Here I am awake at midnight cooking
me up some mac and cheese. I decided that I wanted to make bread tonight because
my buttermilk was quickly approaching its expiration date, but of course by the
time I got to it, it was already 10:30 at night. I am super tired, but for some
reason I always think of all the things I need to do right before I go to bed.
I am sure that most normal people think of bedtime as the part of the day when
they clear there mind from all the worries of the world and go to bed. However for
me it is the opposite. I get home and I am exhausted. My feet hurt, my bodies
tired, and I feel extremely sleep deprived. So what do I do?...walk in the door
do the dishes, clean the stove, make bread, and then start cooking some mac and
cheese.
Earlier this week Levi woke up at
nine, which is earlier then his normal awake time, and it took every ounce of energy
I had to pull myself out of bed and get him. I stumbled into the living room
and put his new little people barn (this is his new favorite toy, he is obsessed with
it!) on the floor for him to play with. Then I stumble over to the couch. As
soon as I sit down I look at Levi, and he looks at me with the saddest eyes,
that second I knew what was going to come next. He puckers the lip and starts
crying. Levi has the sweetest most innocent sad face I have ever seen, and I cannot
help but feel emotional when he starts to cry. He just looks at me with this
look of abandonment and I can tell that he is thinking, “How dare you ditch me and
move to the couch and just leave me here on the floor.” He then starts to reach
for me and throws his hands in the air to pick him up. I knew that I did not
have the strength to bend over and pick him up. My body was just not fully awake. So I lie down next to him and start to play farm. Levi seems to be
satisfied as long as I am lying next to him, so I think ok he is happy so it is
ok to just rest my eyes a little…... Next thing I know I wake up and Levi is on the other side of
the room wrapped up in Christmas lights as happy as a little boy can be and
Penny is just sitting there cheering him on. He is just laughing and talking
and just in the best mood ever. I then jump up in a panic, pick him up and then
tried to figure out how long I had been asleep. I really have no idea how much
time passed, but what I do know is that I need to be much more careful now that
Levi is becoming more mobile. What can I say, no mom of the year awards being
handed out here.
On top of me staying up way past Levi’s
bed time, Levi has also decided that he has gotten too big for naps. He has not
napped for the past two days! He use to have like three naps a day and then all
of a sudden that changed to 0. I do not think that he understands that his nap
time is not just for him, but it is also for mommy. It’s really OUR nap time,
and even if he has already outgrown it I haven’t. So I am hoping he will decide
that he isn’t to grown up for nap time.
Levi is also getting his top two
teeth. At first I was super excited about this, but now I am realizing the
burden of nursing a child with top teeth. I do not think that he has quite
figured out how to nurse with all of his new teeth, and let’s just say that
this is leaving me with lots of sores.
Changing the subject Morgan and I got
our Christmas tree up, and decorated! (Another one of my midnight projects.) I am very excited about this because I
love our Christmas tree! Levi and Penny have both been treating it more like a
toy rather than a decoration. I left Penny inside tonight and came home to a
shattered bulb all over the floor. I wonder how many bulbs she is going to have
to break before she figures out that they are not balls. Every second I turn
around I find Levi over at the Christmas tree playing with the lights and
reaching for the bulbs. Even though the tree causes lots of challenges and
creates new obstacles I still love it.
Last I just want to mention some of
Levis newest achievements:
- · He is getting more efficient at crawling
- · He is talking tons!
- · He can eat blueberries that are cut in half
- · He has tried mangos…and loves them (must not have got the mango allergy from his aunt Wendy)
- · He can play with toys! He will sit up and play with his little people barn for hours
- · He can suck on the applesauce pouch snacks. He can suck one of those dry in seconds
- · He takes a bottle!
He just went to the Dr and He:
Weighs:
14.15 (1st percentile)
Height: 27.5 (40th
percentile)
Head Circumference: 18 (73rd
percentile)
Well it is now 1:00 am so I am going to go put away the left over mac
and cheese, and hopefully go to bed. That is assuming I do not think of anything
else I need to do first!
