I just wanted to capture what our typical day is like. (Monday through Wednesday Sheila works in the District, and commutes into the city with Erik. Everett is watched by Marvelous Michelle accompanied by Baby Buddy Nicholas on those days.)
Here is how it goes:
5:15 Everett is up and ready to play
5:20 Everett gets a nose saline flush and his acid reflux medication, he plays with Mommy
5:45 Sheila offers Everett food (sometimes he’ll take a bottle; sometimes not), Alarm goes off for Erik to get up
6:00 Sheila dresses Everett
6:20 Erik trades places with Sheila and occupies Everett until they both can take turns watching him while shaving, getting dressed, eating breakfast, and brushing teeth
6:45 Load up the car with everyone’s bags and go to Michelle’s
7:00 Everett starts his day with Michelle, and Sheila and Erik drive into DC
Depending on the morning, Erik might take Everett for more of the time especially if Sheila isn’t feeling well or has been up during the night feeding Everett (Erik took Everett at 5:30 this morning). We have a pretty good tag team system going in the morning.
During the day, as Erik and Sheila are moving from meeting to meeting and taking care of their respective work, they often get an update email from Michelle describing how Everett’s day has been.
Here is how the day ends:
5:00 Erik picks up Sheila and they drive home
6:00 (Yeah, coming home takes about an hour.) Pick up Everett
6:20 Feed Everett dinner and either give him a bath or may put him straight to bed after reading and singing to him. He usually goes to sleep between 6 and 8 pm.
7:30 Erik and Sheila make dinner and eat—sometimes they are able to eat WHILE Everett is having dinner
8:00-10:30 or 11:00 Variety of activities from paying bills, mowing the lawn, watching TV, folding laundry, completing chores, getting ready for the next day, burning an hour or two getting work done that needs to be completed before going back into the office, or posting on this blog.
Here is how it goes:
5:15 Everett is up and ready to play
5:20 Everett gets a nose saline flush and his acid reflux medication, he plays with Mommy
5:45 Sheila offers Everett food (sometimes he’ll take a bottle; sometimes not), Alarm goes off for Erik to get up
6:00 Sheila dresses Everett
6:20 Erik trades places with Sheila and occupies Everett until they both can take turns watching him while shaving, getting dressed, eating breakfast, and brushing teeth
6:45 Load up the car with everyone’s bags and go to Michelle’s
7:00 Everett starts his day with Michelle, and Sheila and Erik drive into DC
Depending on the morning, Erik might take Everett for more of the time especially if Sheila isn’t feeling well or has been up during the night feeding Everett (Erik took Everett at 5:30 this morning). We have a pretty good tag team system going in the morning.
During the day, as Erik and Sheila are moving from meeting to meeting and taking care of their respective work, they often get an update email from Michelle describing how Everett’s day has been.
Here is how the day ends:
5:00 Erik picks up Sheila and they drive home
6:00 (Yeah, coming home takes about an hour.) Pick up Everett
6:20 Feed Everett dinner and either give him a bath or may put him straight to bed after reading and singing to him. He usually goes to sleep between 6 and 8 pm.
7:30 Erik and Sheila make dinner and eat—sometimes they are able to eat WHILE Everett is having dinner
8:00-10:30 or 11:00 Variety of activities from paying bills, mowing the lawn, watching TV, folding laundry, completing chores, getting ready for the next day, burning an hour or two getting work done that needs to be completed before going back into the office, or posting on this blog.
Recent Events
Sheila returned home last Thursday from a weeklong monitoring trip to Nebraska. It was her first time away from Everett, and, considering all, it went relatively well. Everett was sick all last week waking up several times a night and working Erik especially hard. Erik took Sheila’s absence in stride and kept the house spic and span as well as took excellent care of Everett.
Everett is sitting up longer without support and has recently rolled from front to back and from back to front. He isn’t showing off the rolling very often, but he does like to try and flip from his back to his tummy by super arching his back. He really thinks he can flip over by doing this. And, actually, since his crib mattress is inclined at a 45-degree angle (acid reflux reasons), he might be successful soon. He loves laughing at fake sneezes and giggles like crazy when you tell him “PEEUU, you stink!” He still thinks that his changing table is a horizontal treadmill, “Jog while lying on your back!”
Erik is ecstatic that the heated pools in Reston are now open. He ventured out last night to test the waters. He is excited for Everett to totally get over his cold so that Everett can learn the ins and outs of pool going. We’ve got all the swimming paraphernalia ready for him.
