A Newborn in the House?

No. No. There is no baby on the way and just to solidify that decision I think God is reminding us of what it is like to have a newborn in the house. For weeks now our children have kept us sleep deprived. Luca doesn't want to go to bed at night and gets up about a million times and then he gets up several times a night. Last night it was 12 and 3. The first time he wanted his socks. The second time he was too asleep to even communicate a need. (and yet called out to me several times in order to get me over there) I just assumed he wanted to be situated better in his bed. He was sleeping on the wrong end of the bed. Then Jack completes the 3 hour increments by getting up in the morning at 6. Come on! Mommy is not a spring chicken. I need that beauty sleep. Without sleep I look my age or older. And that makes me cranky. I know so many sweet and loving Mommies that take things like this with patience and count them as sweet and fleeting moments. I'm not one. I wish I could be but I'm not. I want my children to sleep at night. I want to sleep at night. If we all sleep at night then I am in a better mood and can appreciate and have those sweet and fleeting moments during the day time. ;)

Dear Lord,
Direct us to know what to do with this situation. Why is Luca waking up? What does he need? How can we all get more sleep? Give us the patience to deal with this time in our lives. Show us what we can do to calm Luca's night time anxious heart.

After typing that I see where maybe I should be praying for God to calm my anxious heart and not Luca's.