home again

We traveled again this past weekend. It was Grandpa Hill's (Chris' grandpa) 80th birthday so the family was getting together to celebrate. We were really excited to see the extended family and Chris's brother Craig who was coming in from Denver.
It was a great visit but there were some major issues with Sam not wanting to sleep and not cooperating with the plans WE wanted to have. Sam is on a great schedule at home, it works perfect for us on a daily basis. She takes pretty good naps each afternoon, goes to bed early enough that Chris and I still have our evenings together and she wakes up early enough that I can get to work on time. However, this great schedule that we keep her on means that she doesn't react very well to major changes or adjustments to the schedule when we travel. This was the problem we ran into. She didn't sleep well Friday night because she didn't want to miss any of the family fun and then Saturday we wanted to put her down for a morning nap (which we never do at home) so that maybe she could enjoy the party at 11:00 am and not need an afternoon nap at noon. This DID NOT work. I had to take Sam and leave the party REALLY early so that she could get her nap in. Then when she did wake up she was still over tired and had some major meltdowns that evening as well. It was pretty disappointing that we couldn't spend the whole weekend with the family and had to tailor so much of it around Sam's schedule but I guess that is just part of being a parent.
Anyway, it was great to see all the family! Here are a few great shots from the weekend.






So, it is back to the work week now. Chris is in Madison; today marks one month that he has been working down there and we have been living apart during the week. It stinks. I am ready to be done. DONE. I want to move to Madison and we a whole family again. But not yet. I need to gain patience, be an adult and just get through this rough patch.

Easier said then done.