4:25am

I am kissing a plastic baby doll this very second. Dot decided that sleep was not on the agenda for tonight and has been wide awake since 11:45pm. Everyone always tells you the sleep issues work themselves out by now. I could understand a bad night every once in awhile, but my gal makes this a regular thing. Granted tonight is more extreme than usual, but damn, I'm tired. Like feel it in your bones tired. We have to "get up" for work in an hour. Lame. We have tried EVERYTHING to encourage better sleeping habits. From the tame to the extreme. Tonight though, I blame ice tea. We went over to Dan's mom's for dinner and hang out time and needless to say, Dot had a few glasses of the iced goodness. Thanks Laura. Me too I suppose. I poured the first watered down sippy cup. I only intended for her to have half a cup or so, but I think innocent enablers were bullied into refilling the cup by a screeching, almost toddler.



I really wish she looked like this right now:

Good Morning Starshine

So my husband and I have a background in theater. We met in college--while we were in the same play. Suffice to say Noel Coward is very important to us. We supported local theater abundantly pre-baby Dot days but now it's a rare jewel of a weekend when we can find the time to attend an actual performance. But for the past two weekends in a row we have been able to attend a couple of performances thanks to the lovely grandparents. Last weekend we went and saw the musical HAIR at our regular theater haunt, The City Theater. The City Theater is run by our friend Andy and it consistently pops out good show after good show but HAIR, oh my word, it was phenomenal. I'm rather picky when it comes to theater and unfortunately I tend to be a bit harsh in terms of feedback and criticism--I blame my Dramatic Theory and Analysis class that I took in college a million years ago--I'm talking to you Dr. Charlton. But this show was amazing--nay, magical. The cast was so in sync and in tune with each other. You could actually tell that they were truly enjoying the primal experience of sharing their love, work, and music with the audience. You could see, smell, touch, taste and feel it. It was palpable. The love.

Let the sun shine in.

xoxo

Katie

Starting Again.

Wow. The months fly by don't they? This space will be used to document my life. My kiddo's growth. My adventures with my little family. I'm going to actually do this--motivation to always have my camera.