Model Mom Challenge Day 7

(sigh)

FOUR!

(sigh)

That's how many bodies were in a measly queen size bed last night. And not just any bodies. My whole family's bodies. And not just any bed. MY bed. Okay, so I guess technically half of it is K.C.'s. But you get where I'm going with this.

Sydney has been having some issues. I don't know if she's teething or what but she has been clingy lately. Daddy isn't good enough for her. Only Mommy will do. I was looking forward to going to be early last night when she woke up and started crying. I waited, hoping she would calm back down. She didn't. She revved it up instead. So I went and got her. We rocked. We swayed. We danced. That was all good. She'd doze off again but as soon as I put her down her little eyelids flipped open, her little mouth pouted and her little lungs released their fury upon me before I could even get the side of her crib up. Crap! So much for going to bed early!

After several rounds of all of the above, I had it and laid down on the couch. I'm still dressed in my 'street clothes' mind you. She was fine with laying there and dozed off again. Now, I may be a slow learner but I do eventually learn. So, I headed straight to my bed with her. Still in my 'street clothes'. She woke up a little but was fine being in my bed (most the time it's not acceptable to her). I knew once she fell asleep and was asleep for a little bit I'd be able to lay her down next to me (she's still clinging to my neck at this point). I'm not sure if I fell asleep first or not but I woke up and she was laying next to me, all snug like a bug in a rug. I should have just left well enough alone! But I didn't. I picked her up and took her to her room. Eyelids pop open, mouth pouts, lungs unleash. Back to my room we go.

At some point during the night Quinn comes in. I know this only because when I woke up, she was in bed with us as well! So it was Quinn, Me, Sydney and K.C. All sleeping in one measly little queen size bed. Well, sleeping may be an exaggeration. At least for me. But there we all were. All I could think of was why on earth we haven't gotten a king size bed by now! And then I knew that no matter how big the bed was, I would still have at least two little bodies as close to me as possible and I would still not get a good nights sleep. I guess with our schedules, this is our new 'family time'.