sleep deprivation

Sometimes at night if Eric isn't really that tired, we heard him get in and out of bed getting books to read in his bed. We love that he loves to read but some nights we have to put a stop to it because it will be really late and he'll still be reading. Last night he went in his bed at about 8:15pm. A little after 9 I noticed him finally get quiet. When I went in to check on him, this is what I found:

There he is snuggling with his books. There's one under his legs, one next to him and he's hugging one. I guess he really loves his books!

Our biggest problem with sleep lately is how early he is getting up in the morning. It is typically at about 5:50 am that he finally gets up but he usually gets up at least one time during the night and comes running into our room and is in my face saying "hi mama!". Yesterday morning when he woke up I heard him go "Ribbit" and then a thud, "Ribbit"- thud. He was pretending to be a frog at 5:50am! This kid is something else. This morning he was awake at his usual time and eventually we just went and ate breakfast. At the table he says to me, "I'm so tired!" Um really??? Then sleep later kid! Tomorrow I have the day off from work and my fingers are crossed that he does not wake up early!