"Life is hard, but life is simple. Get on the path and never, ever give up. You never give up. You just keep on going. You don't quit, and you will make it.
There is only one way to happiness and fulfillment. Jesus Christ is the Way. Every other way, any other way, whatever other way is foolisheness."
-Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Up all night party

On a normal day I look like this...


Happy, springy, full of life and ready to take on the day's challenges.


This morning I looked like this...


Note: This is not an actual photo from today. The real look is too scary and might frighten children under the age of 8.


Last night Ruby decided that it would be fun to have an up all night party with her mom. Not only did we get to stay up between the hours of 1 and 6am, but we got to cuddle and eat and rock in the rocker and even cry a little because we were so happy to be spending this time together (actually, Ruby doesn't cry very often, its more of a short squalking sound). In fact, we had so much fun we decided to take a quick nap in the morning and then see how long we could stay awake. We made it until 3:30 in the afternoon when we decided to call it quits and go to sleep. Ruby looked like this all last night and today...


Happy, beautiful and loving life!
(again this photo is not an actual photo from today. It is only an image to give an example of what Ruby is feeling like today. No photographer was on hand due to lack of sleep.)

Together as we explore and experience the joys of being a family we make sweet memories like this one. I love being a mommy.

5 comments:

brad said...

FUN STUFF!!

Cami Jill said...

oh man, I love your guts. You guys are the best.
ps - I have a baby sleep book. I actually swear by it if you're interested.

Lindsay Kay said...

I love the story to this post. So creative. I love you. And miss you. Can't wait to see you.

Kaylene said...

Ok Val, this is hysterical! Love you guys!

Meghan & Chase said...

Sometimes I wonder if a full night of sleep actually exists... don't worry it'll get better OR like me, you'll be so used to interrupted sleep you won't really care, but come to expect it. She is a DOLL by the way