Bare Feet

Devin was five months old yesterday.  I haven't really tried to get my usual monthly shots of him.  I did take a few of him and Liam on the bed this morning, but the camera is out of reach and Devin's sleeping fitfully - on my chest at the moment.  I tried to put him down, but he startled awake with that "where am I, what's going on, please help me!?!" look and I picked him up again.  I'm not that excited about him being asleep right now - it's not really his usual routine.  But he;s been really off kilter generally lately and I'm to exhausted to fight it.

School was canceled today because of icy conditions on outlying roads.  Liam got lots of screen time.  Then this afternoon I was playing a game with him when my cell phone rang.  I figured out that it was charging in the kitchen, scooped up the baby and ran to puck it up.  Just as I got to it and saw who it was it stopped ringing.  I opened it up to return the call (yes, we own two of the seven flip phones remaining in America) and the darn thing shut off - just as I looked out and saw my friend (the one who had been calling) pulling out of our driveway.  In the midst of some frantic button pushing and actual swearing I ended up sending Liam running across front yards after them - in his bare feet.  It's a good thing they saw him and came back because he sure was mad at me by the time he came limping into the house.

Now I'm trying to figure out what to do next week.  My friend wanted to know if I can watch her four-year-old in the mornings next week.  I want to do it.  We don't get to see them often since she started working.  Liam will probably be going a little nuts since the play will be over and he won't have much chance outside of school to socialize.  The boys usually play well together and don't require constant supervision.  But I'm not sure it will work well.  I am so tired I don't know how to describe it.  Some days (like today) Devin is awake briefly early in the morning and then falls back to sleep and I don't really get out of bed until ten.  I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving the bots alone and going back to sleep because sometimes they need a mediator.  It could even be hard(er) to make sure Devin gets a morning nap.  And there's still the question of when the Christmas shopping will get done.  By the end of next week the blessed day will be perilously close.  But would I get it done then anyway?  AND we still need to get Devin in for another round of vaccines - which usually make him sleep even worse than usual.

I'm too tired to figure this out.  And I'm about to get a repetitive stress injury from typing at a weird angle with one hand. Devin's still sleeping so the pictures will have to wait.