Sleep is for the birds

Apparently this was how my children felt last night.  It started with Drew getting up at 3:30 and then several more times after that before I finally got him up and rocked with him at 4:30.  During all of the commotion with Drew, Anna Kate woke up.  Bless her sweet little heart, she laid in her bed for about 30 minutes while I got Drew back to sleep.  But after I got him down, she was ready for her turn.  So I rocked my girl.  For the next 2 hours. This was not for my lack of trying to put her down earlier. She really just wanted to lay and rock with me. So that is what we did.  As I was in there with her, I decided that it wasn't so bad. They are both very sweet and affectionate but they are not necessarily "snugglers" (mainly because this requires staying still).  It was nice to just cuddle with them for a while.  When they were tiny and still sleeping in our room, (they moved to their own room and beds at 5 weeks so this didn't happen for long) I would put them in bed with me after their feeding that occurred about the time John Clay would get up to go to work.  They were so small and sweet. I do miss those times with them.  And I know that as the days go by, those times will happen less and less.
Now, I won't lie to you... it wasn't such rainbows and butterflies this morning when they still got up at 8:00ish but that's okay. I will choose to be thankful that I got to spend some sweet, quality time with each of them and choose to be thankful that I wasn't rocking sick babies. Now, if they pull the same tricks tonight, I may be posting a revision. :) Here's hoping tonight is more restful for us all!

 Hoarding up the drinks.  Mainly because he thinks he may get a rise out of AK.

 Picking and "smelling" the flowers (she really blows on them instead of smelling)

 "Hey Sister!" He is such a happy kid. He smiles that big smile all day.

Just hanging out in the tree house.  Anna Kate's hair is crazy right now.  It is an in-between length and I can't really figure out what to do with it.  She's still cute. And I think Drew is asleep back there.  I know I could have gone to sleep a time or two today.