Jym, Maddie, and I spent a nice long weekend in South Carolina. Most of the time was spent in North Myrtle Beach but we did manage to go to Charleston for a day as well. We lucked out and the weather was absolutely perfect. Maddie got to actually spend some time in the sand playing and she even spent some time in the ocean! I do have to say watching her experience the ocean for the first time was the highlight of the vacation for me. I had originally brought her down to the water to put her feet in while expecting the water to be cold. It was actually pleasant and she decided to run right in and enjoy it. To watch her laugh when the waves hit her was an utter delight. She loved playing in the sand and filling the buckets and smushing the castles that mommy and daddy built for her. And while she didn't mind sitting in the sand she did not like when daddy tried to bury her legs.
Some of Maddie's favorite things right now are Minnie and Mickey and all their friends. She loves the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and asks for it by saying "Toodles!" It's very cute especially when she does it in her sleep. She's been doing a lot better at going to sleep. While in the past we would rock her to sleep or she would fall asleep taking her bottle 99% of the time she goes to bed wide awake. Some nights are better than others but typically if she fusses at all its only for a few minutes. We have been about 30/70 in terms of sleeping through the night. Everytime we get close to it (a few nights of 8-10 hours) we have a bit of a setback.
While on vacation there was a night of 7 hours and then 10 the next night but the two nights after that miserable. Typically the reasons that she doesn't sleep through the night are not because she can't (as she proved by sleeping 10 hours) but because something is going on. The two miserable nights of vacation were because she had a cold of sorts and was coughing a good portion of the night. Before that it was the 3 molars that came over a two week period. I find that once the teething is over and she's not sick that is when she sleeps the best. I keep saying we'll get there knowing that she can't teeth forever so hopefully the next few weeks go pretty well.
We have another trip coming up soon where we are going up north for Kait's graduation with her pharmacy degree. It's a pretty quick trip and then we make our way back and I start my new job. Lots of changes but hopefully by the end of May we will have settled down.
Hopefully the next one won't be as long in between as this was. Happy Friday!
