Receiving Visitors & Rough Nights

On Friday night, bedtime with Isaac was really rough.   He was starting to cry as soon as we even appeared to be getting him ready for bed.   In China, most nights, he might have a little protest cry for a minute or two and then would conk out - we almost kind of thought it was just a little bit of stress relief, it was so quick.   Now, he was crying for a long time when we laid him down, and staying with him did not seem to help all that much.   We kept going back in over and over and he would fall asleep, only to wake an hour later and then again.  David spent Friday night on the single bed in his room as Indigo was ready to reclaim her own room.  We toyed with the idea of bringing him into our bed, but historically that has not worked for our family.  The times Indigo did come into our bed she would never sleep, and as a result, we never slept, which seemed contrary to the objective.   Also, if Isaac did sleep that way, we were fearful of the precedent and what it might involve to get him out of our bed.   Additionally, we would now have Indigo telling us it was not fair if he slept in our bed.  To top it off, I am a terrible sleeper, struggling with falling asleep and then when I do, poor David claims that I sleep diagonally, and so the last thing he needs, is another being in the bed competing for his space.   We figured that Isaac was waking and upset in his new surroundings and as long as we went to him and comforted him, he would soon be comfortable in his own room, and for the beginning, we could take turns on the single bed in that room.  So, that first Friday night home was rough.   On Saturday we tried to get things a bit more sorted out and cleaned up at the house and just spend time together as a family - bear in mind that the snow from the blizzard was still on the ground, so outdoor activity was limited. 

Late Saturday afternoon, early evening, we had a visit from our friends and neighbors, Eugene & Julie, with their daughter Katie - they were very excited to meet Isaac.  They stayed with us for a while and the three kids had fun playing together and munching on an apple snack.  Our friend Patricia had asked if she could bring dinner and come over to visit and meet Isaac and so we had a lovely evening with her.   The kids had fun playing games with her and we did some dancing etc.  Also, Indigo and Isaac played together very well and were each taking a hand of the stuffed bear and running laps around the house with her - it was very sweet.

We were ready to fall asleep so since Tricie is such a very good friend, at 8:30 we told her to leave as we needed to go to bed.   Tricie had brought enough Magianos to feed an army and so we feasted on those provisions well into the next week.   It's always wonderful to see good friends.