Luck

Rowan and I stuck around the house most of the week even though we really needed to get our Christmas shopping done. I didn't want to mess up the nap schedule after working so hard to get his routine ironed out. What I have come to conclude is that he needs to sleep at least every hour and he doesn't like long naps. I call them "snaps". He might rest for 30 to 60 minutes and although it is hard on me because I can't get anything done between snaps, he is so happy and fun when he is awake that it makes all my unproductiveness worthwhile. We have been putting him to bed as soon as he shows sleepy signs which happens anywhere between 6 and 7pm. It is really hard to put him down so early because I want to be with him and John in the evenings, but the early bed time has resulted in a week's worth of long sleeps and fewer feedings. Last night he slept straight from 6pm until 7am this morning. How did we get so lucky?

Speaking of lucky...we have been preparing the Shepherd's Of Good Hope Hampers and everyday since we started thinking about the hampers I have been overwhelmed with gratitude. This year I am particularly sensitive because I can't help but think of all of the little kiddies who are born into less fortunate families and how they won't know the kind of life that Rowan will have. I hold Rowan a little closer and a little longer when I think of the families we will be helping this year, especially the single mom who just a had a baby a month ago and who already has two other little ones to worry about. I simply can't imagine what it must be like to dread the holidays because of the knowledge that I couldn't give my children a gift or even a Christmas dinner. Again, how did we get to be so lucky?