First Overnight...

We spent the long weekend (Thursday through Sunday) in Columbus with Rob's sister and her husband. Joel did fuss a lot in his seat on the way down, and finally fell asleep about 15 minutes before we got there. He slept in the pack and play we borrowed from our neighbors, but did not seem to sleep very peacefully. We had a good weekend with Sherry and Jerry. Rob did some van shopping. Because we continue to have problems with feeding the cereal through a nipple, we tried feeding very watered down cereal to Joel with a spoon. He was pretty good about it the first night, but after that it was a no-go. Boy can he scream when he is unhappy! Saturday night was his worst sleeping night. Rob put him down around 2:00 am and he was awake again from 3:00-7:00. I just don't think he liked sleeping in that pack and play. Our nephew, Alan, and his wife, Sarah, came for lunch on Sunday. They had not seen Joel since his baptism and were surprised how much he had changed! The ride home was not too pleasant. Joel was sleeping when we left, but he only slept about 20 minutes in the van before he woke up and cried. He cried most of the way home, much to Mom's distress. He was restless when we first got home but, miracle of miracles!, he slept 8 1/2 hours last night! He was sooo exhausted from the weekend. He woke up happy, so that's always nice. He's currently laying on his blanket on the living room floor "talking" to the TV and giggling. He's so funny! More later...