Country Livin'

I went home to Richmond, VA for the long holiday weekend to see my family and attend my cousin's baby shower. Lilly and I made the trip alone and actually survived without Andy! There were many times that I really wished he was with me, that's for sure.

I enjoyed the baby shower and Lilly enjoyed seeing her family that she doesn't get to see often enough. She was a good sport but sleeping was a sore spot.

Lilly can climb out of a pack 'n play apparently. Once we discovered that I moved to Plan B: sleeping in the big bed - queen size. It took me almost 2 hours to get her to sleep because she kept getting out of the bed and jumping around. She thought it was a party. I was about to pull my hair out. Finally she slept but I didn't. She tosses and turns and puts her feet on her pillow, lays sprawled across the bed, etc. Finally at midnight I kicked her out and put her in the pack 'n play. At 4:40am there she was climbing out of the pack 'n play saying, "Where Papa?" and heading for the door 0f the bedroom. I grabbed her up and put her in bed with me and tried to get her to sleep for over an hour. Around 6am she fell asleep until 6:45 am and then was up for the day. I could go on and on but won't bore anyone with the details. Sleep was an issue but she eventually figured it out and slept well in a big bed.

We had a good time and I'm glad we went.