Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Confessions of an Insomniac

I think I need to print a retraction about our little one sleeping at night. Olivia, sweet baby, now wakes up bright eyed and chipper at the unholy hour of 3:30 am. For good. We finally drift off about the same time the family rooster, Madelyn, performs her duties waking up every human within a five-mile radius.
Last night when Ryan walked in the door, I realized we -none of us girls- were even dressed for the day. So, Ryan put on pajamas himself and we piled in the car with after dinner and got our favorite pumpkin pie shakes. Because I just couldn't do it that day. Everyone around here has been really forgiving that their clothes aren't always clean and dinner is barely thrown together. We expected all of this transitioning to three kids.


But someday we will look back and here's what we will remember. How can anything compare to moments like this? And in case you are wondering Liv is into Star Wars like her dad.


And these two are more than willing to entertain their little sister when asked.


Just some of the affection they display.


As you can see, Liv is quite a captive audience.


Here she is with her "Pinky" (get it, pink binky, compliments of London). The twins are pretty diligent about shoving the thing in her mouth when she is crying. Or they turn on the music in her swing the full blast. But mostly without realizing it, they are soothing their sister to sleep with their screaming. I think she is just used to it, which is convenient because I never have to ask them to be quiet. As predicted, it has come in handy to have L & M around to entertain each other. I think we can survive the next few weeks of insomnia. Right now we are shooting for a nice four-hour stretch of sleep. Then maybe I will be more coherent. So in the meantime, here is our update, sleepily barlowing along.

7 Comments:

Blogger Lonna said...

Ahh Les, that sounds all too familiar. Way to be so positive about the lack of sleep. I am cheering for you, and just hoping that you don't have to go through the colic like we did, I think that we will forever be scared. (and that was the first five months)

Thank goodness for the in home entertainment, I love that L&M are so willing to do the dirty work and make sure to find a way to help Liv to stop crying. So sweet.

Let me know if you need a break, or a nap, I am happy to help out.

3:10 PM  
Blogger Syl said...

That is always a difficult time when baby doesn't sleep! I am glad you are able to see some of the positive side of things...they are there, just buried deep! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and the pictures! I miss you all so much!

7:00 AM  
Blogger Becky said...

The joys of kids. I wish you lots of sleep in the future.

10:14 AM  
Blogger Kirsten Krason said...

I hate not getting enough sleep. I get so grouchy!!! Have a good thanksgiving with all your fam coming to Tx!

7:05 PM  
Blogger Claudine said...

The first two months after Emilie was born were just torturous. Besides the extreme fatigue, Isaac was having such a hard time getting adequate attention and was daily creating these huge disasters. But I just took it one day at a time, and eventually she started sleeping more and we were able to get into some kind of a routine, and before you know it, life is bearable again. Hang in there, Les, you're doing a GREAT job!!!

9:49 PM  
Blogger Erin said...

She is just darling! I am now very nervous to transition to 3!

10:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a beautiful baby little Liv is, so precious.

Grandma H

3:11 PM  

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