Ballater

Yesterday, the fam traveled 40 miles out of town (traveling 40 miles took about 1 1/2 hrs due to the roads) to a sweet little town called Ballater. We passed a sign that said "You have now entered the Highlands"- pretty cool! It was a gorgeous drive. We planned on walking around more, but Rebekah was delighted to spot a playground- who are we to say no? Sweet Luke slept most of the way there and went back to sleep in his carrier- such a stud. Both the kids slept in the car on the way home- we were shocked that Luke's screeching the last 15 minutes didn't even make Rebekah blink in her deep sleep. I was afraid nap time would be shot, but Luke went back to sleep at home, too- such a champ! R tried to go back to sleep, but images of popsicles danced in her head.

Side note- Luke is finally sleeping thru the night!!! We quit feeding him past 10pm ages ago, but we finally dropped that feed (we had been waking him) and he sleeps from about 7pm-6:30am with one paci plug at 5 something- it is glorious!!!! Josh is my hero- he has been the getter upper for a while now and he finally can get a full night's sleep, too! Luke is sooo my boy- we LOVE our sleep- he snoozed 3 hours this morning, 2 1/2 this afternoon and still needed a 3rd nap! I had to wake him at 7pm just to get a 4th feeding in and he went back down 45 minutes later after cooing at us. On the other hand, Rebekah always slept well at night, but barely napped and even now only naps for 1 1/2 hrs on the dot! That's very Josh.

I did want to document that Luke and I were indeed present. If you were wondering where he got his dimples from- ta da! (think Gob in Arrested Development) I don't know why more people don't think he looks like me! Seriously, this is MY kid! I pushed that 9lb baby out and I deserve some credit...the epidural gets the rest...