I dream of sleepy

Our boys sleep a LOT. Not scary long, but more, "What the?!?.",long. We put 'em to bed around 9-9:30. They'll sing, talk, bounce themselves to sleep by, 9:30-10. More often than not, they'll sleep until 8:30-9. Two days ago it was 10:30-11. That's not real uncommon, but still. What's silly is that they both still take a long nap. We're talking 2 hours or more. I am their father and I am jealous. If I could get that much sleep..would I be as happy as them? Probably not.

I guess what is so amazing to me is that they really do sleep. When Jake was first born, I had a rough time with the sleep deprivation. Cindy and I would be up all hours catching up on our favorite TV shows. Charles in Charge was an underrated program. QVC is surprisingly interesting. Who knew they could do so much with fake diamonds, and plus-size women's clothing. Amazing. I think Cindy did better than me, but she is a woman, she should. Anyway, we found the only way Jake would go to sleep for a good period of time was to take him for a drive. Usually a 5 minute trip would do it. Sometimes more like 45 minutes. He'd usually sleep for 4 hours or so then the process started all over. Then, one day...actually the day Cindy started back to work, he slept THROUGH the night. For people without kids, imagine the best thing in world, now put whipped cream on it. Yep, it's that awesome. Brady was another test of faith but he pulled through, and we are still sane, somehow.

Now and then I blow my mind thinking about how they actually go to sleep. For two beings that never stop moving, it's hard to imagine them at rest. They must have dreams about running up walls and jumping off couches. Brady likes to talk in his sleep sometimes. Imagine a little nasally voice having a sleepy conversation with his blanket. Cute to no end. Jake has had a few episodes of sleep walking in his day. The first time he came into our room and stood at the foot of our bed. When Cindy asked him what was wrong, he woke up and started screaming. Scared the whodat out of us. Cindy ended up sleeping in his bed that night. Lucky.

Ahhh...the co-sleeping topic. We never did the co-sleeping thing. Partly because I take up way to much room. Cindy is a slight individual, despite her eating habits. She can barely stand sleeping in the same bed as me. So, having a little one sleep with us was pretty much out of the question. I do understand the temptation though. Watching kids sleep is like staring at the Grand Canyon; too beautiful to comprehend. We let them cry it out when they were babies and now it's not even an option they consider. It was heartbreaking, but it was well worth it for us. Occasionally we'll climb into bed with Jake for a special treat during naptime. It's for us more than it is for him. He just thinks it's novel. Brady is still in his crib, but not for long. A few more weeks and he's getting the big boy bed. Tears will be shed by all. Then we'll have two beds to tempt us....nuts.