Longest Night Ever

So last night, we put Anna to bed, only to have her wake up an hour later. Poor little thing, she had a runny nose, cough, gas and just was not a happy little camper. I tried and tried to get her to fall back asleep to no avail. Finally, I brought her out to the living room and Dan and I finished the movie we were watching (The Incredibles, which I had never seen. It's such a good movie).

Basically, for the entire night, till 7 am this morning, she kept waking up. I would get her to sleep for about 10-20 minutes, then she would wake up again. I would have to get her back to sleep. We rotated from her crib, to our bed, then the couch, back to our bed, etc. I found that she just wanted to be held. So on the couch and our bed, I just had to lay her on me and she would fall asleep. Then kind of roll off of me, be fine for a bit, then wake up crying. Her gas was hurting her, but we had run out of gas medicine. It was a very, very long night. Dan wasn't able to sleep too well either due to her crying and me coming in and out of bed. Finally, at 7 am, I woke up Dan and had him take her, while I got 2.5 hours of consecutive sleep. She was still sick, so I went to sacrament meeting, while Dan stayed home. Then, he went the last hour to teach Young Mens, while I stayed home with Anna.

I just felt so bad for her, she was so miserable and tired. She had a few happy spurts today, but mostly just wanted to be held. Luckily, she hasn't made a peep since we put her down tonight, and I'm REALLY hoping it stays that way, because I'm tired. She's usually such a happy baby, so it's no fun to see her so miserable.

I just had to put a happy picture of her up. She was so cute in her little swimsuit.