So I think we figured out Cody's sleeping in his bedroom fears. I mentionned to Mike last night that lately he's been going to bed at night with no problems but at nap time during the day he wants someone to stay in his room. He said there's some light shining through his blinds on the window in his room so maybe that's it? I have black garbage bags taped to the window in his bedroom as my version of a cheap way to make it dark in there and there's blinds over top. Well, I've noticed that sometimes he points at the window. Today I pulled up the blinds and used extra tape to make sure no light was shining through (some of the garbage bags had shifted) and after I did that he was fine and went for his nap with no problems. Crazy lol. I really hope that has solved the problem. Who knows though because he has ended up in our bed in the middle of the night a couple of times lately. He cried and so Mike just put him in our bed so he could sleep. I definitely don't want him getting used to that. This morning he woke up at 5am for some reason and wouldn't go back to bed so we had him in our bed again. He fidgets and rolls around soooooo much that it's really hard to sleep once he's in the bed. Plus at one point I opened my eyes and he was standing on my pillow so I had to tell him to get down and try to sleep. I really hope all goes back to normal soon.
We didn't do much today really besides clean a lot and hang with the kids as usual. I took the kids to the park at one point while Mike kept cleaning which was nice. He always chooses cleaning over taking the kids to the park or something which makes me a bit sad but is also okay because I'd much rather do something with them than clean lol. I brought up a walker toy from the basement and instantly Miles was able to walk down the hall while holding onto it. I thought he might be ready for it since he's cruising but wow he was really ready and he LOVED it. It was adorable! As was both kids jamming themselves together into the cozy coupe car we use inside the house. I pushed them in circles in the house for a while and then Cody pushed Miles in circles. I get a bit scared that Miles is going to let go and fall out but he grips the steering wheel pretty tightly and just squeals with laughter. Gotta love those moments, especially when the kids play happily together like that :)
I'm missing my mom lately :( I did only see her less than 2 weeks ago but I feel like we have to go so long in between visits because they're 2 hours away from us. We plan to visit them on Labor day weekend. That still seems so far away though. My parents go to Florida from mid October to mid December, come back for 2 weeks and then go back from January-the end of March so I feel like our chances to see them are trickling away if that makes sense. Time is flying by so quickly it'll be October before we know it. I guess I'm just missing her because I don't have a lot of friends in the area so when it's just you and the kids most of the time it can get lonely.
I'm feeling so blah in general lately. Not sure why. Just annoyed about a ton of little things like not having a lot of money and feeling like expenses are popping up constantly these days, not much good shows being on TV at this time of year, feeling sad that I had to go back to work and deal with a lot of tiredness during the day and not having the money to pay for daycare for the kids even if I wanted to, not having a lot of time to myself and not knowing what to do with the kids day after day as well as frustration with Cody throwing a lot of fits these days and a general lack of motivation regarding diet/exercise. I'm not sure how to get myself to snap out of this....maybe I will reach out to some friends this week and try to plan a couple of playdates. Maybe I need more fun stuff to look forward to? Not sure...most of all I wish I had some really close friends but I've had that wish for years now and it just hasn't happened despite me trying :(
I'm at work right now and it's unbelievable how much time I get to do whatever I want some nights. I guess tomorrow's papers for the 2 papers I'm working on are small because I got caught up fairly quickly and will probably have 3 hours out of my 6 hour shift tonight to sit here at the computer and do whatever I want. So far I've been reading a book I brought, went and made 2 cups of coffee in the kitchen (tired already and it's only 1:20am-I'm here until 3), I made a to-do list for the week, I've written this entry, renewed my library books online, looked up a few random things online, etc, etc. I wish I had this much free time at home! Too bad I couldn't do my laundry here lol. I really think that soon I'm going to upload some pictures to a website like shutterfly online so I can work at it each night. Cody's first year photobook took me months to finish but I bet if I work at it every night here I will finish Miles' in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to see the finished products. It's so fun making photobooks :) I want to do one of Cody's second year too.
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