The babies have been doing pretty well at night. Carter will still wake up every now and then, but we have had some nights where we actually got to sleep all the way through the night. Aubrey almost always sleeps through the night. That's daddy's little girl!
Wednesday night Brayden had a really hard time going to sleep. He was crying and it didn't seem to matter what we did. He also woke up the next morning crying. I don't know what was going on, but he's fine now.
The boys are definitely getting less and less tolerant of us waking them up at 5am during the week. They tell us to "go away" and they pull their blankets over their head and roll over. It takes us about fifteen minutes to get them ready only because it takes us forever to get them out of the bed.
The boys are also doing quite well when I pick them up each evening. They usually head over to the minivan after I get the babies loaded. On Thursday Brayden was a little fussy when I got him in the car because he still wanted to run around some and wasn't ready to go. It was funny because Calvin would repeat everything I said. I would ask Brayden "What's wrong" and Calvin would chime in "What's wrong Brayden?". "Do you want some cocoa puffs?" followed by "Want some cocoa pops?". It didn't take long until Brayden was happy again. They still run straight for the train set each day when we get home. They just can't get enough.
Aubrey got sick during the week. It started with a very low fever (100-degrees) which we figured she was just teething. Then Thursday morning she had a much higher fever (103-degrees). Erin called in an antibiotic and she was doing better by Friday evening.
I had to leave work early on Friday to get the kids by noon from daycare. The daycare lady's grandmother passed away and she needed us to pick up the kids so she could go to the funeral. I got the babies in bed first for a nap. Then I brought Calvin upstairs, but he didn't want to get in bed until Brayden was upstairs. I was trying to get Brayden upstairs and he was running away from me. He turned and ran straight into the dining room table and ended up with a big bruise on his head. So then I had to console him before putting him down. During this time Calvin came back downstairs so I had to go back down and get him. By the time I got them in bed Carter was screaming so I went in there and found that he had pooped. I changed him and put him down. He went to sleep soon thereafter. Aubrey was another story. It took over an hour to get her to sleep. I had to put her in a swing to get her to take a nap. She didn't nap long. Fortunately, Erin's mom came over a little after 2pm to help out.
Our fence in the backyard is being built. They said it should be finished on Monday. So far it looks pretty good. I think the fence will actually make the yard look bigger. We had to wait a long time to get the fence built. I had to take down a number of trees and then I brought in a lot of top soil to help level the yard. One corner of the yard had about eight inches of top soil added. It took months for that section to firm up enough to allow them to drill and put in the fence. This means we'll finally be getting our dog back from my parents. I'm excited about getting Hemi back. It was probably a good thing we didn't have him for a while because we have enough going on with the kids, but at this point I'm sure we can manage. Especially with a fence where we can just open the door and let him run.
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