Long Day...

Today was a long day. Not in that it was a terribly tough day, but we chose not to have the kids nap. The time that we attend our church meetings changed with the new year, and we get home at 2. It's hard to get Monkey down for a nap, if we put Moose down at all, and so today we chose to forego and put them down early. Monkey anyway. So it wasn't a typically relaxing Sunday that I'm used to, but it was still a good day. Poor Monkey was so exhausted by the time she went down shortly after 6. She fell asleep quickly as I sang to her. She woke up a little while later absolutely distraught. She calmed down when I held her and after a while I was able to put her back down without her starting back up again. Hopefully sleeping through the night won't be a problem. She woke up this morning at 5:13, crying. We don't know what her deal is. Perhaps a growth spurt. She's a tall girl for her age. She's still drooling constantly and lately has been chewing on her hands again. Two year molars coming a bit early? Anything is possible with little ones. That's what makes it so hard. Once you think you have them figured out, they grow and change and you never know what causes what. But we do our best. I just hope we can get her back to a decent falling asleep/sleeping routine before this baby comes. I don't know if I can handle jumping through hoops to get 2 kids to sleep at night. Doing it for 1 tends to take enough out of me. Well, time will tell. 12 weeks to go.