We had another pretty plan-free weekend and thank goodness because Lydi is going through a ROUGH sleep phase and we are TIIIIRED around here. I’m compartmentalizing as best I can because if I let her sleep woes dictate my mood, we’ll all be depressed. And besides, we saw a movie, had many a dance party, converted Dempsey’s bed, bought a new TV, celebrated 11 months with our girl and had a really good breakfast at a new restaurant, so lots to be happy about even if we’re tired 😊

Had a Friday morning dentist appointment, so I took myself to my favorite downtown coffee shop afterward. Worked, ran, worked and dashed out the door at 3:30 to meet Joey at his mom’s so we could pick Dempsey up and take him to see the new Trolls movie! Never know where I’m at in my relationship with JT but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get chills hearing him sing “I Want You Back.” Demps had fun eating popcorn, drinking Joey’s milkshake instead of his own 😂, reclining his chair and at the end, he was quite literally dancing in his seat 😍 Picked our little girl up afterward then got home just in time for her bath and bedtime. I was so sad feeling like I didn’t see her all day. Got Demps to bed then watched GBBO 👍🏻

Is it our sleep deprivation that had us making spontaneous decisions on Saturday?? After breakfast — Joey and Dempsey made us some pear pancakes and they were amazing! — we converted Dempsey’s bed into a toddler bed 😭 He seemed into it but then kind of freaked out at nap time and kept asking us to put “the big bar” back up. I got him to settle down at least and I think he’s getting used to it now, but I wonder how long until he’s getting in and out all the time 😅 Joey and I couldn’t really come up with any good Christmas presents for each other but we DID want to upgrade our TV so Joey did some research, bought one online and then just had to go pick it up. Merry Christmas to us! I made us pineapple pork for dinner and then we got to start The Killer on the new screen. Looked pretty good 👌🏻 Little Lydi looking so sweet and sleepy after her dream feed but she had another rough night. Maybe she was mad we forgot to take her 11 month photo that day! Made it to the penultimate monthly photo between two kids before missing one 🤦🏻‍♀️

Lucky she’s so cute 😋 Both those crazy kids were up by 6:15 AM so we were out the door for opening weekend at The Funky Flame. Probably worked in our favor since it’s a small joint with only a few tables. Everything was really good! I got a rosemary vanilla latte, plus a cinnamon roll hot out of the oven, sandwiches for Demps and I and a really good plate of biscuits and gravy for Joey 🤤 Excited to have this place in the neighborhood! Back at home, we took Lydi’s photo somehow 😅 and cleaned out the kids’ closet then did who knows what the rest of the day. Leftovers for dinner, bed time for the kids, the rest of our movie (sure!) and then I went up to bed while Joey worked.

Very much looking forward to this week, with holiday errands, Thanksgiving Eve ramen, Turkey Day (we’re hosting!), a family open house and Dempsey is having a sleepover at Grandma’s. Should be a fun one!