Wake baby

Today we had a picnic in the family room. We spread out a blanket and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Sean mostly ate Cheerios and he passed after a few tastes of apple sweet potatoes. He didn't do as well drinking formula today. I did get him to drink milk tonight from a sippy cup. I am still struggling with the nursing and letting go. He is going to get thirsty enough to drink formula I suppose but I can smell how nasty that stuff is and I do not wish it on him at all. His mood does not seem to be affected by the change though for the most part. He is still sweet and smiling and strong and willful! Last night was rough. I was up with him for a long time and came to the conclusion that I was making no difference and that I may have in fact actually caused him to stay awake longer by trying to get him settled. I gave up after a while, beaten and prepared to let him cry it out. Chris took over and did finally get Sean to sleep.

We planted sunflower seeds outside and put Sean in a stroller with a canopy. Kate and had races from Sean to the metal box on the lawn. I have no idea what it is for... I would say, "Ready, Set..." and Kate would yell, "GO!" and take off running!

We returned inside for afternoon naps. Kate woke up first and after a little while asked for Sean. "Wake baby," she said and since he was asleep for a long time already we went and checked on him and sure enough he woke up upon hearing Kate.

It was a Daddy day for Kate. She asked for him or talked about him all day long. He came home a bit early tonight so we had our dinner and the kids made it to bed right at bedtime. Chris and I are both so tired from last night. We should really get to bed much earlier too.