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Well rested

Last night Zanna slept for 7 hours and Moe slept for 13. (Robey pretty much always sleeps through the night.) Currently, I'm feeling invincible, but it's a feeling that won't last long. Check back with me in an hour when Monroe is pulling every item out of every drawer in the house, Zanna is burping and spitting up for the fourth time in an hour and Robey's refusing to eat anything for lunch. Then things will be back to normal.

Actually, I think today will be a good day. Even though Jeromy's in Columbus for a 15-hour work day (rigging for the Little Bow-Wow concert at Nationwide and checking his equipment at Riceknbacker), I have some help. Buddy and Elaine just left for the Y with Robey in tow, and after dinner tonight my mom and dad will take at least one of the boys for a few hours (which they always do on Wednesdays). Plus, Zanna is soothing herself to sleep at this very moment, and Moe is entertaining himself with a set of MegaBlocks. He can actually focus today since he wasn't up between 1-3 am looting and plundering the village as usual.

I think we're giving up on transitioning Moe to a big-kid bed for now. He sleeps much better - and can't get out of bed - when he's in his crib. He can still scream and curse at you to come get him out, but usually he'll at least try to get himself back to sleep in the crib. In the bottom bunk, he just gets out of bed and runs around the house. Or gets into bed with you and kicks your shins for an hour until you get up. Normally, I'm happy to co-sleep with a kid or even two kids for half the night, but not when one of them is bruising my shins.

But last night Robey slept in the top bunk, Moe slept in his crib and Zanna slept in her bassinet all night. That's a far cry from our typical sleepless nights (and that post was written when Moe was a newborn, before Zanna). 

How was your night?

May you ...

Read this post and wish all these things for yourself.

Moe's first photos

(shot completely on accident)

Moe's window Moe's fan

Indulging my sweet tooth

Sweets received so far for my birthday:

  • Birthday cake from Aunt Vic
  • Box of chocolates from Jeromy
  • Chocolate-covered almonds from Robey
  • Brownies from Buddy and Elaine

Also, I know Marcy's bringing over a cake tomorrow, and Jeromy baked chocolate chip cookies yesterday. Anyone know if too much sugar in a mother's diet can affect a nursing baby?

Irony at home

Found underneath a pile of Handyman magazines stacked up with enough weight to warp the bottom of a night-stand drawer: this book.

Things we did in December

My house plants are dead. My furniture is dusty. My laundry is piling up. But my kids are clean, fed and hugged. And the last of my December photos are finally up on flickr. Click any photo to see more.

I like snowmen, Daddy

Robey and Moe on Christmas Eve

Robey, Alec, Saren