Ha-peeee!

Feel free to ignore the 5am rantings of this mama, but I am wide awake for the moment, so I thought I'd do a post!  Today was a fun day with Asher.  I got up early to do my glucose tolerance test before Jayme had to go to work, then we had school as usual.  When we got home Asher took a great great afternoon nap- his first good nap since we were out of town on Saturday.  It was totally worth it to be out of town but when Asher skips his naps (as he did on Saturday) it eventually shows up elsewhere- the next day in his lack of sleep, going down for bedtime and/or waking up in the middle of the night.  The child sleeps best in his own bed.  What can I say?  In this case it has been a rough sleep life for the last 4 days.  

Anyways, today after he woke up from his nap he was SOOOO happy and in a great mood.  I went in to get him up and he was just waving and smiling at me.  I asked him "Are you a happy boy?" and he immediately  said "Happy."  And just like that a new word is in his vocabulary!  He kept repeating it over and over during the next few hours, even separating the syllables into "ha-pee."  So cute!!  I'll try and remember to post a video of him saying it later today.

Well fast forward to bedtime, and after taking an hour and half to go to sleep, along with some angst, I thought he was good for the rest of the night.  Little did I know that he would be up from 2-5am!  Lots of crying has ensued as I try to "be strong" and let him put himself back to sleep.  I went in every 20 minutes or so to comfort, wipe his nose and rock him back to calm.  At about 4:30am I thought "WHAT IS GOING ON?"  Just like that, with capital letters in my head haha.  Genius mom that I am (I'm kidding) I stuck my finger in his mouth to feel around and I am not 100% sure but I think I feel a big bump on his top left side, back where molars would/will be.  So my exhausted self grabbed the Advil, gave him a dose and what do you know, within 15 minutes my happy baby is back, although a little too awake for 4:45am!  He started looking at me, waving and saying "hi, hi, hi, hi, hi" along with "ha-pee, ha-pee."  I literally laughed out loud.  After I laid him down at 5am, with no more crying, just him knocking out right away I looked it up!  Yep the first molars usually appear sometime between 12-19 months...awesome.  

There's always something going on with these little ones huh?  Love him to pieces (and am blessed to not be working today)!  I am reminded of a song my siblings and I used to sing on the way to school everyday: "This is the day, this is the day that The Lord has made, that The Lord has made.  

                  I will rejoice, I will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.

                   This is the day that The Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it,

                 This is the day, this is the day that The Lord has made."

I am thinking lots of different family members who had a tough day yesterday with losses and difficult situations!  Love you all lots and am praying for you!!!  I hope you have a "ha-pee" day!!! xoxo