Thursday, September 27, 2012

EMT Class

Sam started an EMT class yesterday which is held Tues - Thurs from 4:30 - 9 pm. Luckily, I am currently only working 3 days a week so I only have to work one of the days that Sam is in school. I will try to get him to post about the class... we shall see how that pans out.

Until now, the days that I have been home with Addison by myself have been very limited. I know that it isn't easy being home alone with children, but I honestly haven't had to experience it much yet.

Yesterday was quite a challenge. After a rough night of breastfeeding, I was still exhausted after a 3 hour morning nap. Sam left for school early - at around 1pm and Addison didn't give me a break all night. By around 3pm I had tried hard to soothe Addison without any luck. So, I decided to take her for a walk in the moby. Praise the moby - everyone should have one!! I walked down to Hayden Lake and back (which is apparently 3 miles round trip according to my nifty new walking app). She *was* calm most of the way, but only slept for about 10 minutes. Then, once I arrived back home, she insisted on being fed immediately, while I was starving myself (do moms always eat last?!). When I decided to take a long walk, I failed to realize that I still would need energy for a baby afterward. Sad, I know, that a three mile walk tuckered me out... in my defense, the walk did include a good amount of elevation change too. In any case, I was exhausted which made it even harder to make Addison happy.

Later in the evening I was frustrated again so I went over to the Oppligers, and Lindsay, who is always sooo sweet, offered me some delicious dinner and held my fussy baby. I am pretty sure Lindsay is the best cook I know. This time it was a combination of hers and Lydia's amazing skill that produced the best tostadas I have ever had! I am so thankful to have such awesome neighbors. Finally, Sam came home about 9:45 and Addison almost immediately fell asleep. Oh what a day!

Today was amazingly different. Sam watched Addison this morning so I could get a few work related things done and to give me a break before another evening by myself. After Sam left, I decided to walk again down to the lake. Addison fell asleep almost immediately and napped almost the whole time - about 45 mins. While I walked I found a Pandora station for toddlers and listed to the kid songs (such as 'You are my Sunshine' and 'Wheels on the Bus') so that I could later sing them to Addison. When we returned I was able to do some laundry while Addison sat upright for the first time in the boppy. I sang to her and it was wonderful. She was as sweet as can be. Then, when she became fussy I started listening to the lullabye station and it wasn't long before she fell asleep in the moby. Music can be the most beautiful thing - I couldn't have been happier holding my sleeping beauty and listening to soothing music.

I continued doing laundry and cleaning up the house (which, btw, makes me immensely happy!). Sam came home again around 9:30pm and was in an awesome mood from his first EMT lab. He insisted on trying the ventilator on me and blowing up my lungs - several times. He was especially interested in whether I could smell his taco breath thru the ventilator :). When I told him no, he got really excited and showed me the Heppa filter on the ventilator. Unfortunately, by the time Sam got home and we chatted for a bit, I had to get to sleep soon after. School night and all. It was a truly wonderful day, I wished it wouldn't end.

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