Last night was one of the hardest ones since Aaron came home. He has some gas problems or something but he would not go to sleep. I tried to feed him and he wouldn't eat. I rocked him, talked to him, sang to him, changed his diaper. NOTHING WORKED. then two and a half hours later he fell asleep. Poor thing I didn't know what to do with him. Then I could not go to sleep for some reason, thinking about him, if he was going to sleep for a long time or not, etc. I finally fell asleep and at 2 am Shayna woke up asking for a drink of water. At 3 am Victor woke up and told me there was something on his bed. I checked it out and what happened is that he threw up all over his bed (upper bunk bed) and down the wall onto Tristan's bed. So I started cleaning up the whole mess trying not to wake Tristan up or anybody else. I took everything to the washer and did some unexpected laundry :)
Finally Victor ended up sleeping on he floor just in case he had to throw up again which he did, ALL OVER HIMSELF. I decided I wasn't going to be cleaning a stinky carpet today so I took him in the dining room and let him sleep on a blow up mattress and left him his throw up bucket by his side in case he had to throw up again (which he did). I did laundry again and he finally fell asleep. No throw up so far this morning. I stayed awake until it was time for Dan to go to work (4:30) and then he told me to go back to bed and try to sleep some. Aaron didn't wake up the entire time Victor was throwing up and I was cleaning, so it seemed like a good idea. But it didn't happen I could not stop thinking and turning and tossing. IT WAS HORRIBLE. I decided to get Aaron and feed him some in bed so that I could sleep with him, but he is too noisy so after feeding him I put him back in his bed. So by 6 am I finally fell asleep and the alarm woke me up at 7:30. Just in time to get Shayna dressed and feed to go to school. Doesn't it sound lovely?
If somebody had told me 7 year ago that this is what life was going to be like for me I would not have believed them. It is just unbelievable all the things we go thorough as parents. Some times I think it is too much and I can't handle it, but others I am amazed that I have the strength to do it. But in the end I love my kids to death and I am grateful to me their mom and to know that some day they will appreciate the sleepless nights they give me :)