fearfully and wonderfully made...: williamsburg ‘10 (part 2)

Day 2: Takin’ it easy

Just wanted to mention that William and Josiah did fabulously sharing a room together. I wish I had taken a pic of the set-up, but we put Josiah in a pack-n-play on one end of the room and pulled the mattress for a full-sized bed onto the floor for William. The room wasn’t that big, so they were pretty close in proximity to each other. We wanted to at least try having them sleep together just to see how it went. Eventually, they’ll have to bunk up if/when Baby #3 comes, Lord willing. (If it was a disaster, then we would have just brought William into our room.) But they actually did amazingly well. They did keep each other up initially, as was expected, but by the next night, Josiah managed to go to sleep before William, despite William’s quiet playing. I was very encouraged and told William the next day that I was proud of how he played quietly while Josiah went to sleep.

I thought we might also have issues with William getting up out of bed since he wasn't confined, like he normally is in his crib. But he was such a good boy! We are blessed! He would wait patiently in the morning when he woke (except for one of the mornings) for me to come get him, like we usually do at home. I was very impressed and encouraged that he stayed in his bed and didn't even get up to play with Josiah. He just waited until I came to get him. Very grateful that we may not even have to do any training in that area!

Josiah absolutely did not sleep in at all all week. Fortunately, if he woke up crying early in the morning, it didn’t really seem to affect William. And after the initial crying, he would lay quietly in his pack-n-play, as he does at home. The only other issue was that William would sometimes wake up early in the morning crying/screaming. He usually could go back to sleep afterwards, but if it happened after 5:30 am, then Josiah would be awake for the day. If they had to bunk up now, there obviously are some kinks they’d have to work out and get used to, but nothing that would be a big deal. So we’re grateful for the opportunity to see that they can share a room if/when we need them to. =)

So. Back to the pics. We didn’t go anywhere this day. Just wanted to enjoy what was available on the Governors Green property… mainly swimming in the pools. =)

We had a little balcony in the back that the boys loved going out onto, especially Josiah. He could not get enough of being outside. There’s a little lake with a fountain in the middle, and early in the morning, the geese would be there. They enjoyed going out to watch what the geese were doing.

At the pool… This is Jen (Bill’s cousin) and her daughter Madalynn.

Only William was able to go to the pool with Bill. Josiah was having a meltdown while getting ready to go, so we decided it was best to put him down for a much-needed nap.