To sleep or not to sleep...

Sleep eludes me. This so pregnant body is a sleepless bomb waiting to explode. Two nights now I wake hourly, only to turn over and try the other side. Last night or tonight, however you want to look at it, I tossed and turned until the blessed hour of 5 am when I can let myself get out of bed. I finally got up and made raspberry tea. Which is supposed to help put me in labor. Alas, no labor.

So I spent a few minutes researching sarcastic sleep quotes on the "Interweb." I hope you enjoy them.

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. ~Leo J. Burke

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. ~Author Unknown

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. ~Charlotte Brontë And if tonight my soul may find her peace
in sleep, and sink in good oblivion,
and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower
then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.
~D.H. Lawrence

If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters. ~Author unknown, attributed to Jim Davis
Sleep is the most moronic fraternity in the world, with the heaviest dues and the crudest rituals. ~Vladimir Nabokov

The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more. ~Wilson Mizener

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night. ~Marie de Rabutin-Chantal

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world. ~Edgar Watson Howe

I think Wordsworth might have been pregnant when he wrote this one:

Even thus last night, and two nights more I lay,
And could not win thee, Sleep, by any stealth:
So do not let me wear to-night away.
Without thee what is all the morning's wealth?
Come, blessed barrier between day and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous health!
~William Wordsworth, "To Sleep"


And so I end with this one:

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap. ~Carrie Snow


I hope.

Video rebuttal regarding Kara and Cookies

A few posts back, Elena noted that Kara had 'mysteriously' learned the word cookie. I don't explicitly remember teaching that word to her, but here is a video of Kara in action. She uses her key words, "peeeeaaassse?", followed with a "tank you" and giggles, and then some "mmmmmmmmmmmsssss".

You're wanting to try to feed some cookies to your computer monitor now, since she's so cute, right? Am I justified?

Andrew's response to Elena's last post "Kara"

Here are some more pictures of Kara from today.

Kara

Our sweet Kara is gaining a brother. I've been wanting her near me as much as possible because I admit, I am selfish. I know that my time will be stretched between two kids and I want to give her as much attention now while I can. Within reason.

So here's my baby girl. She's getting so big. Her language comprehension and vocabulary is EXPLODING! She says a new word every day. Her words are in quotes. Yesterday, it was chocolate. Seems pretty normal, except I don't really give her chocolate. I just give it to myself ;) Her Dad, now he's another story. All she has to say is "Peasssss" and she gets what she wants. Including any "cookie" that she wants. She learned that word when I was gone on a girls weekend. It's not so bad since even Frosted Mini Wheats and graham crackers are cookies.



She loves her Beast, and chases him around. If she chances to catch him (with a little help from me) this is what she does...

Imagine her saying "Ahhh, soft" while wrapping her arms around his middle. He's extremely gentle with her but doesn't let her "snuggle" him very often. A while back, we thought we were going to have to put him to sleep. He was pretty sick but he's doing much better now. We're glad to have our Beastie.

Kara loves to snuggle with any"banket" (translation blanket) she can find. She doesn't want to get out of bed without one. She was recently at a friends house while I went to the Dr. The friend was curled up on the couch with a blanket. Kara walked up to her and gave her those I want something eyes. My friend asked Kara if she wanted up and of course Kara replied "yessss." That's another new word. So they snuggled on the couch.



We read story after story. She goes through multiple favorites sometimes it changes daily. Other times, we read the same story 10 times in a row.

She looks like a picture of her Dad here.





Our sweet Kara.