3am

So you remember that one time your 3 month old decided that 3:00 was a good time to be awake yeah I do!!!

Since going to sleep around 11:00 tonight Kendyl had woken up 3 times and the third time she decided she wanted to be awake. Now at first I was fine. I knew she would go back to bed so I did the usual things that put her to sleep. Nursed her, rocked her, sang to her not working so I started pulling out the other tricks. Stand and bounce, swinging, swaying. I even made a bottle. Note she is not crying but just not going to sleep and wants to be held standing up.

By now I have gone out to the Family room so I don't wake up Clay. I am starting to feel like a zombie and just want to close my eyes. It's coming up to 4:00.

So remember that other time you got in a fight with your husband but he didn't know? Yep me again!! I started walking back into our room and every time I did I would see my husband sound asleep!! How could he be asleep when I am so obviously tired and dealing with HIS child. You know because anytime you kids do something you don't like they become HIS child ha ha.  I had 2 senerio's playing out in my head.

1. My husband awakes up all on his own to see how distraught I am. He then said to me I have had plenty of sleep and am wide awake (@4:00 in the morning) let me take this sweet child and you sleep. In fact I will go make you breakfast in bed when you are ready to get up. How does 10 am sound!!

2. I start making enough noise so he wakes up only to be greeted by what looks like someone who used to be his wife but with smeared eyes makeup from the day before and a messy pile of hair. I then will pretend like I had nothing to do with him waking up (@4:00 in the morning on one of his only days to sleep in). I would then mumble something about how tired I am and how she won't go to sleep. He would suggest the things I already did and I would just get mad because he should know that already did that. Then he would half awake offer to take her but because he didn't "seem" happy about it I would tell him I am find I can do it and stomp off mad and he would be confused of what just happened.

After weighting the different outcomes I grabbed my bag headed to the car and drive around the block until she fell asleep. I walked back into the house at 5:00. She had finally fell asleep so I climb into bed and went to sleep.

FYI when Kendyl while up again at 7 I did wake up Clay and he took her and made the rest of the kids leave me alone. I did get to sleep until 8:30 and had breakfast ready when I woke up!!!

So next time you want to fight with a sleeping spouse remember you are better off just waiting until they wake up now I know on my journey from 3 to 4!!!