So far so good

Well this whole business of moving Thea into her own room has gone better than I expected! (Fingers crossed it stays this way!)

On Friday after dinner we moved the crib and at bedtime Thea and I went in there and I fed her on the double bed and as I was feeding her a current little storm got much worse! Lightening, thunder, and LOUD pelting hail just as I was laying her in the crib.  I closed the door as I left and she LOST it.  She was not happy.  I went in a few times to settle her, rub her back again, and leave only to have her screaming out again.

Thankfully the hail and thunder let up, so I made one last attempt to settle her and as I rubbed her back she started laughing at me and cuddled herself into her pillow and blankie - I knew I could leave her then for sure!

That day we had been out all morning so skipped her morning nap (and morning breastfeed) - well that skipped feed caught up with me in the night.  I woke needing to feed her, checked the clock and it was 3:45! That is the longest sleep stretch she has had in a very long time!  I snuck into her room and fed her, put her back to bed and she slept until nearly 7am!!

Then last night she went down without any fuss at all.  I heard Conor get up at one point because Elle was calling, checked the clock and it was 6am - Thea had slept through the night for the first time EVER in her 15 month little life! Both big kids were up and came for some cuddles in our bed and I could hear Thea but she was happy so she stayed in her crib until 6:45 when I went and fed her and got her up.

I'm amazed, and really wish I would have done this sooner!  I don't expect every night to go this well, but I'm so thankful for the last couple of nights.

Conor had to go do a work thing at 11 this morning so we went to 9am mass so no morning nap for Thea - it's probably time for her to drop it anyways but when she was waking at 5:30 she needed it.  She did pretty well but was getting fussy before lunch so I popped her on my back so I could get it made :)

Last weekend - Coastal Walk

Last weekend we went on an impromptu little adventure down to the beach for a "coastal walk".

We don't do big day trips with the kids or vacations or anything.  It just always seems like more work than it's worth.

The closest beach to us is St Kilda, which is just over 30 minutes away.  We continued to drive south from there to get this walk.

The kids are whiny and annoying in the car at the best of times.  Anything over 20 minutes does my head in!  At about that time, no matter where we're going, Finn starts asking why everything takes so long to drive to.

We got there and it was a bit chilly but Finn was adamant he take his shoes and socks off.  And then he proceeded to put his feet in the water.  I wasn't expecting that, good on him! Until it was time to hit the trail and we had to get all the sand off his feet and get his shoes and socks back on!

Then it started raining, and he said he just wanted to go home.  Elle was enjoying herself.  They had fun collecting some shells (Elle's idea of collecting is actually just throwing them back into the ocean!)

We stopped at a playground so Thea could get moving a bit, and to hide under cover from the rain.  Then went to a little cafe and had our lunch. And eventually headed back to the car.

It took us longer to drive there than the time spent there. Elle threw a MASSIVE fit on the beach because she didn't want to go home (she never wants to go home, especially is we're somewhere she's having fun).  Finn kept complaining of sand in his shoes.  There was a lot of screaming and crying and whining about how long the car ride was on the way home.

But I'm so glad we went.  

I loved seeing Finn in the sand (wish he would have enjoyed the beach the two years we were in Italy!) and walking right into the water, and finding cool seashells (which he's kept in a bowl and looks at daily since).  Elle thoroughly enjoyed herself - only being upset when we had to leave.  Thea thought the water and waves were hilarious.

Gonna have to do this stuff more often!