Late Night Date with Austin

Oh, my little Austin Buddy.  Some weeks he's a great sleeper at night.  Sleeping 12-14 hours at night.  But other weeks, he can't go more than four hours without getting restless, fussy, and waking up.  Philip and I have struggled with going in to comfort him and rock him versus letting him work it out on his own, which risks a loud stretch during the night in which no one gets any sleep.  Ugh.  Super tough.  This particular night was during a two-week stretch when Austin was struggling at night.  He woke up just as Philip and I were heading to bed, maybe around midnight, and I couldn't seem to calm him down in his room.  He kept asking for milk, so I decided to go to the kitchen and we would just regroup.  So, that in turn led to our late date night with Austin Boo.  

We saw this face a lot (with awesome bedhead, by the way).

 We did a lot of this...

And we'd see this face again.

 And we cuddled a lot.

 And then...climbing on the couch.

 And playing with our favorite toys.

 

 And then this face again.

 And then he found some clothes to dress up in.

 

Several crackers, some milk and over an hour later, I finally got Boo settled and asleep back in bed.  Little Turkey.

04.20.2013