The Munce Family: Recent happenings.

We have had a busy last couple of weeks around here. Although we have stayed close to home, we have managed a full schedule. Dave's friend, John from Montana spent 10 days in Sioux Falls, and spent most of those nights at our house on a blow up mattress in the basement. Unfortunate for Dave, I feel like he put in a ton of hours at work while John was here. Wether they were call days or work days, he was occupied more than usual. Not to mention Sully, who has taken a miserable turn for the worse in the sleep department. More on that later. Dave and John were able to do some things together, mostly dinners and a movie or two. John's wife, Vicky, joined him towards the end of the trip, so they were on the go most of the days she was here.

Sully and sleep...what a frustrating topic. Fortunately he is a happy camper most days. Usually only crying or fussing when he is hungry. Bedtime has been a disaster. It seems we can spend 2+ hours rocking him and giving him a bottle only for him to pop up and start bouncing in excitement shortly after. How exhausting. Dave and I usually take turns, relieving one another after an hour. Often times, we will put him down when he appears to be asleep only to have him wake up and cry when he realizes we are leaving the room. In the matter of a week's time, he cried so hard upon our departure that he would vomit five different nights all over himself, and his sheets. Which, as you can imagine, requires a complete bedding change and jammie change, followed by more rocking. Ugh. The cushion on the glider is nearly shot. After much frustration and a week of minimal sleep, we were both at the end. With a baby coming in a few short months, we have started to let him cry it out. As awful as it is on both of us, we are 5 nights in and making progress. Slow progress, but progress.

We went to Okoboji on Saturday for the day to spend with the Olivers. We stopped at the Farmer's Market for lunch on the way and among the chaos, I lost my phone. I was determined it had either been picked up from the picnic table or that I had tossed it with the lunch garbage. We spent at least an hour trying to track it down, which cut into our Okoboji time. What a bummer. We immediately went for a boat ride when we got there, and took a dip in the water. The temperature was perfect and we all had a great time. It was very short, but very sweet. Unfortunately, we probably wont make it back this summer, but we look forward to next summer. Its the perfect spot for an afternoon or weekend get away.

My mom turned 68 this last Sunday and we had a picnic at The Arboretum. It was really nice, most of the family made it, Liz even brought her new boyfriend (I'm completely excited for her). He is actually a guy Maggie and I graduated with and they are smitten with each other. Ok, sorry for the tangent, back to the birthday party... My mom is very involved with The Arboretum. They are doing some developing of the land and my dad had this awesome idea to sponsor a garden in her name. A few of us got together a couple of weeks ago to brainstorm the wording and a temporary plaque was placed so my dad could give that to her for her birthday. She was so grateful. I think most of us were in tears when she opened it, including my dad. Way to go, dad! And Happy Birthday, Mom, you totally deserve it.