On Saturday, Gracie awoke bright and early at 5:30 a.m. I told her that it was still time to sleep, but she informed me with her hands high in the air, that she was "AWAKE". When Gracie tells me she is awake, she is and there is no chance for falling back to sleep for either of us. She decided it was important to wake daddy up shortly thereafter as well.
Our morning was pretty low key and we just played with Gracie and got some things done around the house. It was raining, so that meant no outside time. After lunch Gracie took a 2-1/2 hour nap and then we headed to the mall to see cousin Maria modeling for one of the stores there. We let Gracie run around the mall a little bit and then we headed home. It turned into a beautiful afternoon/evening and we played outside for most of it.
Saturday night Gracie had a horrible time falling asleep and staying asleep. She was up most of the night and when she did sleep she had to have my hand under her head. Needless to say neither Gracie or I got much sleep that night. She was a bit of a bear the next morning. She was tired and a bit emotional, so we opted not to have her go to Sunday school. After lunch we headed to a family reunion about 40 - 50 miles away. Gracie had pepped up and was an absolute joy on the ride there. She was full of smiles and kisses. Once there, she was off and running with her older cousins. Thank you to Kayla, Katie, Jayme, and Jason for hanging out with our little peanut. She absolutely adores each one of you.
She was one tired little girl on the way home and fell asleep in the van eating Goldfish crackers. Matter-of-fact, she fell asleep with one or two in her mouth. When she awoke 30 minutes later, she finished chewing and swallowing. 30 minutes was just not enough nap time for her and she got to the point where everything was wrong. She even burst into tears and a fit when I offered her a cookie. So I went to get her pj's quite early. In all of Jeff's wisdom, he looked at me and said "Lisa, don't you think you should just avoid the fight and put her to bed in her clothes?" Very good advice and I did just that. It was all I could do to change her diaper. So she was in bed by 7:00 p.m., but then awoke at 8:00 p.m., I layed down with her at that point and she fell back to sleep fairly quickly. She had a better night, but still restless.
On Monday, Gracie woke up in a great mood and was a good girl all day long. She was an absolute joy from the time I picked her up at daycare til the time she went to bed. She was happy, agreeable, didn't fuss if she didn't get her way. She was extremely verbal all night long and telling us things she hasn't before. She had a lot of 3 word sentences. Jeff and I both agree we can see her cognitive burst from the increase of meds. Usually we see it within the first day or two. It took a bit longer this time, but it is there. We played outside all evening long. When we first went out and started walking, Gracie was about 10 steps ahead of both of us (which is a common occurence) when she turned around and said "C'mon"! Then a little while later she informed us "It's nice out." It really was nice out -- a nice breeze and beautiful temps. I could tell her energy for walking and running was much greater with the cooler temps.
Gracie had a much better night last night, although she really didn't want to go to sleep, so she kept blowing raspberries on my arms and giggling. She slept great until about 1:30 a.m. and then was more restless. She awoke at 4:45 a.m. and was awake and ready to start the day.
We hope this weather is giving you renewed energy too!
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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