It's worth every second

Sleepless nights have kicked in & I'm butt tired. Even now the whole house is fast asleep, all cozy in their beds as I sit here staring at this screen typing away ...

Just the other morning around 6 am I was gently awaken by a very softly spoken 2-year old carefully holding a brightly colored toy birthday cake with a stubby plastic candle on a blue play kitchen plate, singing:
"Birf day to you
Birf day to you
Birf day Mommy -- bwow out candle"

As I opened my eyes House Ape #2 was grinning ear to ear. "Bwow candle Mommy" he whispered again with the cake nearly touching my nose. I blew out my very un-birthday candle and smiled back "thank you for my birthday cake Sweetheart." He trotted back off to the bedroom to play a little more. I tried to drift back off to sleep but he came back yanking my arm from under the sheets "Up, up Mommy! Play me!"

Now how could I resist that? That was by far the very best alarm clock I've ever woken up to! Later on I took a nap when #2 did and we ended up having a pretty great day. For days like that it's worth every sacrifice, no matter how trying, exhausting & anguishing, to be a stay at home mom!!