I decided sometime around 3 am that I was honestly too sleepy when this train of thoughts came to my mind...
Tiff will blog for me. She will I know she will. I'll take care of McKenna, Troy will take Elise to her Opera, Rhett will come and drive and Tiff will put it all on my blog for me.
I drifted happily off to sleep then realized that Kenna hadn't woken up yet. Going on 4 hours, I FLEW out of bed, hit the lamp light on, checked the time now around 4 am, and took three steps to her crib side. She's just fine. Starting to fuss a little. Is it because I made so much noise? Could she hear my heart exploding out of my chest? Did she need her diaper changed? Where is the pacifier and the burp cloth thing? Where is Tiff? WHY am I thinking about Tiff at all?
I picked her up out of her blankets and looked her in the face and said, "Don't worry Kenna, Tiff will be here any minute."
I really did. Then I sat down with McKenna in our rocking chair, yes my grandma's wood rocking chair with no padding, and nursed McKenna from sleep to sleep again. Changed her diaper and cradled her in my arms for a bit more then laid her back down to sleep. Then I thought, "oh my, I'm tired. Tiff's family is NOT coming at 3 am to do anything, especially if I don't call and ask or let them know... I need to sleep. I need to sleep a LOT more tomorrow during the day."
So what am I doing today? Well I slept in till 630, fed McKenna, chugged a chocolate soy/whey protein shake by Herbalife, and crawled back into bed until 745. Kenna and I moved down stairs to supervise Elise getting ready for school which we slept very peacefully through most of. I'm sad that she's getting so good at getting ready for school that she can tell time and know when to be out waiting for the bus so I can sleep. Makes me feel like a lousy mother, but hey, I'm sleeping right? We slept until 10 am, McKenna ate while I watched reruns of Law & Order. Changed her diaper, then let her rest in her bouncer for a bit while I decided that The View is not worth watching most days and today was one of them. By 1130 Kenna was falling asleep doing Tummy Time, and I'm posting about Tiff and her family keeping me up at night.
Tiff, no harm done. I'm going back to bed RIGHT now. You didn't know you were going to come and didn't show up. And honestly, you aren't the first! A few weeks ago it was the DiMera's from Days that were coming to help. Good heaven I am glad THEY didn't show up, although EJ is pretty nice to look at...
All rambling aside... Kelly THANK YOU FOR THE ICE CREAM!!! You have been redeemed! ;) I love you take it easy sweetie!
Vicki
Post Edit: After thinking about this post I've decided I need to add that I have NOT been taking anything. In fact, I never cracked open my pain meds from delivery, except the IB's. This is all attributable to just not sleeping enough, or being crazy to begin with.
And I'll take ice cream wherever I can get it!! Thanks Kell!
8 comments:
Well I am no Tiff.....but I can bring ice cream from time to time!
First off She is the cutest baby!!! Tiff was the hero and she didn't even know it......I am glad that the Dimera's didn't come for you, that made me laugh so hard I haven't seen that show in years!!!
I'm not Tiff either but I'll be Tuff. Would a raccoon tail dipped in ice-cream help? I could get rocky-road or something. Can Blue Dog help? Fish-the-dog could come over and wear his ascot and do funny tricks to keep you awake. let me know.
Hmm, maybe a raccoon tail would help. I know that in the old nintendo games having a tail helped. I'll take one! I think that Blue Dog should help me too chasing her and Fish around the house at 3 am might wake me up a bit.
Good news, this morning/last night was much better. McKenna slept for 5 hours without needing me.
My husband and I have both been sick, so the sleepless night's are really getting to us. I made him take Grayson this morning so I could try to sleep for a few hours. It worked, thank goodness. I totally know how you feel about being delirious and also about the bad daytime tv. The things we do for our children!
That is funny.... I would be happy to drive Elise to the Oprah (Gracie likes to call it that).... I was actually pretty impressed with the opera... Those First Graders are so funny.
How slow am I? I have had a busy weekend apparently. Not reading all the blogs fast enough. I love them all by the way. Anyway, I am now feeling some serious guilt that I wasn't there to save the day/night... whatever it was. You can call me anytime. I am lucky enough that most of my kids sleep through the night most of the time! I can handle a few hours of sleep deprivation any time you need me. I am also still very good at changing diapers as Aeva is still in them. Call me anytime! By the way, I can't make ice cream. Can I have some of yours? It is awesome stuff!
Tiff, I have a freezer that is abundantly exploding from the ice cream Mike purchased on a guilty post-Mother's day trip to the grocery store. I gobbled down some for breakfast this morning. No harm in that right? It is just going to go bad in the freezer... speaking of you better come help me eat it!!
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