Cryin'

Can you hear it? Roy Orbison singing his famous song. Well, last night, my head was ringing with the chorus...."Cryyyyin' over you."

This week is my first full week back to work. This is a difficult adjustment by itself. Add this factor in - Bryan has to work nights all week. That equals - one Mommy alone with two kids every single night.

Monday night went perfectly. I got both children bathed, pjed, and asleep (without much fuss) by 8:00 p.m. Nothing that perfect can last.

Last night, Jillian was beyond tired. When she goes to MDO, she does not get her full nap plus she is still all crudded up with allergies so she does not feel 100%. She screamed and cried b/c she did not want to bathe. She screamed and cried b/c her new Pinnochio pjs were dirty. She screamed and cried b/c she did NOT want to go to bed. All this time, Rocco was crying b/c.....well, I don't know. He was just crying.

So I forced her to bathe, coerced her into her polka dot pjs and caved and let her have her ba (bottle). The three of us cuddled on the rocking recliner in her room and my two little ones were out within 3 minutes. The problem..... how to get Jillian into her crib?? I ended up just putting Rocco on the floor (he woke up). I picked up Jillian and put her to bed (she woke up). Thankfully, she went right back down asleep and Rocco followed suit shortly thereafter.

Three more nights to go......