S L E E P Y

Sorry I haven't written in so long. I am very, very tired, so I apologize if this post doesn't end up making much sense. For each of the past two nights, I have gotten no more than 5 hours sleep. Last night, Megan's cries woke me up at 2:38 AM. Fortunately, with a bit of soothing, she was back to sleep pretty quickly. Unfortunately, I was wide awake - for the rest of the night. I think I finally fell back to sleep this morning sometime around 7:00 and then had to get up when David left at 8. ARGH!! I'm encouraged that Megan went back to sleep without actually leaving her bed or being fed, but I'm still exhausted. Maybe tonight will be better.

Meanwhile, the potty training continues to go well. And for that, I am truly grateful. I think we've only had a couple of accidents in the last 5 days. He's still in diapers for naps, nighttime, and whenever we go anywhere (I'm not yet that brave - maybe after I've had some sleep), but it's a vast improvement. The problem now is that he likes doing it too much. I think he would go every 5 minutes if I'd let him, but that's still better than refusing to go at all.

The decluttering has continued along as well, albeit at a slower pace. I'm not making any promises for today. I just hope to be out of my bathrobe by the time David gets home. I promise this isn't a common occurence - just a little more common over the past couple of weeks. Oh sweet elusive sleep!

Speaking of that, I think I'll try for a quick nap. Night, night!

Potty Time

Just a little update: Nathan has pee-peed in the potty 3 times today! This may not mean much to you, but it's a huge deal around here.

Now I need to clean the floor around the potty while he's napping. Boys. Gotta love 'em.

A Small Success

Today I finally made a small bit of headway in decluttering my bedroom. Here is the before picture:

And here is what it looked like after I finished:

Ahh, much better. In addition to finally being able to see the top of the desk (and dusting for the first time in a really long time), our new printer can sit on top of the desk. We had to trip over the old (larger) one that sat on the floor in front of the tower.

There's still much work to be done in this room, but it's a start.

I'm afraid this success came after much consternation. Megan had awoken very early from her nap and was refusing to be happy in her Pack-n-Play that I had moved back to this room. I didn't understand why she couldn't be happy surrounded by toys and in the same room with me. She only seemed happy while I was holding her. Didn't she realize I had lots of work that needed to be done? I love to hold Megan, but it's not good for either of us to do it all day long. After much frustration, temper-tantrums on both our parts, and me questioning why God had chosen to make me a mother since I clearly had no idea what I was doing, I decided to try putting her in the floor and letting her wander a bit amongst the mess. Well, all she wanted was a little freedom. She happily played with bubble wrap and chewed on a cardboard box, and I was able to finally clear off the desk and reroute several cords. When she went down for another nap about an hour later, we were both much happier.