Insomnia

It is 3:00 in the morning and I cannot sleep. I usually do not have problems sleeping, but the past week or so has been awful. Will has become this little monster at night. He WILL NOT sleep. It doesn't matter what we do, he is awake for hours. We have tried letting him cry....and that he does....for hours. We have tried the gentle "have a talk" approach....no luck. I have tried the stern "mommy and daddy are not happy" approach.....doesn't work. I am at my wits end...exhausted with a baby due in 7 or so weeks.

Just when I finally think he is asleep I hear that little voice call "mommy" until he is either worked up into a full fledged fit or he gets up and comes out of his room. We have never had this problem until now and I do not know what to do. I feel like a huge failure as a parent which is very discomforting since we have another coming very soon.

I am exhausted but with 1000s of thoughts running through my head about why this is happening and what I need to do I cannot sleep. I know he is beyond tired, he doesn't nap during the day, and the teacher in me is telling myself this is hindering his development. I am at such a loss I just want to cry.

It's DATE NIGHT!!!!



I have to say that this weekend was one of the best I have had in awhile. My wonderful hubby surprised me with a date night Saturday. He knew I was dying to see a Predators game. Just so happens, he scored some amazing tickets for the game against the Detroit Redwings and it just so happened to be one of the best games of the year. Not to mention the fact that our seats were 3 rows behind the glass right beside the goal.

  

Merchants



We started off our night with dinner at Merchants. It was delicious. We had planned on going to Margaritaville but we decided on Merchants because it was a beautiful night and we could be seated right away on the patio....AND they had complimentary valet parking.

After a lovely dinner where we actually got in some good, quality adult conversation (which is rare for us due to the fact our son HATES for us to have in depth convos in his presence), we walked down to the game. It was a little early, so we pit stopped at a sports bar so Daniel could have a beer and I could look completely stupid sitting at a bar with a huge, pregnant belly. I didn't mind though.....I simply enjoyed my Sprite on the rocks ;)



Bridgestone Arena

After that, we headed over to the arena to enjoy the game. We had so much fun! We both really enjoyed the game, and I have to say I am now a hockey fan. It is such an exciting venue and the action is nonstop. Daniel is so cute watching sports because he gets so incredibly into it. I love that about him. He is a passionate person and he really puts 100% into everything he does.

Another person who seemed to enjoy himself was the baby who has yet to be named. Everytime the music would play or a loud noise would sound, the little guy would do a little gymnastics in there. It was pretty darn cute. We cannot wait to meet the little guy.

GO PREDATORS!!!

The Predators ended up winnng by a score of 3-1. It was a great game and for awhile it looked like the Redwings might take it with a 1-0 score. The crowd was great though and I imagine that the noise kept those players going on to victory!    

Well, after the game we headed home. By 11:00 this old, preggo lady is tired and we both crashed. Will had been up literally ALL NIGHT Friday night for some unknown reason so we were both tired to start with. However, Will decided to sleep in until 9:45 on Sunday and for the first time since I can remember, Daniel and I both slept until nearly 10. That NEVER happens!

We had a nice, leisurely Sunday that included a trip to the gym and Home Depot. Then daddy and Will cut the grasss while mommy went to the grocery store (ALONE). Such a wonderful weekend!

BTW, Carlie was not exempt from the weekend. She just spent her time with her new, wonderful friends. The girls she hangs out with here are such sweet girls and Daniel and I are so glad she has found some quality friends. She is having a lovely "staycation" for spring break hanging out and doing the teenager thing. We are so glad she is happy and thriving here. All in all, we are extremely blessed!

So, I realize I haven't posted in quite sometime. Reading my last post makes me laugh a little. So much has changed and I have to continue to remind myself that God is always in control no matter how hopeless the situation seems.

We are now settled in our new home. The funny part is that it is not the one mentioned in the last post. When we finally got a contract on our house in mid January, we ventured back to Nashville to take one last look at some houses, including the one I mentioned. Well, while that house was still in the top two, we actually found one that we fell in love with even more. It was a new construction with a fabulous floor plan so we made an offer which the builder accepted. We actually had seen a house with the same floor plan in our earlier searches, but the day we saw it, the owner got a contract on it. Needless to say, we were estatic when we got this house.

Anyway, it has become my absolute favorite house we have lived in thus far, which is saying a lot considering this it the 5th house we have lived in during our almost 6 years of marriage. I refuse to move for at least 8-10 years (and that would only be if the job was one which Daniel could not turn down). It fits our family perfectly and I can honestly say there is not one wasted space (especially when our next little boy arrives in 9 weeks!).

Here are some pre-move in pics. I will try to post some updated post move in pics when we are settled to the point that I am comfortable taking pics   ;)  

Front of the house

Backyard - LOVE IT!

Front Porch

    

Kitchen/Breakfast area 

Another kitchen shot 

Kitchen

Living Room

Looking down from upstairs bonus room

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

YAY for finally being in Nashville!!!!