Sleepless in Gastonia

Just when we think we have it all figured out, the twins have thrown us for a loop again. The babies have been great sleepers. We are truely blessed in this department. Considering they are only 2 months old, they have been sleeping for 6-7 hours a night for a few weeks now (and basically just wake up to eat). But I think that all this cooing they are doing recently is really a secret language between them, and they have been plotting some sort of sleep deprivation experiment on us these last few days...

Friday night was great. It was one of those nights where I had to go check on them because I couldn't believe they hadn't woken us up yet. They went to bed at 8:30 and woke up at 3:30 (and were incredibly quiet in between). We fed them and they slept again until 7. Perfect! This was exactly what we needed. On Saturday night I didn't think this could be repeated, but then 330 rolls around again, and they are just starting to get up. Nick and I were beginning to think this was a trend. So Sunday night, we set our alarms for 3:15. Maybe this was the problem. We shouldn't have gotten smug. We figured that we could wake up before they did, get their bottles ready, feed and go back to bed. Not too much to expect -right? HA! The twins decided that they didn't feel like going by that schedule last night. Instead, they woke Nick up at 1:15 and pretty much every 15 minutes they grunted, cried and spit out their pacifiers until they had their bottle. So, when they finally got their bottle, we thought, "hey, maybe they will sleep now." Not so fast...they had other plans (which included more crying/grunting and pacifier tricks until 645am).

So, of course, since they didn't sleep last night, you may be thinking that they will get in some good naps today. I would think that too...except that they are both looking at me with wide eyes right now (and Jack with a little grin) as if to protest any attempts I make to make them nap.

So much for sleep. I'm going to go get my second diet mountain dew for the day.