A Jude & Baylee Sleepover

While their mother flew off to North Carolina to visit her sister, Jude and Baylee spent the night with us. They did remarkably well considering that they had never spent a night away from their parents. There were no cries of homesickness, and Baylee only expressed a slight fear of sleeping in her mom's old room which is now filled with exercise equipment. She fell asleep in my arms on the sofa and then we moved her to the port-a-crib. She rolled to her side and never woke up until morning.

Jude camped out on the den floor in his racecar sleeping bag. Papa gave him a flashlight to keep by his side. He said he heard our alarm this morning at 7:00 and was ready for pancakes. Baylee woke up about the same time and and when Papa went to get her she informed him she was wet. He had her changed into a dry diaper and clothes by the time I got in there. She didn't finish her one pancake, but Jude devoured three. Both of them laughed at the funny faces.

Our two days were filled with a walk around the block and many rides in their little cars outside. To save our backs, Papa tied ropes to the cars and we pulled them. That was so much fun that Baylee wanted off the car and enjoyed pulling it herself. We heard a siren and Jude asked if we had firetrucks in our maze. When I asked what he meant by maze, he rephrased the question and asked if we had firetrucks in our forest. With all the pretty tree-lined streets, he's often asked if we live in a forest.

Today they went to work with me so I could do payroll and a couple of invoices. Uncle Ron was glad to see them. When we left, we went to two banks and they were given suckers. Then we headed to the grocery store where they rode in the car grocery basket which was difficult for Memaw to steer. We bought coloring books and crayons and they were offered a cookie in the bakery department. Sorry, Allison, about Baylee's stains on her clothes!

Their Daddy ate dinner with us and was gracious enough to work on our laptops. Robin has a new one and is happy to finally be online. We packed up clothes and bedding and saw them off. They promised to have another sleepover so I'd quit crying after them.

Baylee and Papa were playing and joking around when Baylee told him he was ugly. He said he was handsome. Baylee then squealed, "are you insane???" We really laughed over that. She fell asleep in his arms while I cooked dinner and woke up to see her Daddy.

Jude and Baylee are very good, very polite children and we enjoyed their visit. Thank you for being so sweet and loving. We love you, Jude and Baylee!