At 7:15 I woke up confused, put on my robe and walked in to Tucker’s room. 7:16 I placed my hand on Tucker’s back, gave him a gentle shake and told him it’s time to wake up and go to school. This morning, for the first time ever, I woke up my son.
Usually Tucker wakes at 12-1ish, 4-5am and again at 7am when he’s up for good. Not only did he sleep past the 7am mark but he completely skipped the 4-5am wake-up.
I felt his head to see if he had a temperature, but he felt normal. Please God, let him do it again tomorrow.
In the meantime, here’s some pics from our mother/son weekend in Seattle that also happened to be during the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Board of Directors conference in Seattle.
Note the sweet roller derby action post-its in the background and I think Crackerjack slurping down some coffee or beer/boxed wine (pretty much the only options).
Aside from stealing everyone’s Sharpie’s, Tucker was good baby relief from the intense roller derby talk when he wasn’t crying or slamming his head in to some precariously balanced object.
This past Sunday, Ben and I found ourselves overbooked. Ben originally thought the animation geek-fest he wanted to attend started at 5pm, but it actually started at 2. This directly conflicted with my noonish practice time since driving 10 miles in LA takes at least an hour.
I could’ve stayed home and taken what some would consider a much needed nap, but no. I am determined to: get my game back, lose the baby weight and (even more importantly) get the little dude accustomed to people and new places.
So, I marched in to practice and announced that my son would happily hang with anyone willing to babysit so Momma can scrimmage. There were many takers. A lot of new girls hang out after practice to watch/learn the game and (score!) many of them are Moms. He spent some time with the new girls but was fussy. The true saver of the day was Evie who had a sling in the car (from use with her amazing lil dude, Fin) and put off packing for Rollercon this weekend to calm Tuckasaurus Rex.
Tucker was out almost immediately.
He woke up eventually and when Evie wasn’t flying him down the line Super Baby style, he was watchin some derby. Though Tucker has been to the derby before I’m pretty sure this is the first time he actually watched.
