My Little Booger-Head

Last night was pretty nice. R got a dispatch and had to leave shortly after I got home, which was a bummer. But J was in a fun mood. We played for a while, then he had supper, then he was off to bed quite early. He was fast asleep by 7:30. I fixed supper, ate, and cleaned up the kitchen. By then it was bedtime. I woke up to the sound of J chattering about 4:00 this morning. I got up and warmed his bottle, got him out of bed, and he was SO surprised to see his Daddy there! He finished his bottle, at which point I can usually get him to go back to bed. Not today! He was all about Daddy! I warned R not to “play jungle gym” because I’d never get J back to sleep if he did. So R was good, and only cuddled and loved, but J had other plans! He was totally confused when Daddy wouldn’t throw him upside down and all the other horse play they are accustomed to. He kept rearing his head back and doing all sorts of gyrations trying to get Daddy to play. It was really breaking R’s heart to say no! Finally he started to get sleepy so I laid him down. Daddy went to bed exhausted (mind you, he’d been driving since 6pm the night before!). J was having no part of that sleep stuff! No sir! He insisted on getting up. We played on the floor a bit, and hung out a bit. Finally he’d let me lay him in bed, but only if I stood right next to his crib. He kept reaching his little baby hand through the bars to touch my shirt and reassure himself. If I moved away even a foot, he’d cry. He finally went back to sleep at 5:35. Guess what time my alarm usually goes off? Yup. 5:30. So what would be the point of going to bed? So I just stayed up and got ready for the work day. I fell asleep while I was pumping! LOL (using the breast pump for J’s milk, that is, for those of you who don’t know.) So when I went to drop off J at Mom’s house I grabbed my big ole’ 64 ounce mug and took it to the convenience store to fill it up with Mt. Dew for the long day. I got there, went in, filled it with ice, and then……………AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! The Mt. Dew was OUT OF ORDER! This is just so not my day! SoI am here, not very coherent, but here. Now you watch, the darling little booger-head will decide to stay awake till 10:00 tonight!