Our Weekend

We have had a busy weekend so far. On Friday night, Scott and his brother Mike, went out for a friends birthday so Jen and I made dinner at her place with the babies and watched chick flicks. Mackenzie has this blow up cylinder shaped toy with jungle animals printed on it. Last time we were over Bradley started crying when he saw it. I didn't know if it was a fluke so I sat him down and rolled it towards him. He went from smiling and cooing to crying when he saw it! I moved it away from him and then put him in their exersaucer but apparently that wasn't far enough away for him. Just catching a glimpse of this toy makes him upset! I don't know what it is about this seemingly harmless toy that he hates but he really doesn't like it.

Scott, Bradley, and I stayed over that night so we didn't have to drive home late at night but for some reason I couldn't keep Bradley asleep. He is pretty used to sleeping away from home so I don't think that was the problem but every time I would get him to fall asleep and put him down in his bed he would wake up crying. Not just a normal cry but an all out wail. After several of these failed attempts I decided to just let him sleep with me so I could actually sleep that night. Of course that did the trick and we both were able to get some shut eye.

Last night, Jen and I left the babies with our husbands and went out downtown with a group of girls for a friends bachelorette party. Scott dropped us off downtown and picked us up when we were ready to come home so we didn't have to worry about parking and walking too far in our cute but uncomfortable shoes. When we got back to Mike and Jen's, Bradley and Mackenzie were asleep but no sooner did Bradley hear my voice did he wake up and demand food. This kid is going to have a tough time weaning that is for sure! He fell back asleep after eating though and we left shortly after that to go home. Now the fun begins. He would not sleep and nothing could make this baby happy. He didn't want to eat, he didn't want to be held, he didn't want to be in his bed... you get the point. I figured it must be a stomach ache from the way he was stiffening up and crying so I gave him some Gripe Water, bicycled his legs, and bounced him around the house. He finally burped a couple times and seemed to calm down right away. By this time it is close to 4:00 when we managed to lay him down and sleep. He slept good after that but we are all dragging a little bit today except for him who gets to take naps whenever he wants. I don't understand the whole concept of "sleep when your baby sleeps" because somehow I cannot fall asleep during the day and if I do manage to do so it is a nap interrupted by a phone call or Bradley deciding he wants to get up right when I fall asleep. We are planning on taking a long walk today and getting Bradley in some fresh air with the hopes that it will help Bradley sleep tonight.