Sleep is something that has seemed to evade me for over four years.  Part of me, however,still holds out hope that someday I will find it again. 

You see, I have never been that great at falling asleep myself – I guess you could say I have a hard time shutting off my mind.  It usually takes me at least an hour to settle into sleep.  It has been this way my whole life, and it doesn't matter if I go to bed early or stay up late, it still happens.  ( I am so jealous of people who fall asleep quickly.)

Well, this is all fine and good, since I was able to sleep pretty soundly once I finally fell asleep, that is, until I had children.  That is when the sleep deprivation started.  I think most of you know about Lily's sleep apnea, which was a major problem causing her to wake up 8-9 times a night.  This wasn't fixed until she was almost 3, which meant I already had a brand new baby to take her place keeping me up.

Derek, as I posted a few months ago, also had sleep apnea, and luckily we were able to catch it much sooner to try and solve the problem.  So, 1 1/2 months ago he had his T&A surgery to help, and now that he is recovered, I am finally trying to teach him to sleep.  He is still learning, and only wakes up 2-3 times a night now which is an amazing difference!!  I know it can only get better, especially after he finally gets the 5 teeth he is trying to get at once, and once he gets used to his toddler bed. (Notice how I found him in his bed in the first picture – it is no wonder he wakes himself up still when he rolls around like a crazy person in his sleep :).

So, although sleep is still alluding me for the most part, it is much closer than it has been in too many years.  I will have to let you know if it is as glorious as I remember :).

PS.  I thought you might like to see some pictures of the kid's new pj's – I LOVE kids in their pajamas!!  Derek's turned out to be way too small, but it was still cute.

**Last night was a perfect example of a really bad night – between Lily's nightmares and Derek's teeth, they took turns waking me up, and the longest stretch of sleep I had was 45 minutes.   I need a nap :).