For about the last 5 weeks or so, Chase has gone back to his old ways of waking every couple of hours throughout the night. I think that this new ritual is mainly due to the fact that he has just gotten over 2 colds and the croup, all in a row. Last night I went in there a few times to comfort him, and then around 6:30 am, I asked Pace to take over (because I was completely exhausted). Pace took a folding chair in there and rubbed Chase’s back for a while, I guess. Anyway, at about 7:15 or so Chase woke up once more, and Pace just went and brought him to me in the bed to see if at least Chase and I could go back to sleep. Chase ended up sleeping until 10 am, and I wasn’t about to wake him up, either! He woke up after I had showered, gotten ready, cleaned, etc. It was kind of nice. I could tell he was awake because I heard him up there saying, "Eh-pyene, in thew, eh-pyene" over and over. (Translation: "Airplane, in there, airplane.") I walked in and he was pointing to the bathroom door, but I didn’t really know what he was talking about. He must have heard the recycle truck in the cul-de-sac behind our house or something. Anyway, that was pretty cute. I took him into his room and the folding chair was still there from the father-son “bonding time” early this morning. Chase pointed to it and exclaimed, "Daddy!" I had to chuckle. He’s just so funny now that he can talk! (Below are some random photos.)
