Have you ever tried to go to sleep, without laughing, while someone is lightly running their hand over your face and thumping your lip? Well, I'll explain that one in a minute.
Eden and I are currently at my parents' house while Graham is in Baton Rouge unpacking boxes at the new house. We spent Sunday through yesterday enjoying our current house for a few last days before I brought Eden up to spend a few days with her CC and Granddaddy {giving me and Graham at least 48-Eden-free hours to get the new house settled}.
It was a crazy end of the week after we left the beach. We all drove to Mobile, then I went alone another 4 hours to Brookhaven to see my dear friend Lydia and other college friends (hope to get a photo soon). Then, 2 more hours Sunday morning to unload the car in Baton Rouge, 4 more hours roundtrip to meet Graham and Nona halfway between BR and Mobile to get Eden. Then Graham drove a rental truck and inherited dining room set to the new house in BR on Monday. Whew!
After having a celebratory picnic dinner for our good friends Jennifer and David and their daughter Josie, I packed up our thinkgs again to head to Jackson. Thankfully, our trip up to Mississippi was great. Eden read books to herself and pointed out trucks for the first hour {after asking for Yo Gabba Gabba! 139 times, without success thank you} and then slept all the way to Jackson!
Anyhow, I was looking forward to a really good night of sleep but E had other plans.
She kept mumbling Mama in her sleep, and then at 3:30 {a.m.} she finally really woke up and started asking for me, knowing I was just in the bed beside her. As soon as I picked her up she pitifully said, "Fall asleep in da big bed." I figured I'd just try it in an effort not to wake up her Aunt FeeFee who was also asleep in the big bed.
Well, the little munchkin just would not go back to sleep. She threw out everything she could think of, popping up every few minutes asking to play, read a book, eat, get a diaper change, and every time I'd say no it was time to sleep. At one point, she was snuggled up next to me and said, "I scared." I asked her why she was scared and she started mumbling something about monsters being in her other bed. I have no idea where she got the idea that scary monsters were in the crib with her but she told everybody about it at breakfast so I guess it was real.
The funniest part of the hour and a half that we spent trying to go back to sleep was when she out of nowhere started stroking my face ever so softly and then tried to stick her hand in my mouth. She's crazy! I just couldn't keep it in and started giggling myself. She sure thought she was funny at that point. We must both have been delirious. Crazy girl.
We've spent today visiting with family, and then I'm off to Baton Rouge for the house unpacking extraordinaire. Once, we're all settled in next week we'll try to get some of our memories of the beach and photos of the new house posted.
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