The "slept through the night" one!

Alyssa slept through the night last night. I'm pretty sure it was a fluke, though. We were at my Moms until very late and she was so exhausted. She slept from about 10:30 until around 5 am! That's 7.5 hrs and the very first time she's done that. Needless to say I was shocked. I woke up around 2:30... her usual waking time... and then dozed off until 3:15. And then I was worried... I worried that she was ok (cause she was verrry fussy going down which isn't like her either) So I tossed and turned and worried... then scrouged around for the monitor and listened to her breathing and realized she was just fine. LOL! Funny how we mamas can't wait for them to sleep through and then spend all that time worrying when they do!

In other news:

• The well is complete and most of the mess cleaned up. Yay!
• Matt was offered an evening job by one place and a weekend job by another and decided to take both on top of his current job. They are only temporary, but will help rebuild our 'emergency fund' that the well just wiped out. *sigh* I'm going to be "single mom" for a while... but I feel worse for Matt because that's a whole lot of working for one guy.
• No one has come to see the house yet. I'm a little torn on that... part of me is relieved and part of me is disappointed, but all of me is trusting God that it's in HIS timing.

Another One About Sleep

Alyssa has been SLEEPING lately! Yay! She had been getitng up every 45 - 90 minutes and that was TOO MUCH. I felt like I nursed all day and all night and it was getting to be hard on me. I felt so touched out. I know some Moms can handle it... but I'm an introvert and one who doesn't like being touched all the time... even by my own child. Anyway... I decided to start putting her in her own bed at night and see how that went. She started to sleep 2-3 hrs at a time!! Yay!! Then it got up to about 4 hrs at a time. Then last night & the night before she only woke up once. Sat night it was after 5 hrs of sleep... last night it was after 7!!! I even peeked over the edge of her bed and felt her breathing to make sure she was ok. (Yes I still do that after 5 kids! lol!! )

The One About Productive Days & School Stuff

I love days like this. School was done by 9:05, dishes done, laundry in process, dinner planned, 2 of the children's chores are done and one is working on his. 2 children bathed... and it's only 10 am!! Gotta love it!

Alyssa is napping peacefully right now. She has been doing better at night... I just had to move her out of my bed... she now sleeps for 2-3 hr stretches rather than 45-90 MINUTE stretches. I am hopeful that it will just get better and better. :)

MAJOR breakthrough in school today. James said, " Mom, reading doesn't really seem like school work to me. It's just something you do." YAY!!!!!!! That's HUGE coming from the child who fought and fought w/ me about learning to read earlier in the year.

The One About Alyssa's Cat-Napping.

I really don't know why I let it bother me that Alyssa won't sleep away from me or for long periods of time. As I sat schooling my 7 y/o and 6 y/o I realized how quickly the time passes and by the time she's that age all of this will just be a memory. So I'm going to try to re-shift my thinking and focus on just keeping her content. Because really, that's all that matters right now. I will continue to try to lay her down, but I am going to realize that it may not happen and just let it go if it doesn't. It's really not that big of a deal.