we love the nightlife

we had a long night two sleeps ago so everything seemed to get done a little earlier than normal yesterday. at the end of the day, my giant and i went to get pizza and even rented a movie. pipi played and nursed and nursed and played during source code and we finished at 9:30. i went over the final scenes with roberto (since his eyelids failed him and his body gave in to the sleepiness) while we put her to bed.

1:00 and i hear her crying. she's been sick and hasn't been sleeping well {at all} so i don't even wait a few minutes, i take her out of the crib and rock and nurse her back to sleep.

2:20 i hear her again. dang it. rock and nurse and back to sleep.

4:05 and all i can think about is how i want two hours of sleep in a row (especially since we didn't sleep at all the night before)

rock and nurse

and i try to put her back in her crib, but she wakes up in my arms. i lay her down and then crouch down behind the couch (so she doesn't see me) praying she will fall back asleep.

nope.

we try again and fail

round three and i can feel tears sting my eyes and my chair is not comfortable anymore. i lay her down again but she just needs me.

we move to the couch and then eventually i make a pallet on the floor. she is up now and i am watching her with one eye open and the other asleep as she tries to play.

it's 5:45 and the f.o.b. will be getting up soon to drive bus for the church.

as she climbs over and over me, imogen finally stays in my arms and we nurse and fall back asleep. (if i tried to put her in our bed she only wants to play with daddy and climb over the both of us, so i didn't)

i hear my alarm go off in the bedroom and eventually feel the vibrations from the shower. he's up.

7:20 rob leaves for church and i make the decision to stay home. i barely make it up off the floor and stumble into our bed leaving my baby snug on the floor. i remember asking him to leave the bedroom door open so she can come crawl to me when she wakes up.

8:00 and i hear her crying.

"imogen come here" i say, as i sit up in bed and call to her.

she came crawling over and it's one of the sweetest things i've ever seen.

i can tell she's exhausted and we cuddle and try to find sleep again.

so here's to a new day, another night and prayers for a healing ear infection.