Washington Trip – Monday | Kiesa's Mutterings

Downs

Calvin woke up at 3:30am this morning and would not go back to sleep Throughout the rest of the night, I tried giving him ibuprofen in case he was hurting, a bottle in case he was hungry, and a diaper change in case that was bothering him. The only thing that would work was to put him on my chest and massage his back and legs. While I massaged him, he would snooze but the instant I stopped, he’d wake up again. Finally, I handed him off to mom at 6 and went back to bed for a couple of hours. I’m so glad this happened when I was in Washington instead of by myself!

Ups

After I finally managed to drag myself out of bed, we went to Portland to go shopping. It’s very hard for me to get out of the house and go clothes shopping now so visits to my mom are usually my best opportunity to buy items I need. Calvin took a nap on the way down to Portland. We started at Value Village where I picked up several items I needed. Next, we went to Nordstrom and bought Calvin his first pair of shoes. (Daycare wants to take the kids outside once it gets warmer and they have this archaic belief that one must be properly shod to enjoy the great outdoors.) For lunch, mom and I got blizzards at Dairy Queen. It’s been over a year since I’ve had a blizzard and I think my taste for them his dissipated. We don’t have a See’s near us in Colorado anymore so I couldn’t resist stopping by and buying a couple of pieces. We finished with a quick run to Nordstrom’s Rack where I picked up a pair of brown dress shoes to replace the ones that are wearing out. Calvin was in a excellent mood for most of the trip and took a nap on the way home.

Calvin Moment

My normally uncuddly baby actually cuddled with me after finishing his bottle tonight. He laid his head on my shoulder and was still for almost 5 min before deciding cuddle time was over.

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