Snuggle In

When Julie was pumping, she was getting up at 5:15am in order to pump and then get herself mostly ready for the day so that we could be assured of making our goal leave-the-house time of 7:15am. Then, after Clara was weaned form bottles and pumping didn't demand she get up then, she tried to sustain it because she rather hates rushing about in the morning. But a 5:15am wake up time proved hard to sustain. By Thursday, she was zonkered. So it fell off and she was getting up at 6am. But lately, mornings have begun to seemed to be making for frazzled nerves again and so this week, she's been getting up at 5:15am again. To entice herself, she allows herself to tuck in under Jane's blanket with her book while her curlers heat up, and then while they are setting, which is when she eats a cup of yogurt, too. This is all very nice.

It also inspired her to break the blanket out when she reads with Joe before he goes to bed. It's pretty muggy out tonight, and was getting there last night when these were taken, but inside the air conditioning, books, and Joe are at least three reasons to snuggle in under Grandma Jane's blanket. It also gave Joe cause to say Grandma Jane, and it did make Julie's breath catch a bit because she can't recall that's she's ever heard him say it.