12

Some things are good when they come in twelves.

12 ears of fresh sweet corn on the cob - YUM!

12 freshly baked donuts - YUM!

12 days of Christmas - what fun!


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Being woken up 12 times in one night? Not so much fun. Yep, last night it was at least 12 times that she was awake. Took her to the doctors on Friday and she didn't have a head cold. Guess what pops up in an otherwise healthy child after sitting in a doctors office for three hours. Yep, runny nose and post nasal drip! Great - poor girl has crud running down her throat when she lies down. So where did she sleep last night you ask? On me.

7:30ish: she's in her crib asleep
9:15ish: she's already been awake about 3 times fussing in her crib - at this point, I realize she isn't breathing well because the crud is waking her up. I take her into my bed with my arm under her head to prop her up.
10:45: she's awake. screaming. Nursed her back to sleep and tried her in her crib again.
midnight: awake. screaming. we go to my bed again - but she won't calm down. we go to the recliner in the living room. she sleeps for about 45 minutes.
1:05am: screaming. won't nurse. we try my bed again - we try the chair in her room - she's asleep for a bit.
2:06am: screaming. won't nurse. we go back to the recliner.
2:59am: cat's are being annoying and wake all three of us up. daddy gets up to feed the cats. I have him take Laura quick so I can use the potty and stretch out. we cuddle back up in the recliner and Laura falls to sleep for about 20 minutes.
3:24am: screaming. asleep within like 2 minutes.
3:45am: screaming. we're waking daddy up again... (actually, I'm not sure he has slept much to this point either...he's on the couch though since early in the night I told him it'd be a long night and he chose the couch). we go back to the chair in her room.
4:13am: she's still awake. finally decides to nurse and falls asleep hard. I have the biggest Kink in my neck from not wanting to move an inch after she's asleep.
6:00am: alarm goes off. my butt is numb. kink still there too. wake up everyone! Laura is wide awake and happy. Babbling and talking up a storm. I pass her to Richie and take my alarm clock to bed with me for another hour. I crawl into bed and it's the BEST. FEELING. EVER. to hug my pillow and curl up in my bed. alone. shove my ear plug in and get one solid hour of sleep.

We all somehow manage to get off to work and act like normal people who actually got a full night of sleep...okay, well, I looked exhausted and a few people commented, but at least I didn't fall asleep at work or driving!

Please let's not have a repeat performance tonight.