Wonderfully Unproductive

I had such plans for this weekend. While Mike was home to help with the kids, I had laundry to do, a filthy floor to mop, and I was hoping to shower and do my hair on Sunday so I wouldn't have to worry about that for a couple of days. (Stop judging...you don't have to smell me!)

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On Saturday, Mike took the older kids on errands for a couple of hours while the baby and I napped. It was...awesome. The kids played happily while Mike watched football and I sat around and held Jason to keep him from screaming.
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Saturday night was obviously Halloween, which was really fun. Jason was a doll and slept in his stroller for 2 hours without complaint while we Trick or Treated and went to a neighbor's house for a front yard BBQ.

Sunday morning was very relaxed...I did virtually nothing. I sat around, staring at the disgusting bottoms of my feet, wishing I had the energy or motivation to stand up and mop. But I didn't, so I didn't. Mike played in the backyard with the kids until lunchtime and I primarily watched. It was nice to have some reprieve!

Once Kaylin and Jason went down for naps after lunch, Mike took Ryan for a long bike ride and I slept. I was going to just close my eyes for a minute, but I was out cold for 2 hours. I guess I don't realize daily quite how exhausted I must be. Getting 2.5 hours of sleep at a stretch is tough on the body!
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We did manage to give Jason his first bath last night. How pathetic, huh? Nine days old and hadn't had a bath. But he has so many dirty diapers, this kid's nether regions get a sponge bath a couple of times every hour. I read yesterday in a brochure that you're not supposed to bathe babies until their umbilical cords fall off, anyway, which happened yesterday. That justified my laziness and helped me feel much less guilty for slacking!

I laid in bed last night wondering how I managed to NOT shower all weekend. And realizing that my floors were still filthy. Some laundry got done, but it was in huge piles on the washer, waiting to be folded. But I was so well rested that it actually took me a little while to fall asleep, so it was all worth it.
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Today has been amazing. Jason hasn't had a single screaming fit yet! And he slept so peacefully this morning that I got the laundry folded, got myself showered with hair and make up done, I even went to Target - our first outing, not counting driving Kaylin to pre-school last week. ALL while Jason snoozed away. We had friends over for a play date most of the day and my little angel has been either asleep (for a whole 90 minutes without waking) or content and alert. I forgot what having a normal baby laying around the house was like!!!

So I'm thankful for my wonderfully unproductive weekend. I didn't get a nap today (and won't because Jason just nodded off and Ryan should be home from school any minute) but I feel good. It's crazy how much more energy I have without the emotional turmoil of trying to calm a screaming infant all day. I truly hope this is the beginning of a new norm for us, but I'll still be grateful if God just decided to give me a day off from the drama. I'll take it!