April 17, 2010

Chops would have turned ten years old today - we miss her.

Ben hasn't been taking naps lately. If I battle with him for an hour or so, I can sometimes get him to take one. But, most days it isn't worth the fight and I let him stay up all day and go to bed early. Yesterday, his lack of naps must have caught up with him. Around 4pm a wicked storm picked up. Ben was scared and wanted to cuddle with me. As we were cuddling, I noticed he dozed off. I slid out from under his squishy little self and placed him on the couch. His dad came home about two hours later, and noticed Ben snoozing on the couch. We both started talking to Ben in an attempt to wake him up. He wouldn't budge. We ordered pizza, ate it, watched T.V. while Ben slept through all of this. We continually talked to him and even poked him a few times but he wouldn't wake up. He would give an occassional growl but that was about it. Around 9pm we carried him upstairs, put his pajamas on and put him in his bed. Not a peep the entire time. He slept until 6am this morning - amazing! I guess the little guy was worn out and maybe I need to push for naps a little harder - he clearly needs the sleep!