A picture is worth a thousand words.

Joey FINALLY fell asleep. Davy and Danny's pet worm

The boys are ready for bed. We'll be going to bed early.

It is 5:41 pm and I finally got Joey to take a good nap. Last night we went to Brock's ballgame. I knew that we would be home past 7:00 (Joeys strict bedtime) but we went anyway. Needless to say Joey didn't sleep last night. I was up with him about 15 times, Davy woke up twice, and Danny once. I am like a walking, grouchy zombie today. It wouldn't have been too bad if I'd gone to bed before 12:30. Ryan was playing church ball, and always stays late talking to his friends. I try to wait up for him. I haven't had a chance to catch a nap at all today because Joey just wouldn't go down for a nap. I would try for an hour to get him to sleep , and then he would wake up twenty minutes later. Finally I put him in his car seat for his 4:00 nap, and he fell asleep pretty painlessly. I hope he sleeps better tonight. The whole day reminded me of the Pride cycle. In the scriptures it talks about how we need to be humble, or God will have to humble us (which is never fun). The last few days Joey has slept so well. He has gone right down for his 3 naps, and has gone 8 hours without nursing at night. I was feeling pretty proud of myself. I have never had good sleepers, and to see him doing so well, made me think that just maybe I'm a great mom. Just yesterday I told two people how good he sleeps. I guess I needed to be reminded that all things can change. Today I became more humble, and grateful for the good days in my life. I need to remember to give thanks for the little things. I have dinner all ready, just waiting for Ryan to get home, and then I'm going to the store without kids. We go through so much milk. It's funny how once you have kids, even a trip to the store is so nice. Some days it feels like all I do is clean up mess after mess, and deal with whiny kids. It makes me grateful for better days. TOMORROW WILL BE A GREAT DAY!!!