4:15 a.m. No one should see the clock when this is the time it is reading. But, alas, I saw it once again this morning….YAWN!!!!!! For whatever reason, Emma woke and decided she was done sleeping for the day. After some tears and arguing, she was laying with me in her bed, relaxing and I believe, she was on her way to getting relaxed enough to fall back asleep. However, that was not mean to be.

4:45 a.m. Now it is Garrett’s turn to wake up. I hear Tim go get the sippy of milk for him. But, the crying does NOT let up…….it gets worse and turns into one of those “I NEED MY MOMMY NOW!!!!!!” kind of cries. So, I get up and of course, “mini-me” follows me into his room. I notice him grabbing at his mouth, and with the diaper “issues” of late and runny nose, I am sure he is teething, so we decide a dosage of tylenol is in order. So, we give that to him, I sit down and get him to stop crying.

He seems to be relaxed, so I lay him in his crib….for about 2 seconds….because it was then that I realized my pants were wet. The poor thing was SOAKED!!!!! Tim did not even ATTEMPT to check him….he said “I felt his sleep sack and it seemed dry……” Ummmm….at 4:45 in the morning, chances are that he is wet. So, of course, I had to strip him down naked (which he was cold from being wet) and change him.

I then start to rock to relax him and Emma has decided to try to get books to bring up to Garrett to “soothe” him back to sleep. Sorry sweetie, “Fruit Salad” by the Wiggles is not the right mood music at 5:15 in the morning. This did not please her. Add to it the fact that it was DADDY trying to talk to her and that added insult to injury. DING — SWITCH!!!!

So, Tim heads back into Garrett’s room to get him relaxed and I lay down in our bed with Emma. At 5:30, Garrett is still up and NOT going down — neither is Emma. Hmmmm…I think they had a conspiracy to get up early – what do YOU think?

So, the entire family heads downstairs. Garrett played and Emma watched her shows. Mommy and Daddy laid under blankets and attempted to try to stay awake. Daddy headed upstairs at about 6:00 or so to get ready for work and Mommy headed to the kitchen to feed Garrett.

Now, Garrett is sitting in his high chair, about to fall back to sleep. So, he eats and back up to bed he goes…..to sleep until I wake him at 8:30 a.m. After all, I REALLY would rather that BOTH children sleep at the SAME TIME for a nap…..wouldn’t you agree? And so it happened – the rare occasion in this house where TWO CHILDREN ARE ASLEEP AT THE SAME TIME……and it is NOT nighttime!! Hmmmmm….too bad mommy is pregnant, cuz I sure could have enjoyed a cocktail. I mean, after all, it WAS happy hour somewhere – right?