My ex-lover, Sleep

I once had a secret lover... his name was Sleep. But Sleep has left me. And I can't even blame it on Korben.... as much of a mess as he is during the day, he's sleeping through the night until about 8:00am every morning. For a while, I was waking up several times in the middle of the night and I thought that was bad...but at least I was able to fall back asleep fairly quickly. Now, my body has like some sort of deal that it only falls asleep one time a day. If I wake up at any point during that sleep time, it's over. A couple of nights ago, I fell asleep on the couch... Josh woke me up around 11:00 to go to bed but it was 3:30am before I actually fell back asleep. Last night, I woke up at 12:30 and it was 5:30am before I finally fell back asleep! That's right, I was up for 5 HOURS in the middle of the night! Ugh, not fun...not fun at all. This morning really wasn't as bad... I got to sleep until 6:00am before the alarm woke me up when Josh got up for work. But even then, when Josh goes to work, I can usually just go right back to sleep... not today. What's so hard about it?? You close you eyes and sleep just comes right? When did it stop being so easy??? And why?? And will sleep ever visit me again?? Oh, how I hope it does! And soon! In the mean time, I guess I'll catch up on some reading and blogging.

Santa!

2nd Annual Gingerbread House Party

Today marked our 2nd anuual gingerbread grahm cracker house party! This is a tradition that Jennie had growing up and now we get to share that fun tradition with her! Last year, Korben was the only mobile kid there so while the other babies were sleeping in their mommies laps, I was chasing crawling Korben around the house. Well this year, EVERY kid was mobile so it was a lot more chaotic and a lot more fun! I got a good laugh at the other girls getting to go through what I did last year! :) It was a fun day filled with warm apple cider, a yummy lunch, good laughs, and lots and lots of candy! I can't wait until our kids are old enough to help us build these houses!

The "before"

and the "after" (minus Lisa and Hadley)

Notice how the girls are cheezing it up for the camera and the boys could care less! :)

Silly boy with his expressions :)

Confessions of a Sleep Deprived Momma

As some of you know, I'm in Abilene this week. The trip has been going well and Korben and I have had a great time spending time with my family and a couple of old friends. When night comes around though, sometimes it is a different story. My parents live in an older house and the bedroom we're in has a sliding door. The bathroom right next to our room also has a sliding door. It's a little hard to explain if you have never seen these pocket doors but both of them are old, out of whack, and VERY loud. I wake up every single morning at around 5:00 am needing to pee. Every night. Without fail. Well every time I open that stupid sliding door, it's like an alarm clock going off to Korben and he wakes up. I got tired of going through this, so the other night when I woke up and needed to pee, I was trying to think of how I could avoid waking up Korben (holding it was NOT an option because I couldn't handle the pain of the pressure). And then a light bulb went off in my head. Korben pees in diapers. We happen to have some diapers right here. And yes people, I busted out a diaper and I peed in it! And then I went back to sleep thankful for the relief and that I didn't wake the baby. And I just admitted it on my public blog. So next time you're having a bad day, ask yourself if you've ever in your adult life had to pee in a diaper... if the answer is no, then count your blessings and have a good laugh at the fact that someone else out there has resorted to such lows! And then enjoy the rest of your not so bad day! :)