Lights Out

Last night sucked, there's no sense sugar coating it. It started at bedtime when the huge storm that August has been waiting for finally made an appearance. Supposedly it hailed in the foothills, but at our house it was all wind and rain. Usually I'm all for storms, the desert needs them and desert people need them too, but this was one of those crazy roof destroying, tree uprooting, electricity outing storms that in the end probably does more damage than good. Don't get me wrong, it was fun, but when your roof starts leaking and the house is hot and muggy at babies' bedtime, it's a little harder to see it from that perspective. At first I thought I would just postpone bedtime and that soon enough the power would be up and running and we could get on with our night, but it just didn't happen. After an hour or so we decided it was time to just get Molly to sleep and hope for the best. We took her out to Mere's front porch where she has a nice little gliding love seat. This was the nicest part of the evening. The wind has died down, the rain has stopped and all that was left was a nice cool breeze. If I hadn't required sleep, I would have like to just stay out there all night. Fairly quickly, Jonny had her asleep and we took her back to our bed since that was the coolest room. Pretty soon though the cool was wearing off and it was just sort of hot and sticky...pair that with a hot sticky baby in your bed taking up all of the space and you start to feel pretty shitty. We tried to get the pack n' play assembled but it wouldn't work and the episode culminated in Jonny drop kicking out the door...no exaggeration. Around 11 we decided that we had had enough and decided to try for greener pastures at my parent's house. Thankfully their power and A/C were working beautifully and we soon attempted to settle in. We quickly found though that Molly's comfort relied heavily on our discomfort. As soon as she started to sense that maybe you were getting comfy and sleepy, she would remind you whose comfort it was that was most important. Thankfully our power is back on (Mere said it was out until 5!) and she is now happily napping in her crib. Thank Goodness!

Lights out! Time for a little flashlight cellphone photography.

Letting her dissemble my purse was my secret to extending bedtime without excess fussing.

She of course thought this was just some sort of exciting adventure.