

And little man Kaden. He is gruntier, gassier, pukier, and generally noisier than his sister was. But he is adorable and a rather content young man. When Sawy was unmoving she slept in a little bed I made on the floor or in a laundry basket in our room. Maybe it's a second child thing, but I let Kaden sleep in the living room because he is so noisy! Our house is small so he was probably only 15 feet from our bed, but I wouldn't have done that with Sawy. I was afraid my dear husband wouldn't get any sleep and I like to accommodate him in any way possible when I have young ones in the house.

Sawyer developed a bit of cabin fever on Saturday so we went for a little walk around the neighbourhood. She was cranky when I was feeding Kaden on the couch so asked her to get me a book to read to her. She disappeared into her room and came back with nothing. I asked again if she wanted me to read her a book and she shook her head no so I left it at that. Sawy disappeared again, this time into my room, and reappeared with a pair of my shoes. She brought them over, placed them directly in front of me, and said "peease, peease, peease". I told her we could go for a walk after I fed Kaden and she said "ya! ya! ya!". She ran around excitedly for a minute and then proceeded to try putting my shoes on for me. Oh Sawy.

By the way, my baby surprise jacket is 100% completed! And I am probably 40% of the way through my March project -- not the bootees. Proper update later.