No Sleep...again

Well last night was another with no sleep. Zachy is just miserable when I lay him down. We had the dr check his ears and they are fine. He has had a cold, but it is clearing up. Maybe he doesn't want to sleep because of the new walking thing. Although he will sleep if someone is holding him. He just doesn't want to lay down. I know it sounds like he is spoiled, but he was a baby that had to be in his crib to sleep just a week ago. Not sure what is going on, but man I am tired.

I missed the Ash Wednesday service at church yesterday. Dinner was only suppose to take 40 minutes to cook, but after one hour and 15 minutes I took it out and we ate it anyway. By then it was to late to go to church, and I was too tired. So you would think I went to bed early. Oh no, I stay up until 10:30. "Doing something very important?" you ask. Nope, just knitting. I couldn't put it down. It was quiet, no kids, no husband, no TV, just me and my needles and yarn (and of course my ever present dog, Cassie).

My only girl, Cassie, is always next to me. She rarely leaves my side, only to go out and play with the kids. She is the best dog. My husband likes to complain about her, but she is so well behaved and is so good with the kids and other puppies. Plus, she has the sweetest face.


Cassie playing with my sisters new puppy, Daia.


Cassie just hanging out next to me, and Zachy.

Not enough sleep. Ugh...

Last night was another time with no sleep. Zachy was up four times. I am not sure if he is teething or if his tummy is bothering him, but he just isn't having good nights. Ryan got up because his pull up leaked in his bed, so he ended up in our bed. He isn't a big guy but he is so bony that it hurts to sleep with him. Its all elbow and knees. Now I have a terrible headache and still have a board meeting tonight at the preschool. I don't know if I am going to make it through the whole meeting. They usually go until 9:00 pm.

On a brighter note, my neice Kate is doing well in her culinary school. She has had two days of class and still loves it. I am so proud of her. She took a giant leap to follow her passion. If only we all had the courage to do that. You can follow her adventures on her blog.

Seriously!

***Correction*** Our Tuesday morning. That is what happens to moms, their brains turn to mush....

We are off to a great start to our Thursday morning...Baby Zachy did not sleep well last night, Griffin came into our bed at 2 ish and Ryan can in around 5am. Apparently I was not meant to get any sleep last night. And I should have known better but I stayed up past 11pm waiting for Jonny to come home.
When my alarm went off this morning I was not happy. The snooze button is too handy, Jonny ended up having to drag me out of bed. I showered and made it down stairs before Becca (the little girl I take care of) arrived. After Jonny left to bring Ryan to the bus stop, I went to the potty. Apparently it was bad timing. Griffin yells to me "Mommy, I need you!", my heart almost stops, I jump up and run out of the bathroom with my pants down around my knees. As I am trying to pull my pants up, I can't find Griffin. "Where are you?" I yell. "In Daddy's room" (which is our computer room). I stumble in the computer room, thinking the computer will be on the floor, or Griffin has cut his finger with my craft scissors, but nope. Griffin is sitting at Jonny's desk with a marker and paper, he looks up at me with his professor look though his glasses and says "I need your help drawing a man jumping into the pool I made". What! Seriously! All I could do is laugh and draw his man jumping into the pool. Shaking my head and laughing to myself I go back into the bathroom.

Waiting Patiently

This is my niece, Kate, holding angel baby Zachy the day he was born. She has always been there for me and right now I am sitting here waiting so very patiently for her to update her blog. Today was her first day at Culinary school. I am so excited for her! I do miss her being at PCT, she would have time to email throughout the day. Now she is at school or her new job with no time for emails. I hope she blogs tonight or I will have to give her a call.

As for our Monday: It was hard. Something is up with my angel baby, Zachy. He has cried all day, which is not like him. He is usually a very happy little guy, but today he wasn't sure what he wanted and nothing made him happy. Right now I am listening to him cry over the monitor, because he is really having a hard time falling asleep. He had little naps today, one of which was on Daddy. That was the only way he would sleep, somebody would have to be holding him. I was happy that Jonny took the time to hold him, and rock him while he slept. Jonny usually isn't home or too busy to hold the baby for any length of time. I guess that is the price we have to pay to have me home full time, without working.

Beautiful Day

We woke up this morning to a beautiful snowy day. The snow is falling but the sun is out. It is just gorgeous. Ryan and Griffin have already been out to play, and now are waiting for Daddy to come pick them up to go plowing. It will be just Zachy and I for a while. I love having the baby all to myself. Sounds a bit selfish but he is growing so fast. I don't want to miss a second of him. At 9 months old he still wakes once a night (most of the time) to nurse. I really don't mind it, I might grumble a little when I first get out of bed, but once he is in my arms everything is just perfect.

Time with the boys

I am just sitting here trying to keep up on all that I have to do. It is 10:30 pm and I should be in bed. The boys had a rough night last night and were up a lot. I know it is because we got off schedule and they have be staying up late, but we have been having a lot of fun. Tonight, Jonny put them to bed at 7:00pm which is their normal bed time. I have a really hard time with putting them to bed that early. I like having some time with them after dinner. I can't image what I would do if I had to work out of the house until 5 and come home feed them dinner and put them to bed. There would be no time to enjoy them. Tonight after dinner we played basketball (Santa bought it for them) and air hockey (another gift from Santa). It was so much fun. The other night after dinner we played Flippin Frogs (which is harder than you might think) and read a couple of books. If I didn't have time with them all day and had to put them to bed so early I would be really sad. It must be hard on families to fit in quality time when you work so much. Although I have noticed some people just can't be with their kids for any length of time. Even though mine drive me nuts (see earlier post) I wouldn't have it any other way. They grow up too fast, this time is just too precious.

I sat snuggling my sleeping Zachy tonight. Jonny kept telling me to put him to bed. I just couldn't set him down. It won't be long and he will be too big to hold when he is asleep. So I just held on tight, kissed and hugged him as he slept. These special moments wash away all the toughness of the day.

Cuddles

I am just sitting with Zachy asleep on my lap. This is one of the most wonderful things about being mom. Just holding my wonderful baby. I sit here breathing him in. I am sure it must sound odd, but the "smell" of my children just calms me. I love to feel their warm, smell that baby smell, and hear their breathing. It is really a blessing!

The kids and I had a wonderful day. We went to the grocery store and the mall. Everyone behaved wonderfully. It makes me feel good and proud that my kids can be so well behaved. Because sometimes it is just the opposite.