Hannah, our little monkey, has been keeping Mike and me up at night the last few nights. We are not sure what has prompted this, but after getting up with her 5 times last night, between the hours of midnight and 5am, we decided enough is enough. We don't think anything is actually wrong, b/c as soon as I walk into her room, she stops crying - immediately. And then smiles....kinda like, I gotcha to come in here, yipee for me. So again, enough's enough. Tonight we let her cry. We had no idea that she would start pulling her little game early tonight. She gave us a little shout out at 7ish....I went up there quickly, popped my head in and told it was as night-time and goodnight. She laid herself down, and went to sleep...or so I thought. She started to cry again at 7:15 and kept crying until 8:10....almost a full hour. And most of you know Hannah is a loud child.....and her cries are LOUD (believe it or not, Griff slept right through it all). I was afraid our neighbors were gonna hear her. She seems to be sleeping comfortably now....hopefully for the night, but we'll see. After Mike and I calmed ourselves down (it's stressful listening to a screaming child!), we both remembered at the same time that Abby started to pull this same thing when she was around H&G's age. One night in particular stands out.....Abby not wanting to go to bed, crying and throwing everything out of her crib in protest. Mike and me listening from the great room....suddenly we hear a loud BOOM. We run up to her room to find her out of her crib, completely naked. She had stripped herself down, torn off her diaper and climbed out of her crib. It was the one and only time she ever did that, as I think she scared herself. But the memory gives Mike and me a little peace, knowing that at least our kids go through this around 2 years old!
ANYWAY.....we actually had a really nice day today. It was nice and sunny and warm. We took a nice walk on the trail and played in the backyard. Below are some pictures. We are all looking forward to the long weekend. I think I am going to try to paint Abby's bathroom, and hopefully plant the rest of my flowers. Oh, and maybe some shopping.....my neighbor and I had a garage sale last week and I have a bit of cash to spend :-)
Enjoy the pictures.
Hopefully these green little weed-like things will grow to 6 foot sunflowers by September. Abby and I planted the seeds a couple of weeks ago, and today we noticed these little sprouts.
And this is just a picture of my favorite tree in our front yard. It's starting to bloom and it's really pretty.
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