...'Cause Waking Up is Hard To Do!

Our alarm clock is a cute little voice that calls out, "Mommy! Daddy! Please get me up!" Without fail, Jerald and I look at each other through half closed lids and groan at our poor choice of bedtime the night before and proclaim firmly and rationally that we will under no circumstances be in bed later than 10:30 pm that evening! We stagger into Summer's boudoir and collect the pretty, bright-eyed baby, who is always completely rested after sleeping twelve or thirteen hours, and tuck her into our bed to cuddle while we, the bleary-eyed parents, hope to catch a few more winks before permanently opening our eyes for the day ahead. You would think our guaranteed morning fatigue would be our wake up call to get to bed earlier, but the problem is...we have way too much fun! Every evening is a date and a party for Jerald and me! We strategically meet at some point during the day and get in "serious party planning mode." We plan dinner, snacks, games, movies, books, blogging ideas, etc., and become exuberantly excited for the evening ahead. We both have such yellow personalities (if you are familiar with the color code test, this means fun-loving), so we never want the merriment to end! We have the best of intentions to get to bed at a reasonable hour, but there is always an excuse for the gaiety to continue. "So and so" is a guest on Jay Leno, so we can't miss that! Oh, and then there was the whole "Grey's Anatomy" fiasco when we borrowed all of the seasons on DVD and watched them far past midnight because we just had to find out if Meredith and Doctor McDreamy finally get together! Then there are the books we can't put down, the movies we're dying to snuggle up together and watch, the fascinating blogs all of you cute people write that won't let us log off to nod off, and always, the amazing late night conversations Jerald and I enjoy, during which we'd rather laugh at funny anecdotes and our share our deepest dreams, than enter dreamland. I guess what it all comes down to is, we love life way too much to miss a single second of it sleeping. However, seeing as how it would be worthy and wise to be alert through our parties of life, maybe we should rest our heads and party through our dreams. Well...we'll sleep on it.