1:22 AM Megan climbs in bed with me and I pronounce that she can lay with me for a minute or two and then she'll have to go back to her bed. As I'm saying this I realize she is hot. I can't tell if it's a fever or if she's just hot from sleeping.
2:05 AM I'm restless, constantly changing sides, thinking about whether or not Megan has a fever and trying to get away from her hot body to find rest.
2:15 AM Rest did not come.
2:43 AM Megan wakes up and asks to go watch TV. "What?!" is my response. "It's in the middle of the night we're not watching TV." Of course I was way to tried to have this conversation and really what do I care at two in the morning so I went with her to start a movie, along the way giving her medicine.
2:51 AM Went to the bathroom and back in bed.
3:00 AM Still not sleeping.
3:10 AM Megan is again by my side asking for Breakfast. Again, "What?!" is my response. I'm irritated, but let's face it, I wasn't asleep and I figure if I go and give her food she'll leave me alone.
3:12 AM I get up to put cereal in a bag and send her off to watch her show.
3:16 AM back in bed
3:30 AM I hear movement in the kitchen and detect a light is on. I hear the refrigerator door opening and closing. I had a really bad feeling something messy was going to happen so I made myself get up once again to find out what she was up to.
3:33 AM Yes, it took several minutes to deliberate whether or not to get up. When I got to the kitchen she had poured milk into a very small overflowing bowl, which was on the floor. She was actually in the process of putting the milk away so she could move her full_to_the_brim cereal into the other room. Apparently I got there at the perfect time because there would have, most definitely, been a problem. I must say I was shocked she hadn't spilled the milk already.
3:38 AM back in bed.
3:40 AM Lying awake thinking about starting "These is my Words". Since I don't own it I thought I could get it from Audible and listen to it. I still lay in bed not 100% committed to getting up, but I wasn't sleeping.
3:51 AM I finally get up. On my way to my studio I check in on Megan. She's sill in front of her food, wrapped in a blanket watching her show.
3:52 AM On my computer now I go straight to Audible and of course my luck they don't have that book. So i went to Amazon to buy it and look for ideas of books I want to read or listen to since I have 4 credits to use at audible.
4:13 AM The internet stops working. I hadn't bought the book.
4:14 AM I restart my modem and computer hoping that will do the trick.
4:15 AM Internet still not working.
4:16 AM I can tell at this point I won't get to sleep if I go lay down so I start to finish the journaling on my Lighthouse Tour Album.
4:26 AM Writing
4:34 AM I'm unsure of which lighthouse is which and remember I can't check online so in frustration I give up.
4:37 AM I leave my studio to go to bed.
4:38 AM First I decided to check on Megan. She's asleep on the chair at the table next to her food.
4:39 AM I take this picture and carry her to bed.
4:43 AM I finally get back in bed
4:49 AM Still awake
7:33 AM I hear the kids in the kitchen making breakfast. I don't have the strength to get up just yet.
7:45 AM I finally get out of bed and get them off to school.
16 comments:
I hope next comes a nap. Yikes.
Hi Amy,
This is KariAnn from freshman year in Chipman Hall, at BYU, do you remember me? My friend Lucy was up visiting me a couple weeks ago and we got talking about photography because I'm obsessed with it. She said she had met a friend in Utah who is an amazing photographer, and showed me your blog. Of course I recognized you, small world!!!
Anyway, I'm not much of a blogger, but I love your pictures, you're seriously amazing. So I check out your blog to get new photo inspiration.
Anyway, I'm just getting back into taking pictures after being swamped with having my last couple babies. I was wondering what kind of equiptment you use? What camera, and what lenses are your favorite? I'd like to buy at least one new lens, maybe 2. And do you use an external flash a lot? Do you mind sharing your info?
By the way, your girls are adorable! I have 1 girl and three little boys. So fun, time flies!
And I was feeling sorry for myself that Alex spent two hours awake last night and then woke me up at 5:15. I don't feel too sorry for myself anymore. I hope you can find some time today for a nap.
You brave, loving soul! :)
I hope you and your little one have time for a siesta this after noon!
oh dear. When I first saw your title, I thought maybe you had stayed up creating the night away! That would have been more fun. Good luck on recovering some of that lost sleep.
Man, that is brutal! I live in fear that this is my destiny once Gracie is in a toddler bed.
Definitely a nap needs to be in the schedule today.
I can't even imagine how tired you must be. I hope you can squeeze in a nap today!
What a night, or morning I should say. I hope you had a chance to rest at some point today. And I hope you get your book. It's so frustrating when you can't get back to sleep after the kids wake you.
Ack! What a night! I hope you got a nap at least, and that she didn't end up being sick.
you should have called. i was up until 5 a.m. ( : hope tonight is better for both of us.
Are you still recovering? What a night! I love her asleep on the table, adorable. Well maybe not after all night but for sure now!
can i just say that i am so very glad i am not the only mom to send their toddler out to watch tv in the middle of the night! relief.
What a crazy night. The internet going down is just too cruel!
i am just so tired for you!
Long nights like this are rare, but still daunting- esp when you feel like you have literally watched the clock all night. The picture of Megan is fantastic. Hope the next night was peaceful.
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