Up at six thirty this morning. Way too early. It was just after midnight when I got off to bed last night and Liesl was pretty restless again making us wake up several times before eventually bringing her in to bed with us around two thirty. She then tossed and turned violently until three thirty …
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August 10, 2009: Second Painting Day
We had a major thunderstorm last night. Some of the loudest thunder that I have ever heard. At one point there was an unexpected crack that was so loud that both Dominica and I jumped while in bed. I mean really, really loud. Dad and Dominica got right up nice and early this morning and …
August 9, 2009: Painting Day
We had a really rough night last night. Liesl was up all night either screaming or tossing and turning. We tried moving her back and forth between her room and ours. We tried rocking her. Snuggling her. Feeding her. Nothing made a difference. She might as well have been awake all night. No sleep for …
August 8, 2009: The Living Room is Wired
I accidentally slept in way too late this morning. There is a ton of work to be done and I had only meant to sleep for a little while. When I woke up even Oreo had decided that it was time to have gotten up and have left the bedroom to go down to the …
August 7, 2009: Liesl’s Big Fall
I awake this morning to the distant sound of a giant gasp and Dominica’s “oh my gosh” screams that had that ring of a mother’s panic. I was out of bed and downstairs in a wink – no glasses on even. When I got down Dominica had just reached the top of the basement stairs …