Detoxing

This past week Carter and I spent most of it with his cousins. As much as we love them, there's only so much one can handle, esp. if that one is an only child, a toddler and has a strict schedule, like Carter. We were with them all day Tuesday and most of Wednesday, then most of Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday. We were supposed to be with them today too, but things worked out that we didn't have to go. Poor Carter is used to having the house to himself with only where the dog is that he has to worry about. So, with all of in mind, you can only imagine what he was feeling like this week. His cousins are older and have so much more energy than he does, but he so desperately wants to be as big and rambunctious as them. It was so sad watching him try to have the same energy in such a small body. Because he needs so much sleep, and he didn't get a lot of it, he was so cranky that it weighed heavily on me and Jesse, at least when Jesse was around. The poor kids didn't know what was going on. With all of the bumps and bruises everyone endured, we all made it through the week in one piece. Now Carter and everyone can go back to their regular schedules. (Not that this week wasn't fun.)