By all accounts, Elias seemed to enjoy his first significant canine interaction this past weekend, when we visited my brother, his family, and their new puppy, Jed. My Aunt Karen and Uncle Tom took the train north from their winter home in Florida and we all rendez-vous-ed in central Connecticut for the delightfully spring-like weekend.
It was our first weekend away since tackling the sleep situation a couple of months ago so I was curious to see how Elias would do, especially since we all shared a room again, kicking my niece out of her bed for a couple of nights. Not surprisingly, things didn't go quite as smoothly as they usually do here at home, but overall everyone managed to get a decent night's rest. The first morning we were there I could hear him cooing and then go quiet for a bit and when I rolled over to peek at him he was sitting up in his pack 'n' play, staring at us. I enjoyed the many months we roomed in with him but I have to say, the experience this past weekend made me appreciate having separate sleeping quarters.
The second morning Elias was up for the day earlier than usual, around 6 a.m. Which might not sound terrible (I know plenty of parents whose babies and toddlers regularly wake up even earlier) but I had a hard time getting to sleep before midnight each night. Neal took care of the morning routine while I got another hour of sleep. We've concluded that while I'm usually the default parent during those middle-of-the-night episodes, Neal handles the earlier-than-usual wake-up calls much better than I do (especially if, not surprisingly, the early morning follows an interrupted night of sleep). I don't know how single parents do it. Anyway, here they are taking in the sunrise together while everyone else was still asleep.
Even Elias looks tired.
Otherwise, we've been spending as much time as possible out and about the past few days, as Spring has begun to tease us in typical New England fashion.
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