Love at Home

This morning was just one of those mornings that I either laugh or cry. Ammon kept me up most of the night. I shouldn't blame him totally; it was my fault too. I fed him at midnight and we both fell asleep. Then at 1 a.m. he woke up and I fed him on the other side and we both fell asleep again. So every hour he would wake up hungry because he only had half a feeding. So after midnight, 1 a.m., 2 a.m., 3 a.m., 4 a.m, 5 a.m., I finally was exhausted. I kept trying to stay awake but every hour it was got worse...I was just so tired. So I broke down and gave him a bottle of formula at 5 a.m. and he slept until 7 a.m. so that helped me get a little bit of sleep. So needless to say, I am a little tired today. I am very proud of myself that I got my dishes done. My kids have been trying to help get them done this week but Kael has just been slammed with homework (he has some tough classes this year!) and Kalli has had homework too. Anyway, there were big pots and pans that have been sitting on the counter all week and it felt good to get all the dishes done finally. While I was doing dishes though, Aaron decided he wanted to see what would happen if he tipped a box of cereal down and shake it out on the floor. Sigh. I didn't yell at him but he ran when I came towards him. I just swept it up and threw it in the garbage. I actually didn't have too bad of a morning. I read Aidan and Aaron some books and we didn't watch TV all morning like I sometimes fall in the trap of doing. Aidan is learning how to read which is exciting but I sometimes wonder if he will get it. He sounds out the letters and then says something else. Like f-u-n is not the word fat. I'm trying to be patient saying no, it's not a T you have to say the N sound. We will just keep working at it. I'm glad that I kept my temper today and didn't yell. The morning went so much better today with calm words even though it wasn't my best morning.