And it’s Tuesday.

Goodbye, long weekend. You were fun while you were here.

It’s time to blog again. But I’m so sleepy all I can do is write a “what-we-did-this-weekend” summary. Do you mind?

Let’s start with the excitement of Friday night. Leftover steak quesadillas for me, and leftover linguine with chicken thighs for A.J. Then A.J. watched a Life episode (we got them on DVD a few weeks ago.) This particular episode was on insects, so I stayed in the living room and watched Gilmore Girls on my laptop.

Then another night of broken sleep began.

{Christian has been having a lot of trouble sleeping through the night. I’ve successfully eliminated most nighttime feedings. He usually goes 7-8 hours without eating as of the last several nights. But he keeps waking up on his tummy and demanding to be flipped over, or just unable to sleep. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot as much as possible, but these are exhausting days and I feel like I am parenting a newborn. I can’t nap either. Exhaustion, anxiety, struggles. But I love him.}

Saturday morning we went to Panera. Christian woke up when we got there and entertained himself by being held and walked around… and knocking over A.J.’s cup of water, which A.J. thought was hilarious for some reason.

Later in the afternoon we took a walk in the park, watched A.J. play basketball, and went to Publix. I made ground turkey and beans and rice, and our friend came over for awhile. Then we ate ice cream (spoiling ourselves) and watched an episode of Life.

Christian was up for about 2 hours in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Not fun. We had to be greeters at church so we couldn’t exactly lollygag around. But getting up and getting coffee into the system helps a lot. Church was refreshing and afterwards A.J. grilled (cheap) steaks.

We went to a picnic with our small group at the park. Christian fell asleep just in time, and I was able to watch the fireworks! (And kiss my husband in between the hundreds of pictures he was taking, hehe.)

Our friend (the same one mentioned above) had broken down in his car immediately before the fireworks started. So sad! So off we went to pick him up.

Christian woke up at this point and we proceeded to inch through traffic at 10:30 pm. We were right by the beaches so it was very busy. We took a wrong turn at a main intersection and after waiting to go through the same stoplight three times, we made it to our friend and his roommate and headed to their house.

Christian did not appreciate this situation and screamed most of the way there. Poor guy, he has almost never been out that late. I was almost in tears myself viewing his distress, convincing myself that he was starving though he had eaten two hours earlier. When we got home and got him out of his carseat, he was perfectly happy and played with his daddy before we settled him for the night.

Keeping him up till 11:30 pm did the trick, apparently. He slept solidly until 5:00 am, ate quickly, and slept again until 8:00. I got 8 hours of sleep for the first time in weeks, and an unbroken 5 hours for the first time in a very long time. I felt a-m-a-z-i-n-g.

We headed back to Panera later Monday morning, with Christian making friends and also deciding to roar like a little tiger. We had to leave a little sooner than anticipated.

Later that afternoon I was able to have my own coffee break alone with my iPod, Bible, and journal, which was so refreshing.

Then it was bathtime and bedtime for Christian, and A.J. and I ate chicken drumsticks, macaroni and cheese, and sweet potatoes while watching another Life episode (can you guess our hobby? We don’t have a TV so we have been really enjoying watching these). Although this episode was annoying because it was the primates episode and full of talk about evolution. I still loved watching the monkeys though.

Last night Christian was up from about 1:00 to 2:30 because he kept rolling over to his tummy and needing to be flipped back. I think he woke up around 4:00 too. I’m not sure because when he woke to eat at 6:30, I was on the couch. I don’t remember when I went there.

Now he is taking his first nap and I am sitting in a messy-from-the-weekend house trying to recover!

So there you have it, friends. Hope you had great weekends and didn’t suffer too much from this entry.

Also… my baby is going bald. I’ve accepted it. I think.