This weekend I went to a Biblical Counseling conference at my church (which was WON-der-ful). I dropped Lucy off at her sitter's before school on Friday morning and then didn't see her until Saturday evening. Yikes! This was the very longest I'd been apart from her (except for that whole 6 week visa wait... but things are different now. We're tight.). I had some surprisingly intense anxiety about leaving her (including a nightmare a few nights before in which I was stuck in Egypt on her 3rd birthday and sobbed and sobbed.)
We both fared well, fear not. I called her Friday night (at a break in my sessions which lasted until ten o'clock on a Friday night!?! I'm shocked that I wasn't passed out and snoring!) and got some chat like this:
"We went to Crackerbarrel and it was sooooo fun and I'm in Nana's car and we're going to have ICE cream and sing to Pap!" (Friday was his birthday--happy birthday Pap!) So I knew things were good.
The next morning, I called before my first session and she didn't want to talk. Nana said she'd been up and talking and singing most of the night. They snuggled in the big bed, and Lucy said it was "SO FUN!" and finally at 4:30, it was "Toast Time!!" Uh-oh. The care-taking crew and the little one were seriously sleep deprived. I said a little prayer.
About 10 am, I got this in a text:
And about 2 in the afternoon I got this one:
The poor child refused to sleep or nap at their house, but was completely OUT as soon as they got in the car to go anywhere. Her favorite thing is to ride around in Uncle John's lap, so I've got many wonderful pics of them like this:
To see her just sacked out in his lap was so funny! And so adorable! Thanks Uncle John and Nana and Pap, for taking such good care of my sweet girl!
And thanks for this: She slept 13 hours last night and we both had a 2 hour nap today :)
We both fared well, fear not. I called her Friday night (at a break in my sessions which lasted until ten o'clock on a Friday night!?! I'm shocked that I wasn't passed out and snoring!) and got some chat like this:
"We went to Crackerbarrel and it was sooooo fun and I'm in Nana's car and we're going to have ICE cream and sing to Pap!" (Friday was his birthday--happy birthday Pap!) So I knew things were good.
The next morning, I called before my first session and she didn't want to talk. Nana said she'd been up and talking and singing most of the night. They snuggled in the big bed, and Lucy said it was "SO FUN!" and finally at 4:30, it was "Toast Time!!" Uh-oh. The care-taking crew and the little one were seriously sleep deprived. I said a little prayer.
About 10 am, I got this in a text:
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| At WalMart |
And about 2 in the afternoon I got this one:
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| At Kohl's |
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| The Dynamic Duo (normally) |
And thanks for this: She slept 13 hours last night and we both had a 2 hour nap today :)
It's always so hard to leave the littles over night! So glad you took time away though. Feel free to share about what you learned at the conference! ;).
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