Thursday, November 12, 2009

Make it stop!

It is now 9:49 pm. I put Jackson to bed late tonight, but it was close to 9 pm. And now, at 9:49 pm he is still crying, "Mommy...mommy....mommy", over and over again, with a cough and a sniffle mixed in every now and then. And a kick on the door every now and then. Ahhhhh! Sam is having a bit of a nap before he heads to work tonight and somehow the baby went to sleep as well. How do they do it? He really isn't a quiet kid. I went in to try and calm him down and he told me that he wanted to come in the kitchen. Nice try boy, just go to bed! There are a number of things that may be causing his non-sleeping. He has had a very runny nose and yucky cough for awhile now, maybe that's it? He has one more molar to come in, maybe that's it? He's started telling me there's a monster under his bed, maybe that's it? I really have no idea.

Just to remind myself, I'll tell you all some cute things he's been doing lately. Today I asked him to pick up his box of raisins that he dropped on the floor. He was standing by Sam, and so pulled on Sam's leg and said, "No, Daddy, you go get it." Another standard answer when I ask him to do something, "No mommy, you try." He's so little to be getting out of things.

One of my most favorite things he does right now is singing. He sings all the time. We were at Red Robin the other night, enjoying their $5 burger and Jackson was just standing up singing the ABC's most of the time we were there. So funny. Anyway, at home, he has found a microphone. It's the blue snot sucker that we have for the baby (I know this thing has a real name, I just don't remember what it is). He carries it around and sings into it, dancing all over the place. It's hilarious.

And now it is 10 pm, and the crying continues. Someone, please make it stop! But again, a reminder for us all (okay, for me), that he is cute: photos.


2 comments:

K and D Roylance said...

You have great wisdom in reminding yourself of the sweet and cute things Jackson does (even if you have to do it every three min.) Remember one of Grandma Martha's favorite sayings..."This too shall pass". There are a some things that we just aren't sad to see change, so keep on keeping on till this phase passes.
By the way he is a beautiful boy.

Joce said...

So I don't know if you'll get this, since I'm commenting on a really old post, but this was hilarious. Thank you for not pretending to be the perfect mom! You are awesome! And I agree, it's a darn good thing we know without a doubt that our own kids are the cutest kids there ever will be!