Yesterday my parents gave me and Jason a wonderful gift - the gift of sleep!!! Yes, I consider sleep an extravagant gift these days (for those of you with children you UNDERSTAND!). And believe me - if I, the one who used to require 10 hours of un-interrupted sleep at night and a two hour nap in the day, can adjust to four hours of majorly interrupted sleep at night with no naps, ANYONE CAN DO THIS!!!! But yes, Saturday night I lost it. I broke down. I lost all my defenses, and yes, I cried. Like a baby, I balled my eyes out. The reason? Not really one. Best I could come up with (to my poor confused husband) was that I was just EXHAUSTED! My parents saw my pitiful eyes that night at dinner and offered to keep Lincoln after church so Jason and I could go home and sleep.
IT WAS GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I felt guilty at first leaving the little sucker so I could sleep (seemed selfish to me at the time), but the minute I laid my head down and knew there would be no interruptions, I didn't wake up for close to 4 hours! Thanks mom and dad - that was even better than the Wi. :)
Lincoln was sick today. :( He is all congested and has the most pitiful cry. It breaks out hearts. Daddy stayed home with him so I could work today and then when school was out I took over while he went to practice. The poor thing just doesn't feel good - you can see it in his eyes. My mom went with me to take him to the doctor and they said he as okay - just keep an eye on his temp. So now I am just going to hold the little man all night (while watching Jack Bauer of course) let him wheeze and purr (that's what he sounds like all stuffed up) in my arms. Not a bad night. Oh yeah, and I'm making tacos or dinner.
In exciting news - i wanna shout this cause I'm so excited - I FIT INTO MY JEANS NOW!!!!!!! I think I'm like 4-5 pounds away from pre-pregnancy weight and it's feels so good! So that's exciting. Maybe it's the Wi Fit that I've become attached to....? Whatever it is, that was another pleasant surprise yesterday when I tried them on to go to church. :)
Oh yeah - and Jack's back. :)
1 comment:
you NEED your sleep...in order to be a good mommy, you need your sleep! so DO NOT feel guilty for having your family watch him while you sleep! Right about his age, it hit me too...I CANT HANDLE THISSS!!!!...but thats when you hand him over so you can BREATHE! you really do need your 'me' time...whether its sleep, read, go for a walk-you need it! so i feel you, you are NOT alone in this! Keep up all the GOOD work...you are an amazing mommy!!
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