One Weekend Wonder {7} Early Morning
Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 7:54PM One Weekend Wonder - {a weekly link-up} - a special moment or experience captured during the weekend. One you want to cherish.
Today started early. Very early. 4:40am to be exact. After a bad night with a restless Ryder, he decided he wanted UP before the sun! I was not happy about it. In fact, tears may have been shed - yes....by me!
Our kid's sleeping issues is definitely the part of parenting I find truly hardest.
I'm tired. And when Baby wants to start the day before the sunrise after a sleepless night, I suddenly feel a whole lot more exhausted.
I took him downstairs, set him up with a bottle & his blankie, while I fired up the coffee machine.
As I clunked the cup down hard under the spout and cursed quietly under my breath, I decided I had to shift my mood then and there, or the day was only going to get worse.
So I took my boy and my coffee out onto the back patio. And we watched the sunrise.
It was beautiful.
With a forced mind-shift, the day started to look up.
Ryder's cuteness overshadowed the frustration I was feeling about the night before's effort.
Around 6:30ish, Ella and Chris emerged. Chris went for a run. Ella and I whipped up a pancake batch. They were good. Coz sometimes coffee and pancakes fix everything. They just do :)
Sure enough, like all the sleep-deprived days that start hazy - the coffee kicked in and we moved on.
Today ended up being great. A lovely lunch at my parents, which Ella stayed on for a sleepover there tonight, and then as we returned home; Chris cooked dinner. Bliss!
Now....here's hoping for a better nights' sleep tonight!!!!!
How was your weekend? Feel free to link up here with your special weekend moments.
Have a great week All :)
Reader Comments (6)
Sometimes they're as frustrating as anything not sleeping and then they turn into teenagers and don't want to get up until lunchtime or later. We just can't win but with a great attitude like yours, you're a winner every time. xx
PS: Pancakes and coffee sound good and I'll look forward to some when we come up at Christmas xx
What a gorgeous little boy such a cutie. I feel for you and lack of sleep I too would cry. Such a gorgeous view you have.
oh what beautiful photos!!!
Love those sunrise photos and also seeing Ryder with the cat, very cute indeed.
I went out to the fruit market yesterday just to buy some strawberries after seeing this close up photo. I love summer fruits, thanks for inspiring me :)
I love that first shot! What a cute pic! x
I love the way you turn around crappy moments and see the positive in your day Claire... this is one thing you inspire me to do more of and when I find myself cranky with the girls, I do my best to çhannel Claire' and change my mood :) Pancakes look yummy!! x