This is how I feel this morning

Yes this picture says it all... this is how I felt at 1:30am when my baby girl was actually sleeping but we were abruptly woken as our stinking dog Ketchup barked his head off because a friend of ours who was sleeping on the couch rolled over or breathed or something. argh! And again, this is how I felt an hour later when Aveda did wake up to feed. oh and then that feeling came again about 4am when Aveda woke up again and I staggered out into the living room to change her diaper her and feed her in the dark. Still felt this way 15 minutes later when she wouldn't go back to sleep and then 15 minutes after that when the guys got up to go surfing for the day. Look at that picture again to see how I felt at 5am when still Aveda was awake... oh and at 5:50am when Tagen woke up screaming bloody murder for what reason I have no idea but as I was in his room I heard Aveda start crying which then made me start crying because I was so stinking TIRED! I think they both finally fell asleep again but I'm not quite sure because it was such a blur at this point. I do know that Tagen woke up for the day at 6:50am and Aveda was (and is) still sleeping as I write this at 8am. So all I can say at this point is Oh Lord a have a mercy today! because Kyle is going to be gone surfing at Point Mugu today until dark. Oh Lord have mercy. I love my babies dearly but sheeeesh I am tired. (look at the picture again)



Side note: Aveda had a doc. appointment yesterday and is over 10 pounds now! my little chunky monkey is growing quickly... oh annnnddddd we couldn't be more stoked because she now takes the binkie and this has made for a little less crying in this house. Thank the LORD!

How's this for a night?

So every night is a bit crazy in this household right now. Tagen sleeps through the night like a champ but the rest of us... not so much the same story. Some nights are hard, some are frustrating but last night was different than any we've had before. Aveda woke up around 3am and fed and then was crying pretty loud so I (mom) went out in the living room with her when suddenly there was this super loud crash right out front! So this guy was driving drunk and crashed into our neighbor's car across the street which made that car run into another parked car near it. The guy then jumps out of his car and starts running and our neighbor is running after him trying to catch him. He caught up to him to hear the guy tell him he didn't want to go to jail. Real bright huh? Leave your truck and run from the scene. Anyways, Kyle went outside by this time and then the cops showed up and I'm standing at the front door watching it all trying to get Aveda back to sleep. Here's the funny twist on it all. Kyle's been taking Tagen on bike rides around the neighborhood and took him on one just yesterday. As they were riding around he noticed that truck because of a sticker on the back of it. So kyle told the cops where the guy lived and because of kyle they were able to catch the guy! crazy huh? So then we all went back to bed and it's about 5am or so at this time. Just as we fell asleep the cop knocked on our door making Ketchup go crazy barking. The cop just wanted Kyle's info for cop stuff. So then back to bed again. Aveda woke up again about 6:30ish to feed and then Tagen was up by 7:30 ready to sieze the day. So that's why we're Maligro maniacs.