Party in the Crib

After reading about so many struggles that some have with sleep issues, I really hate to complain about our issue. Really it isn’t terrible, BUT I sure would like to sleep all night long once in a while.

Thankfully we are not woken by screams of terror or bad dreams. Over the monitor each night we hear giggles, coos, chatting, and once in a while his very own baby songs. Nugget wakes up, usually between 1:30-2:30 every night and has a party in the crib! I will lay and listen to him and I can’t help but laugh at times. He is having a blast in there. He lays in there and will chatter through his limited vocabulary. One minute it will be quiet and then you hear: mama, uuupp, Papa, Daaadeee, Ho Ho, and then he starts all over again with his words.

After a few minutes I will go in and he is so happy! Sometimes Nugget jumps into my arms. Other times he will bounce around and throw his blankets up in the air while falling on his mattress. He just giggles and laughs. He plays peek-a-boo. It is so hard to get irritated when he is in such a happy mood.

Eventually he asks to be held and we snuggle. This is my favorite time of the day night when all is quiet and we cuddle. This past Christmas Nugget fell in love with the song Up On the House Top. While I am holding him he will say, “Ho Ho” which means he wants me to sing the song. I try to ignore it, but then he will pat my shoulder, “Mama - Ho Ho”. If I still don’t sing the song he will start to cry until I sing. I have sung that blasted song more times than I care to count. One night I sang it six times, all three verses, before I could put him back to bed.

Right now the song Up On the House Top is a comfort to him. We had issues last night with our fire alarm and it really scared Nugget. Once he stopped crying he asked for “Ho Ho”. When we get in the car after I pick him up from day care he wants to hear the song ~ all of the way home. I am ready for ‘Ho Ho’ to go on vacation!

Tangent over ~ back to the late night parties. The party will last any where from one to three hours. I am so thankful for the nights when Nugget falls to sleep soon after I leave the room. Sometimes he will tease. All will be quiet in the room after I leave, and then all of a sudden the party starts again.

Bear and I have discussed putting him to bed later. Right now we start the bath routine about 7:00 and Nugget is in bed by 8:00pm. When he goes down he is beat! I don’t think Nugget could stay up any later. For now I guess the parties will continue. At least I’ll get in some quiet snuggles during the early morning hours, which are priceless, even if I do have to sing “Ho Ho”.

Just Because...

...he is so darn cute!  Yes!  I know I'm biased.  ;o)

Nugget LOVES this little dolphin that we got for him just after we came home from China.  For the longest time all he wanted to do was sit on it and press the button for the music.  After a few months he used it as a stepping stool.  Lately though Nugget has been riding it back and forth from the playroom to the family room.  It's so dang cute.

He has another new craze which is wearing sunglasses.  He will wear them for the longest time.  Hope you enjoy!

Early Christmas Break

Today I'm on my third snow day this week.  There is so much snow coming down that more than likely we will be out tomorrow, Friday, as well.  That means that we are officially on Christmas Break.

It would be nice if I could get out of the driveway.  My little Honda could probably get up the hill, but it's not worth trying it today ~ maybe not even tomorrow.  Therefore Nugget and I will be snow bound for a couple of days.

Being stuck at home never bothers me.  I am a homebody ~ I love being home.  Nugget and I will play and maybe do some coloring.   We can also get an early start on some baking.  Today both of us are trying to get rid of a cold.  I can't begin to tell you how tired I am of being sick.  Hopefully the extra time off will help us all get healthy before Christmas.

Several years ago I heard a Christmas song by Third Day.  If you followed my old blogs you may remember the song.  The title of the song is Merry Christmas.  The song was written by one of the band members while he and his family were waiting to adopt from China.  Last year I don't think I listened to the song once ~ I couldn't.

This morning I had my iPod on playing some Christmas songs.  I was in the kitchen and Nugget was playing in the family room.  The song by Third Day came on and it surprised me.  I haven't heard it this year.  When I looked into the family room this is what I saw and thankfully the Flip was nearby so I could capture this memory:

This time the tears were coming for a different reason.  It's hard to believe that our wait is over and that this Christmas we can finally hold our little miracle.  Here is Nugget during the third verse, the verse that, at times, I never thought would come true for us.

I know Nugget isn't doing anything really cute or exciting to watch.  I do love how he keeps pressing buttons on the remote and then looking at the tv to see if he changed anything.  :o)  This video was more about me and the fact that I am really looking at him while this song is playing.  It may not make sense, but it does to me.

Here is the full version of Third Day's song in case you haven't heard it, or if you'd like to hear it again.