Well I went to my aunts family gathering with the boys yesterday and it actually went really well. She asked for people to arrive at 4:30 so I made sure the boys napped well and then of course Miles ended up having one of his longer naps at a very inconvenient time so I ended up having to dash around and pack the diaper bag, get the kids ready, straighten my hair and get into the car as fast as I could. Sadly I'm becoming quite good at that. Oh and did I mention I had to do all of that with Miles in my arms because he doesn't like to be put down for longer than 5 minutes these days? Even 5 minutes is too long sometimes. I only put him down when I straightened my hair and occupied him with a toy.
So anyways, we drove the 45 minutes to my aunts and Cody instantly ran off to play with the kids his age while I talked to my relatives with Miles in my arms. My brother was nice enough to take Miles from me for 45 minutes because he's just awesome like that and knew I needed a break. I knew after being up for 2 hours at their house, Miles was going to need a nap but I wasn't sure what I was going to do so I ended up putting him in the middle of my aunts king sized bed with tons of pillows around him (he can't roll yet) and he slept from 7 to 9:30 when we left. It was perfect timing because once I had him asleep I came down and it was time to eat dinner and then I was able to relax and visit with the relatives I don't get to see too often without juggling a baby. He slept so long because he thought he was down for the night since he tends to go to bed at 6pm. Then when I was leaving I fed him, drove home and transferred both kids into bed within 5 minutes with no issues. Definitely a successful day!
I felt really bad for one of my cousins yesterday. He and his wife were unable to have children so they're trying to adopt this boy that has been living with them for 6 months. He's 21 months now and has been in foster care his whole life. His mom is a druggie and had him taken from her at birth but occasionally she tries to clean up her act and try to get him back. They're hoping within the next few months they should be able to adopt him officially and not have to deal with all the red tape anymore which is a pain. They have to fill out reports if he bruises or hurts himself, they can't take him outside of Canada because they can't get a passport for him since he's not their child and they have other rules they have to deal with since he's not technically theirs yet. But that's not the reason I feel bad for them. I feel bad because this little boy hasn't had a normal upbringing so he's not an easy child. He throws a ton of tantrums, will hold his breath until he passes out or scream til he pukes, he never sleeps through the night and just doesn't seem happy a lot of the time. I saw him for 4 hours yesterday and I didn't see him smile once which was so weird because Cody smiles and laughs constantly. Cody was actually running after him trying to hug him and he was just not interested at all. All he wanted to do was steal every toy Cody had and run around the house grabbing things he wasn't allowed to touch and breaking things. It made me extremely thankful for Cody and made him seem like an angel child in comparison. This boy cried probably like 20 different times while we were there whereas Cody only cried once and that was because the boy hit him. And then my cousin says "let's start doing playdates!" Um, no thank you! lol. Sorry if that sounds mean but this kid just scares me and I honestly don't want Cody picking up any bad habits from him. I feel bad for his upbringing and hope they can help him be a happier kid but yikes.
In other news....my husband is actually coming home today! He called me this morning and said that he can't wait to be home and while he had fun, he wouldn't want to do a trip like that anytime soon because it was just too much driving and he was exhausted (his mother can't drive). It will definitely be nice to have him home :)
Oh and I've started reading a book called "The Spark" which is a mothers story about raising her son who is a genius. It is soooooooooo interesting!! I want to sit here and read it all but of course I can't because I have 2 children to watch. Crap lol.
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