Last week, we "celebrated" our 2 year wedding anniversary to not much fan fare. I think Tim came home at 8:15, we had take out kabobs, and fell into bed at 9:30 pm. So to make up for it, Tim took Friday off and we went up to Soda Springs to open. Friday was also Miles's 3 month birthday!!
We left here on Friday morning around 9:15 and got up to Auburn at 11:30. Tim started the grocery shopping and I fed Miles in the car. We then finished up the shopping together and got back in the car. We arrived around 2:30. The car ride and shopping was pretty easy. Miles mostly slept in the car. When he was awake, he was mostly quiet until he got tired. He would then make little whimpering noises until he fell asleep about 10 minutes later. Not bad! He seems to not mind the road trip which is great!!!
By the time we got up there, Hap, our caretaker, had moved out all the furniture from the cabins and onto the decks, so the only things left for us to do was unpack and clean. What a gift that was!! We spent Friday afternoon doing the work and playing with Miles. We all took a rest in the afternoon. We then had a nice dinner, followed by some competitive card playing.
On Saturday, it was a little more of the same cleaning and unpacking. In the afternoon, I looked out of the bathroom window and noticed a huge bear in the meadow. We jumped up in a flurry of activity that included running outside, back inside to get the camera, back outside to find the bear coming up the trail, and back inside to change the lens. Tim stationed himself to get the perfect shot of the bear coming up the trail, but the bear spotted me and stopped. After locking eyes with me (seriously cool), he just turned and booked down the trail. He never came into a good view for Tim to get a good shot, but we do have a distance photo of it we'll likely post to Flickr. We later took Miles down in the baby bjorn to see if we could find any tracks, and I found a perfectly intact old glass bottle with blueish glass that must have come from the old hotel on the property that burned down a century ago. How fun for Miles: in his first trip to Soda Springs, he got to be a zoologist and see a bear, and an archaeologist and have a successful dig!!!
Yesterday we headed home in not much traffic. Miles was again a pretty decent road trip companion...boads well for weekend trips to the mountains. There wasn't much traffic on the road heading through Vacaville at 4:00 - peak time. I wonder if this is because of the price of gas.
Today, Miles and I are starting "nap training". He hasn't been great about taking his naps, and he's at the developmental stage where his morning nap should start to appear and formalize. So this morning, after he'd been up for a little under 2 hours, I swaddled him up with 1 arm free, sang and held him for 15 minutes, and then put him in his crib fully awake. The first 10 minutes of so, he just hung out and talked to his mobile. He then fussed a bit off and on for another 20 minutes, and then fell asleep. (YAY!!!) The only problem, is that 30 minutes later (now), he's woken up. At this point, I am sitting downstairs, listening to him cry, watching the clock count up, and hoping he'll figure out how to soothe himself back to sleep. All the while, my heart is breaking. Come on little buddy, figure out how to fall asleep - you can do it!! You've already done it once, now just do it again! I know you can do it little man!! I know you are sad up there, I am sad down here too. I hear you crying, and I care deeply, this is just something we have to suffer through together - it's important so you can get enough sleep so you can learn more while you are awake!
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