Beauty Sleep

In our house, the boys are early birds and the girls...well...aren't. It works out good for Leah and me because we get to sleep in while the boys wake up and watch ESPN and make us breakfast. Nice!!

When we first brought Leah home from the hospital we didn't wake up until 10am the next day! I was like, "This is my type of girl!"

Sometimes she is wakened by Bryce but I continue to sleep. Really, this is the time Bobby gets to hang out with them, because he usually works past their bedtime at night. It is a routine I have really come to love! I get some time to myself in the morning and choose to spend it sleeping. In true mom fashion though, I will sometimes feel guilty and wake up and go down to hang out with the family. Most morning I can't even open my eyes wide enough to feel the guilt, so I continue to sleep.

Now, when I say sleep in I am only talking 8am, people! Not like the good ol' teenage days of sleeping in till 11:30. Remember when you just woke up in time to eat lunch? Those days are gone, but sleeping in until 8 is really a treat for most moms.

The other day Bryce asked me, "Mom, why do you like ALWAYS sleep so long in the mornings?"

Of course I felt guilty, but then reminded myself that it is OK for Bobby to take the morning routine, since I have the evening one. Equal partnership...right? I'm all for it!!

I tell Bryce I need to get my beauty sleep in. To that my little charmer says...
"But you are already beautiful!!"

Gotta love my little early bird too! Must only be beautiful because of all that sleep I'm getting...