Supermom

Well, at least I feel like supermom, having woken at 6:45 with Owen and Asher, feed Asher before getting Owen up, take both downstairs and get Owen breakfast and dressed, put Asher down for a nap (yep, cried it out this morning) and pop in a movie for Owen while I shower and dress, pack the diaper bag and get out the door for church by 8:05. Transfer sleeping Asher to car and drive 1/2 hr to city without tantrums, find parking spot in the city and walk 3 blocks with baby and walking toddler, drop off reluctant toddler in nursery, and head to mom's room to nurse Asher again. Breathe. Pick up Owen, attempt to keep him from pawing *all* of the cookies at the refreshment table, make social greetings, walk 3 more blocks, head home! An easy morning for seasoned mothers of multiple children, but a feat of daring for me, especially when we woke up so late ;)

Why wasn't Reuel with us? Well, Asher cried at 5am, and since it wasn't for a feeding Reuel got up to try to get him back to sleep, which happened without too much trouble, but then Reuel has this problem where he can't get back to sleep again (...handy problem to have since I virtually never ask him to do anything at night because I know it might risk insomnia for him! I begin to wonder if I'm being scammed). Reuel was up from 5am on, and then about 5 minutes before the kiddos woke up he finally rolled over and fell into a deep sleep. Since he had also stayed up late last night, I just couldn't bear to wake him, and he was still sleeping heavily as the departure time neared, and I didn't want Owen to miss his nursery class, and there was a special guest speaker this morning. So I went for it :) Reuel apparently slept til 9:30. This insomnia gig is working out well for him :}

Asher photo update!
[p.s. for record-keeping sake, Asher had a *fantastic* night...eat at 4:30pm, sleep by 6pm, up at 9pm to eat, right back to sleep, up at 3am to eat, right back to sleep, up at 5, back to sleep w/in 1/2 hr or so, up at 6:45am. Wow! He finally got some naps yesterday so I think he was able to sleep better at night. About every other night is good, and then there are still the bad ones...]

Chunky Monkey in the bath...




Some Owen love...




Down he goes...






Look at those cheeks! Or should I say jowls?