my little lantern: baby bears, big south facing windows, and nap time

Hi. I'm Sarah. He's Kevin. She's Hannah Claire. We're a family, blessed with our daughter via international adoption. Hannah was born and lovingly cared for in Taiwan, placed into our arms on 12.29.08, and things haven't been quite the same since. Hallelujah! On 9.2.11 we rejoiced when we received the referral for a little boy, nearly 10 months old, living in foster care in Taiwan. Our family is excitingly preparing for him to come home in 2012.

"By adopting a child and helping them reach their potential, they help us reach ours. An adopted child is not an unwanted child; to the contrary. They are a child who was searched for, prayed for, cried for, begged for; received by arms that ached, making empty hearts full. Love is meant to be shared." - Author unknown

Thursday, April 24, 2008

baby bears, big south facing windows, and nap time

Kevin is big into light control. He's always made sure that we had "blackout" blinds for our bedroom so we can turn the room into a dark cave for sleeping bears any time of day. We're big fans of Bali midnight blinds after installing them in our last two homes. This time we chose the cordless option to prevent problems with kids vs. cords. Our nursery is a south facing room. Of course Papa Bear's next task for the nursery was to cover up this huge window up with blackout blinds. I hear that more sleep for Baby Bear equals more sleep for Papa Bear and Mama Bear. Mr. Sunshine will not be permitted to be the cause of keeping Baby Bear from any nap time.

5 comments:

B-squaredApr 24, 2008 08:10 PM
Good thinking....especially with this controversial Indiana Daylight Saving Time! ;-) You will be thanking Papa Bear for summers to come. (We had to take similar measures in our son's room the first summer of DST here!)
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AndreaApr 26, 2008 07:37 PM
You've Been TAGGED!
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amandaApr 29, 2008 06:03 AM
In my old apartment, I could turn my living room into a bear cave in the middle of the afternoon. It was great for napping.

But I had bamboo roman shades . .. so it was kinda all or nothing. This sounds like it might be a little better.

And . . . .I tagged you too. :)
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KristinApr 29, 2008 04:52 PM
Hopefully this will alleviate some of the major problems we experienced with jet lag. Laney could not get off a Taiwan schedule. You will be one step ahead of Miss Hannah!!!
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KevinApr 29, 2008 09:27 PM
Kevin is a genius (I like saying that). We draped some fabric over are semi-translucent Bali (or something like that) blinds in the room Megan is in. It's starting to get light super early and stay light till late here and Meg is sooo sensitive to light. She sleeps much better in the dark. Thank Kevin now for adding an hour to each night's sleep.
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