Last Night

12:30 am - I go to bed.

1:30 - Look at my clock.  Why am I still up???  This is sooo annoying!

2:00 - Gavin comes into my room crying.  I'm scared, Mommy.  I take him back to his bed, tuck him in and reassure him there is nothing to be afraid of.

2:05 - I hear "it".  That awful, distant, gagging sound that can only mean your child is throwing up.  I hit Jared and we both run to find Gavin in his doorway (my first thought, well, at least he made it out of bed and I don't have to change/wash all his bedding in the middle of the night.)

2:20 - Gavin is cleaned and back in bed.

2:30 - Carpet is cleaned.  Didn't I just do this last week???  Oh yeah, I did.  But last week it was Mia and she didn't make it out of bed!

2:35 - I grab my pillow and get into Gavin's bed.  His twin bed.  Even with being at the opposite end, it's crowded.  But any seasoned* mother knows that a kid never just throws up ONCE.  Especially in the middle of the night.  And until they get to the point where they are dry heaving, there WILL be MORE.  And I was bound and determined to NOT change any sheets last night.

3:00 - Gavin throws up.  And since I am right there we have no mess to clean up, other than a Tupperware bowl to empty and clean out.

3:10 - Throws up again.  This time we are practically dry heaving so I see an end to this misery.

3:15-3:45 - Gavin sits up, and says I have yuckys.  Each time I jump up, grab the bowl, and force Gavin's head into bowl (he's not a fan of this).  After 1 minute of sitting there with his head over the bowl he says, no yuckys.  Repeat every 3 minutes.

4:00 - Tessa starts crying screaming.  2 weeks ago we had to re-teach her how to sleep through the night and we had 4 nights in a row of interrupted sleep.  But she got there and has been doing well, so I was determined to just let her cry it out.  I didn't lose 4 nights of sleep for nothing! 

But she was loud.  REALLY loud.  My mommy brain started going into over-drive and since she likes to turn into the side of the crib I thought that maybe her arm was in some weird, uncomfortable position and that was making her upset???

4:30 - I give in.  She's pushed herself up to the top of the crib and apparently doesn't like being there.  She also has a nasty diaper to change.  So much for just giving her a binky and walking out.  BUT...I did NOT feed her.  After a clean diaper, binky, and a few minutes of crying she went back to sleep (that's the only positive from last night!)

5:00 - I finally fall asleep.

7:00 - Mia and Gavin are awake.  They must have both been fascinated by seeing me in their bedroom, because they would NOT leave me alone.  Over and over again I tried to send them into MY bedroom to bother Jared.  They must have eventually left because Jared woke me up at 8:00 when he was leaving for work.

It's going to be a fantastic day.

Oh, and did I mention that Jared leaves for Moab today at noon and won't be back until late Sunday night?! 
Awesome.
Unfortunately it's not something he can get out of.


*In absolutely no way, shape or form do I consider myself a "seasoned" mother.  But every once in awhile a mom can have a moment, right?!