It is after 2 in the morning and I am still awake. My whole family is sleeping peacefully... even Samantha! I laid in bed for a while and tried to sleep but I couldn't. So, I got up and had a bowl of ice cream. What else is there to do in the middle of the night? There are so many things on my mind that I just can't seem to shut it off tonight. Nothing bad. I'm not worrying about anything... just thinking about a lot of things.

This has been happening more frequently lately. During my late night/early morning bouts of insomnia, I have discovered that Isaac talks in his sleep. It really is quite funny. I can't always understand him but most of the time he is yelling at someone. He will yell, "Tommy!" or "Mom" in a really irritated tone. Sometimes the yelling is followed by loud mumbling. It is so funny.

Jacob does it too. The other day Jacob was asleep on the love seat and suddenly he stood up and started climbing the up back. The whole time, he was fussing about something. It was obvious that he was mad but we couldn't understand what he was saying. When he had climbed the back of the seat, he grabbed the curtain behind it and started pulling on it. He was fussing the whole time! He was trying to wrap up in the curtain. We think he may have been upset that his blanket wasn't covering him to his satisfaction and he  was trying to right it. But for some reason, he climbed up and grabbed the curtain instead. It was hilarious! His daddy took the curtain from his hand, laid him back down and covered him up without Jacob ever waking up.

Little Tommy sometimes walks in his sleep. He usually does it when he needs to go potty. He gets up and kind of shuffles to my room screaming the whole way. When he gets there, he stands beside the bed crying and sort of hops around as if he is in pain. After he peed in my floor a few times, I realized what the problem was. So now when he gets up screaming like that, I quickly redirect him to the bathroom. He goes to potty and then goes back to bed...but he is sleeping through it all. My husband laughs in his sleep quite often. He sometimes talks in his sleep, but mostly he just laughs. I also talk in my sleep. I have woke myself up doing it before. I've also snored so loud I woke up. What a bunch of active sleepers we are!

Gosh, I just realized that it is really never quiet at my house...even when we are asleep!

I think I'm ready to stop writing about sleeping and actually go do it! I'm going to bed! Bye for now!

In Christ,

Shirley

"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."(Psalms 19:14)