Dreams on a Sleepless Night

I have a little cold.
I'm grateful it is not the flu. No fever, aches, chills, runny nose or anything. Just a scratchy throat and this wimpy cough that does nothing but wake my baby up at night.

Oh yeah, the baby is still in our bedroom.  There is literally no more room in our cute little house. We've tried the living room, but he won't go to sleep because we are out there in the evening, and then the morning is a disaster when Aaron is up getting ready for work and ironing in the living room at 5am (yes he is up at 5am, yes he irons every day, and no I don't iron for him.  He says it's my one flaw. oh and yes the ironing board is in our living room because...well thats the only place left where it fits.) Anyway, then the girls are up and getting ready for school and romping around so the living room for Soren just isn't working.  We're considering setting up his bed in our master bathroom (it will baaarely fit, but the door only opens partway if we do that, but we need to wait until it warms up, because our bathroom is freezing in the winter.
Anyway, we're midwinter and feeling a bit (a lot) cramped these days.  Corbin scales the walls and furniture daily as his body begs to climb and be active. I'm going to get the jump house out of storage and set it up in the middle of the living room for a week to help him work some energy out.

Last night I went to bed as soon as Soren was asleep. I don't know what was in the air, but all of the children took turns waking up last night. Soren didn't go to bed until 11 because he napped all evening during dinner. Quincy was up at 2, insisting that she wasn't tired anymore, that her legs hurt, that she was thirsty, that her pajamas were twisted, that the night light was too bright, etc.  Reese was up at 3, complaining that Quincy had woken her up and now she  couldn't go back to sleep because it was too hot in her room. Soren woke up at 3:30, ate, then slept restlessly until 5 because I kept coughing.  Corbin came in at 4:30 blue eyed and busy tailed and ready for some Scooby Doo action.  We did everything we could to get him to go back to bed, but he wasn't having it.  Aaron even went and "slept" with him in his room to try to get him to go back to sleep.  At 5, Aaron gave up, put on a movie and got ready for work.  The girls got up at 5:30 for school and I don't remember anything else because Aaron stayed home this morning long enough to make their lunches and get them on the bus so I could sleep.

He woke me up before he left at 6:45 and this was our conversation:

Me: Why didn't any of our kids sleep last night?  What the heck?  Thanks for letting me sleep this morning. I just had another dream about a baby girl. Just sayin'.
Aaron:  I just had another dream that I was in a mental institution. Just sayin'.

We're starting to lose our minds around here!

Aside from lacking sleep and perfect health, there are many many many great things happening in our world.  I'll post soon about Reese's baptism and our awesome visit with grandparents.

Happy Friday!