All-Star Week

The all-star "break" has never left me as weary as this one did.  Matt, Sienna, and I traveled to Buffalo, NY for the Triple-A All-Star festivities.  I am certainly not unappreciative for the opportunity to have experienced the endless luncheons, galas, pre-parties, after-parties, and of course baseball games, but three sleepless nights will color anything (no matter how fun) a bit negative.  Our dear Sienna mastered night time sleeping months and months ago, a fact that I will be eternally grateful to her for.  However, she will not sleep in the same room as us.  She woke up 2-3 times a night all three nights.  I thought I was ready for another baby, but those sleepless nights have me doubting that optimistic idea.  Wow, were we tired.  

There is a silver lining though.  The second night we brought her in to bed with us, she would not be content unless she was completely draped over me, which was kind of frustrating because I can not sleep like that.  Twice during the night, she had almost dozed off apart from me, but then she woke up, crawled over to me and tenderly laid her head on top of my head, cheek to cheek.  In those moments, complete heart-bursting love replaced any frustration that was left in me.  I will never forget her sweet desire to be as close to me as possible.

In spite of our exhausting nights, the all-star events were fun and we were treated wonderfully. But the best part was the time we spent with family!  Matt's Uncle Rick and Aunt Denise came up with their daughter, Bianca, Denise's brother, Bob, and his son, Michael.  Also, my mom's family lives in Buffalo, NY!  So my Aunt Elizabeth and cousins, Tyler and Nicole attended the home-run derby and then brought my Grandma to visit one day.  I can sincerely say that this experience would not have been the same sitting in the stands by myself.  Matt and I felt so blessed to celebrate his outstanding season with loved ones.  

Nicole, Tyler, and Aunt Elizabeth

Grandma, Sienna, and me.  Three generations!

Uncle Rick, Bob, Aunt Denise, Michael, and Bianca

                                               

The fun didn't end in Buffalo!  Matt, Sienna, and I then traveled to Indianapolis for the Clippers five game series.  Matt had to play a double-header the day we arrived after four hours of sleep, a 7 am flight, and 2 1/2 hour lay-over.  Gotta love triple-A baseball ; )  
But lo and behold, Sienna slept through the night all three nights we were there.  No, she didn't just miraculously figure out how to sleep with us.  Don't give her that much credit!  I had the brilliant idea to shove her crib in to the bathroom and close the door.  The magic of the closed door kept Sienna asleep all night.  And thank God because I am pretty confident Matt would have sent us packing back to Columbus, if not.  So now we know to only stay at hotels where the closet or bathroom is big enough to put Sienna in.  The best part is Matt peed in a cup twice and I had to hold it since Sienna was in the bathroom.  One day we will look back and laugh : )
Matt's dad, Vince, came to Indy and had an adjoining room, so we had a lot of fun spending substantial quality time with him.  As wonderful as it was to see family and travel and spend extra time with Matt, I've never been so ready to get back to Columbus and back to our so-called "normal" life.

Sienna gouging out Grandpa's eye

A new scrunchie face!  How exciting!