The Wee Hours Of The Morning...

Well, as I have mentioned, I haven't been sleeping well the last several weeks. In fact, it's been getting worse, which explains why I feel crappy with a sore throat. Ask me later if my large bowl of cereal (with milk, of course) helped at all this morning. Anyway, moving on to cooler, more important things...Amongst all of the AWESOME things we got, uh-umm, JP got, for the shower was a stroller! Yippee skippy! The day of the shower turned pretty busy and Matt and I got home pretty late that night. He was wanting to put it together. Me, being a control freak, wait, I like to be involved!....was too tired, and knowing it was already late, suggested we do it Sunday afternoon after church, when we would be resting and hanging most of the day. Matt reluctantly agreed, admitting he was a little tired. (Plus, we had an early morning the next day anyhow.) So we went to bed after beginning to sort and go through all the cool stuff.

Early, very EARLY, Sunday a.m. I am just NOT sleeping and finally give up. I get up. It is like 3:00-ish in the morning. I don't normally get up, but my mind is racing and thinking about how I can write my next blog post (see previous post)...so I get up and start blogging before I forget what and how I want to write it. :) During my tossing and turning, and more tossing and turning, I managed to stir Matt just enough, that he knew I had gotten up. Now, he can't sleep and he shortly thereafter joins me in our living room about 4:00-ish. We are both totally WIDE awake and start talking....we look at the MASSIVE box of stroller and both kind of say, "Do you want to put the stroller together?" So, my darling, studly husband begins the awesome task. It was crazy to think about the fact that WE were putting together a STROLLER..something that real, live, babies go in! :) (Don't worry, we've known for a while what we're in for!)

The only job I took on, other than continuing my blog post, was to be the photographer and capture these moments. I just wanted to be 'there' with him while he put it together and be a part of it. At some point...I did mention to him, after investigating the progress, that something didn't look right. It looked abnormal to me and all I wanted to know was if it was right...this, of course, led him to inform me that he wasn't done with it yet and that I could critique, errr...examine...his work when he was finished. What a lovely discussion at 5 o'clock in the morning. :)

(Now let me take a moment here and say something: Men and women are SO different! I don't think I will ever stop being amazed and surprised at our differences. All I was saying was a simple statement. I wasn't at ALL trying to criticize my studly man's abilities. I was seriously, simply just asking a question. I do realize, now (and after I opened my mouth in the wee morning), that to a man, what I said and the way I said it could come across as a 'doubtful' and 'questioning'. But, simply, I just wanted him to take a look at what I was pointing out and tell me it was fine. That's all. TRUST ME, there is NO way I would have wanted to put that stroller together. I'm not patient enough and would have gotten frustrated quite quickly. You think I would have learned two weeks prior when we, uh..Matt, put the baby swing together. I just simply want to be there. And advise. :) )

So, anyway, after some delicious toast (somehow, it is so tasty at 4:30 in the morning) we managed to finish the stroller and tested it out in our apt. early that morning. Matt put it together pefectly. He's such a pro! :)

Oh, and Maverick and Bella just had to be a part of it too...though Maverick crawled back in his bed after about 20 minutes of excitement. :)

At this point...it is 5:45 and we are both exhausted and pretty tired, so we decide to take a little nap and sleep until 6:30am. This leads me to my next point...my naps. I'm telling you, I have to take a nap every morning. My nap times vary based on my work schedule...but I'm telling you, whether they start at 9:00 or 11:00, I could sleep all day. My sleep is heavy. It's like I am drugged! Now, why can't I just flippin' sleep like this at night, when the rest of the world is sleeping???!!!!

Now, it is Tuesday morning, and our car seat has been installed (yesterday morning before we left for work... :) ) and we have another Dr.'s appt today. We found out yesterday (PRAISE GOD!!!) that I have insurance so we are anxious to get another ultrasound of our boy to see him again. :) I doubt the u/s will be today, but the thought of seeing him again is exhillerating! We will definitely post his picture once we get it! :)