In the middle of the night . . .

I have started a few posts to update you on our crazy life . . . I'll finish those soon. In the meantime I have to tell you about the night I had last night.

At approximately 1:41 a.m. we were awakened by screaming and crying. It was Carra suffering from those dreaded growing pains. I gave her some Tylenol and tucked her back into bed. I swear I tucked only her in . . .

At 2:12 a.m. the light in our master bathroom flicks on and Brice is digging around in the cupboards. When I go to check on him, there is blood dripped on the floor and he has a huge bandaid on his arm. Apparently he went in to sleep in the floor in the girl's room and cut his arm on something while making himself comfortable. After much searching, we are still baffled . . .

By now, I am WIDE awake. While I am in the girls room searching for the sharp culprit, I look over at Carra - now fast asleep - and this is what I see . . .

She is no longer alone . . .

Seeing how I am WIDE awake, I figure it is too precious not to record and I might as well go get my camera. She is sleeping with the scarecrow she made in home-school co-op yesterday. His name is Wilson. (That is face paint on her face from our trip to Stonefire Pizza last night . . .)

I didn't fall back asleep until after 4 a.m. because of all this . . . (it is going to be a long day!) but I keep telling myself that this is the stuff memories are made of - and I may actually miss this kind of craziness someday!

Now if you will excuse me, I need to go clean the bathroom - and apparently the girl's room. I also think I need a nap . . .