I took a gamble this morning.
Jett was calling for me from his room, or so I thought. It was about 6:45 am.
I should back up and say that Josh and I take turns each weekend getting up with the kids. He’ll choose one day to sleep in and I’ll sleep in the other day.
Jett is my late sleeper and my cuddle-bug. If he’s cozy, he’s been known to sleep in until 9 am or later. Jude had come into our room about an hour earlier. If it’s still nighttime (before dawn) when they initially wake up, we’ll let the kids lay on the floor in our room until Josh is gets up for work (5:45 am) and then I’ll let him/them crawl into bed with me. But allow them to take morning cuddle time away from my man and me?
I don’t think so.
Anyway, back to Jett and his beckoning for me this morning. I thought this was my claim to the sleepin’ in rights for the day. I’d crawl into the bed in the kids’ room with Jett snuggled close and we’d sleep until late in the morning. Especially since the boys went to bed a little later than usual last night (close to 9:30). Oh yeah, I had it figured out.
Until I saw Jett in the hallway outside of their room. He was whining about something. I tried to coax him into the warm bed, under the warm covers. He wouldn’t budge. He was saying “living room”. Oh, no. “Come here, Jett… just let me hold you.” (Thinking he’d get cozy again and go back to sleep.) He came to me, but refused to lay down. His mind was made up and he wasn’t going to back down. Ah, shoot. We were up. He even took the pillow that I was holding in my hands and threw it onto the floor for effect. I had to laugh.
What did he want to do so badly in the early morning hours? Two things: marshmallows and puzzles.
He threw a massive fit, but I refused to feed the child marshmallows for breakfast. Instead he got shredded wheat, which was his alternate choice but not before a lot of tears were shed.
Nap today? What a Valentine’s treat that would be!
And speaking of Valentine’s Day, happy birthday today to two very special people in my life: My mom and my nephew Jackson (who is 1 today!). Happy birthday, guys!