Sleep? What's that?

Heh.

Lilly was up again very early -- 3:30 I think. Cindy has been a stud and has been taking care of her the last few nights.

I think Sunday I am going to pull and all-nighter so Cindy can get some rest.

Problem with leaving Lilly in her crib to cry is that it wakes up the whole house... that girl has some lungs!

She is fine, just doesn't want to sleep by herself. Hopefully we can break this habit at some point.

Trying to make an over-tired 4 year old understand what is up is fun too.

Not complaining, both kids are very precious, just wish there was more sleep for Cindy.

Well, back to bed I think. If you want to test your marriage, go to bed at midnight and wake up at three. :) So far, Cindy and I get an A.

pat

That's right, hat trick!

The attack:



I'm a dork:




This is what I was going after:

Violet sings!

Yes you get two posts in one day.

Why? Because I am jacked up on Mountain Dew after the Coke at work was in the very back because people had purchased pies and other Thanksgiving crap and put it in the community fridge. So you get PAT!!!!!!! Going insane!!!!

Let's face it, after a week with no sleep, I could use a good caffeine JOLT!

Here are the movies.

The first movie is Violet singing the theme song from her favorite show, Super Why! (or as she calls it, Super Wide! -- which is my nickname around the house now, thanks Cindy)



The next song is what I call the "no sense" song. She just makes noise. Oh and watch Lilly while this is going on. Pretty funny.

Yes, I am a slacker

I know I have been remiss in my responsibility to update this blog. I have been doing some freelance stuff and things around here have been pretty busy.
Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are some movies I took before bedtime last night. Yes, those are my pajama bottoms, my pajama shirt says: "Who's your Daddy?"

My dad would do something like this...

So this is the next Pixar movie. Looks pretty funny -- and reminds me of my dad. I also love the description: "In this 'coming of old age' story, a seventy-something hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon."

Puke, part duex

Not wanting to be outdone by her little sister, Violet got into the spewing business last night with an IPO of incredible value.

While Lilly was the surprise attack, earning a score of 9.4 out of 10, Violet defeated her with the "late night ralph meets bunny" move, throwing up a score of a perfect 10.

The night was like many others, I went to bed after Cindy, being engrossed in a book. Lilly started crying and Cindy asked that I take care of her -- she wanted sleep.

So from midnight to 2:30 a.m. I tried to coax the bald bawling bambino to sleep to no avail. That's when Violet got into the act.

First was the rash, Violet's legs itched. I put Lilly on the floor and got lotion. Oh, but I put the wrong lotion on, according to very vocal Violet. I had cold lotion, she wanted warm lotion. I got Violet asleep, and then once again worked on Lilly.

Lilly passed out after an infomercial on ShamWow! and I was able to put her in her crib, right as Violet started crying again.

Cindy beat me into her room, and as I came around the corner.... wow.

Let me say that Bunny got a steam cleaning in the washer, and the bedding was cleaned up. We then gave Violet a spit bath and it was bed time for me.

Hello 4:30 a.m.

Thank goodness there was no work today. That would have been killer.

Both girls don't have fevers, and they only puked once each, so we are kind of scratching our heads. Not sure what's up. Lilly has been fine and Violet had a lot of Halloween candy yesterday so I am thinking that's the culprit.

Well, time to go in and tuck Violet in.

Maybe we can get some sleep tonight. If not, at least the laundry will get done.

Pat

I have never seen so much puke come out of something so small.

Cindy last night was reading the kids a bedtime story in Lilly's room.

I am on the phone with my dad about something stupid.

"Critical issue!"

My wife will always be a software engineer -- one part cutie, one part IBM Thinkpad.

I hang-up, walk into Lilly's room and see the 9-month-old spewing puke everywhere. I had never seen anything like it.

She is fine, no fever, I think she just got too full or upset or just doesn’t like blueberries.

I spent my evening steamcleaning her room, the rocker and the ottoman.

Fun stuff, parenthood.

Now if you will excuse me, I have been fighting my gag reflex for the past 24 hours. :)

Pat

What a wonderful sound you've discovered...

My favorite part of kids is seeing the stuff they discover on their own. With Violet it was airplanes and saying they were "Dados."

Lilly, on the other hand, keeps finding textures and sounds. She will stop and feel the carpet, the tile, the rug, and the bathroom floor. She loves this sound. You always know where she is when you hear the squeak. She sat in there for probably 15 minutes just doing that.

Anyway, this weekend is Cindy's birthday, we got a chocolate cake that is so rich I can't believe it. Tomorrow we are going on a date -- probably go for a hike or something... not sure yet.

Well, I am off to eat dinner...

I'm Pat, and I'm a procrastinator

Right now I have a story to write -- I've written two today -- and if I get it done, my life will be sooo much easier tomorrow. But it's the darn Internet with it's funny, gripping and educational pages. How did we survive without it?

Well tonight I have a treat for you. Tired of political ads? I personally love the Hot Dog eating Jeff Merkley one, but here are some ads from a bygone era. I love em. We need more like these.

This is a catchy tune!


Ooo this one is good too. Eisenhower he made America pregnant!


Aaaaand my personal favorite...


OK now, excuse me, I have a regional transportation system story to finish.

Pat

Yay me! DONE!

Finished up all my freelance assignments today. Whew! I was able to get some writing in for my real job today, which was nice. So I am getting a jump on the week. Tomorrow I am stuck in a meeting during Violet's preschool... check this out.

So there is a group that meets that talks about how to solve the south Metro traffic problem -- you know the area from Wilsonville, Sherwood, Tualatin, Tigard and everywhere not covered by 217 or I205. I have been going off and on and the meetings are normally in Portland. Tomorrow? The meeting is being held at the same time as Violet's preschool and it's in the same town even! I think the school and the meeting site is less than 2 miles from each other.

Score me.

Well, I think the rest of the night I am going to nail down this story I want in the bank for the Spokesman next week, and then go to bed early. Hard night last night as the kids didn't want to sleep again. Thank goodness I had caffeine in the house. :)

OK, enough rambling.