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Today I needed Tater Tot to be low-maintenance. Luckily for me, she was an absolute angel  Last night was one of those nights when I had a hard time falling asleep, woke up at 2 am and could not get back to sleep.  So I got up.  And organized all of our photos.  I’d been meaning to do it anyway.  Why not at 2:30 am on only 5 hours of sleep?

I told myself “Self, you will nap when she naps today because you are going to be very tired.”  As luck has it, Princess Tater Tot went down for her first nap without a hitch.  Hooray! I took the time to shower and get ready for the day, thinking “I’ll lay down after I get dressed and ready.”  Nope.  Didn’t happen.  I thought “Tater Tot needs a bath today.  I’ll just get that stuff ready before I lay down.”  Then I thought “I should pick up the downstairs before I lay down” and went to do that.  You get the picture.  Before long, the Tot’s nap was over and The Mommy had NOT napped.  So we bathed, played, ate, laughed and grocery shopped.  All without a fuss. 

I noticed sleepy eyes and The Tot busted out with a yawn so I high-tailed it into her room and slapped on the “sleepytime song”.  Out like a light before the song was over.  Hooray!  “I’ll just wrap this Christmas present before I lay down”, “I should clean up this scrapbooking stuff before I lay down”, “There’s a load of laundry that needs to be put away before I lay down.”  And The Tot’s second nap was over before The Mommy took a nap.

When Tater woke up from Second Nap, she was in a good mood and played “Jungle Gym Mommy” on the floor for a while until The Daddy got home.  Then the evening routine began in full swing.  Hooray!  Only a little more time before I get some time to myself.  We ate, read, changed into jammies and rocked.  Whew!  Another day “put to bed”.  I thought “I’ll watch a little bit of a movie before I go to bed early”.  Nope. Didn’t happen.  Instead I followed that thought with “I should clean up these dishes before I watch the movie” and ”I should post to my blog before I watch the movie”.  What time is it?  Oh, it’s not “early” anymore.  I should go…NO!  I’m going to bed.