We're making progress!

In the last few weeks, I've updated you about Kabe's sleeping troubles. He has a hard time sleeping through the night, sometimes having nightmares and sometimes he just 'misses me'. I think that although he has had a few nightmares, most of the time, he's just a light sleeper and has gotten in a pattern of waking up at ungodly hours (1am, 3am...) and this pattern, combined with his fears of the dark make it hard to go back to sleep. Usually, this means I head back to his room with him to assist in the effort and possibly fall asleep too!
Now on to the point! =)

Last night at 3:10am, he came to our room. I was already laying there awake when I heard him coming. He said he'd been trying to go back to sleep and couldn't. I rubbed his back a minute and told him he needed to go back to bed because it wasn't time to be up yet. Here's where the progress comes in.... He went back to bed (in the dark) by himself! And he didn't come back for me! And he didn't call for me! And he fell asleep until 6am!
I know, I know...It's only one night. But if it can happen once, it can happen again. And one night last week - he actually slept through the night. Mornings like that, I actually have to go check him to see if he's breathing...geesh, I sound like the mother of a newborn!
Moms of older kids tell me one day I'll miss all this, and I'm such a sentimental sap, I already know I will. Right now, I'm just really needing a full night's sleep -- and so is he.
In reality, I should be thankful. I have it easy compared to Si, Ti, & Levi's mom, our friend from church. Now she's got a real reason to be exhausted!

Land of Nod!

So for the first time in I weeks, I got to sleep through the night! I feel like a new woman! I sort of knew last night when I put Kabe to bed that it was going to be a good night for sleeping because he asked 'When I wake up in the morning, can I snuggle with you?' I'm not really sure why he would ask that...he does that EVERY morning, but of course, my answer was, 'Sure!' So not only did Kabe not wake me up, my own little night time stuff (insomnia, too much to drink...) didn't wake me up! Ya Hooo! =)
When Kabe came in the this morning to snuggle he was singing, 'I slept through the night! I slept through the night!' He's seven. We're so proud. Dare I hope it happens again tonight? Baby steps.

Sleep Deprived

Kabe was sick today so I stayed home with him. Here is how Adam found us.



That was it for Kabe for the day -- bed time at 4pm.