Waking Up is Hard to Do

Well, apparently, I spoke to0 soon.  So much for that sleeping through the night business.  It lasted for three, glorious nights...and last night, the streak ended.  I am partly to blame, because I stayed up late reading.  It's been a long time since I have read an actual novel, but I started one when Ella was in the hospital and it has kept my interest.  I think it was about 12:30 a.m. when I finally put it down.

I was awakened by Prince Charming at approximately 4:15 a.m.  Thought maybe if I just gave him the pacifier, that would be the end of it...but, no!  Fixed him a 4 oz. bottle, thinking that might just be enough to lull him back to sleep, and laid him back down.  Listened to him cry and fuss for awhile and finally just got him up again.  I fixed him another 2 oz. and rocked him.  Part of me was extremely frustrated that I was not nestled all snug in my bed.  But another thought came into my mind.  I remembered back when Ella was around a year old, another mom lost her little boy who was the same age.  He had been one who never wanted to sleep at night, and when he died, she looked back at that situation and realized that it was his way of spending as much time with her as possible before he left her presence on earth.  When I looked at it from that perspective, I was grateful to have him in my arms, tired as I was. 

At 5:30 a.m, I laid him down again.  I climbed back under my covers, contemplating whether or not I should even go back to sleep since I'd have to be up getting the other two princes and princess ready for school soon enough.  Took me awhile, but I dozed off again.

Fast forward to about two hours later.  Somewhere from my subconscious mind, I heard Cinderella calling me from the bathroom, needing to be wiped.  Just what every Queen wants to be awakened by, right?  It was so difficult to drag my royal behind out of bed, let me tell you...but I did what I had to do.  Got two out of three children to school on time.  I'll take what I can get.

I tell myself that this to shall pass...until then, I'm getting some coffee from the royal kitchen.