sleep (or lack thereof)

Yesterday morning (before school, when I was dragging and couldn't get it together) my husband and I confirmed that the root of ALL our problems stemmed from sleep... or lack thereof.  We vowed to get more shut eye (and wake up earlier) or else!

Later that day, Aaron surprised me and came home from work at 3 PM(!!!!) so we could run a few errands together as a family and get to bed as early as possible.  The kids were fed and bathed and asleep by 8 PM so do not ask me WHY we finally turned our lights off at 1 AM.  what the??  (I spent some quiet time doing things for my new calling, answering emails and writing a long blog post..)  Aaron went and played volleyball and picked up a few groceries that we needed.  And then we stayed up late talking about our relationship and problems :)  At 2 AM, I heard Roma crying and puking in her crib.  That was the beginning of my day today.  After bathing her, changing her sheets and rocking her to no avail, the two of us finally were able to go back to sleep around 6 AM.  the joke was on me!  The day I promise to get more rest is the day I don't sleep a wink.  I snoozed from 6-7 and then got my boys off to school.  I have been walking around like a zombie ever since...

Sweet little Ro has been a baby zombie herself.  She hasn't kept anything down all day and has the runs to boot.  I have changed her poor raw bum too many times.  She took 5 baths.  Every time I got her out and put her in a diaper and new outfit, she threw up on me.  Twice she pooped on me (once in a towel and another time in a blanket) so our day was an "adventure" to put it mildly.

But we were able to catch some priceless videos of her sleeping in the kitchen sink... not once, not twice, but three different naps!  This poor baby was so tired and for some reason the only time she could relax was when the water was running. (the minute I took her out, she would wake up and cry, but if i put her back in and turned on the water, her eyes would get heavy and she would doze off.)  I was able to get some good clips, but not like I wanted because my phone was full of memory.  Annoying.  Anyway, one we are saving for AFV..  it's basically the same clip as the ones below but she keeps her head under the water for longer periods of time and doesn't even budge.  We will let you know if she wins $100,000.  (I also entered her cute newborn basketball pictures in Ellen's kids creative halloween costumes.)

this last video is her playing in the sink.. wide awake. minutes before (and after) she fell asleep.  funny and terrible day... but we got through it!