sleep deprivation

y'all. i'm so tired. most of you who know us know very well that hud has never been a fabulous sleeper. i can count on two hands the number of times he's slept all night in his 21 months of life, but the other night he took it to a whole new level. we had a little easter egg hunt at our house [more on that later] on saturday morning and put hud down for his nap a little later than usual...and he was up in 30 minutes [he usually naps 2-3 hours]. we chalked it up to too many oreos and candy. when 8:00 rolled around he was obviously tired so we didn't think him sleeping would be an issue. and it wasn't until about 10:45. he woke up screaming. i went in and tried to calm him down, sang, patted him on the back, got in his crib with him [judge away], but nothing was working. about 2 hours later i woke up drew and asked him to take over...and 2 hours after that drew woke me up. and our child was STILL awake. by this point [read: 4 am] something had to give. we put our screaming toddler in the car and drove around town.

less than a mile into our trip [i was driving], we hear a "thud" that sounded like something hitting the back of the car. drew immediately asked where my phone was and lo and behold it was MIA. we were on a 4 lane highway with "find my friends" pulled up on drew's phone trying to locate mine. i'm creeping along at 30 mph scouring the ditches looking for a glimmer of hope and drew informs me that my "dot" on find my friends is following his...meaning the phone is in the car! we pull into a gas station [4:30 am at this point/toddler still screaming] and start searching. and there it sat, wedged between the back windshield and the trunk of my car. we had to laugh to keep from crying. hud finally went to sleep and we were back home by 5. here is what the looked like sunday morning.

sidenote: on thursday, he finished a round of antibiotics for an ear infection and i could tell he wasn't feeling much better this weekend. the doctor confirmed today that he has ANOTHER double ear infection. guess that explains the terrible sleeping patterns/general crankiness we've been experiencing.

 

on saturday, i invited a few friends over who have kids hudson's age to hunt some easter eggs. being right at 2 years old, i knew they were old enough to hunt, but not old enough to hold their own with bigger kids so we had a little backyard hunt. they had so much fun! it's going to be neat to see these kids grow up together. they're all within 4 months age of each other and are a mess! it also helps that i love their parents!



we had a fun little weekend and are gearing up for easter this upcoming weekend...i guess i should find hudson an easter outfit. eek!

sidenote part 2: i'm still holding strong with my no shop 2014 resolution. although it's getting more and more difficult with the warmer weather we've been experiencing!.