I don’t know what I was thinking when we decided to attend a Family Camp down in Louisiana. Not only are we in for a 9-10 hour road trip but we’re supposed to get up and leave here around 6 in the morning (I’m cracking up inside. LOL It may be best if I just sleep in my clothes).
Nights are still bad (when folks ask if the baby isn’t sleeping through the night, I’m starting to wonder if they’re asking a real question). Lots of factors are going into whether or not we’re getting sleep. Things are definitely getting more predictable, but we also have other schedules to follow, my crazy thyroid, Andrew has been out of state each week for the past three weeks, and I’m tired!
Anyway…..our last camp session ends at 10:00pm and then our first sessions will begin around 8 in the mornings. Oh and then I realized that we lose an hour this Sunday morning. Good grief!
But, I’m looking forward to the camp, and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of other sleep deprived Mamas attending. Actually they’re giving the Mamas a 4 hour break on Saturday and one of the options is to “take a nap.” Ha! The older kids, who are 5 and up will be practicing for their performance at the Saturday night banquet. Morgan and Jared will attend some kid’s sessions and these children will put on a little show for the parents. Elena and Camden will stay with me during the mom’s sessions and then I’m sure will “take a nap,” along with Mama!
I also get to meet up with my friend, Bianca, who lives just an hour from the camp. Many of you may remember my e-mails asking for prayers. She had a precious little baby girl just a few months ago, who has Down Syndrome. I remember when she got the results of her quad screen and others kept telling her it was a fluke because of her age. BTW, I have seven friends who have DS children and five of them were in their 20s at the time of birth, and most went on to have “typical” children well into their 30s. For months, she relayed updates and pics of sweet Linden as she had to see a couple of specialists throughout the rest of her pregnancy and even had a planned induction date.
But then Hurricane Gustav appeared.
So Bianca gave birth in the midst of a hurricane, just after her town was evacuated and had an interesting birth experience. I can’t wait to see Miss Linden and I’ll be sure to post pics when I get back.
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