Tired Moose~

Most of the time Mason is a great sleeper.  It is very conditional  though.  He has to be tucked away in his bed.  He NEVER sleeps anywhere other than his bed.  We will drive for 16 hours in the car and he will be the only one who doesn't sleep. 

One day after some serious puppy playing we walked in on him like this.  How darling does this angel get?!  He must have had a busy day.  It was so sweet that he was cuddling his puppy and actually sleeping on the floor. 

Sleeping Ezra~

I can't ever resist pictures of my kids when they are so darling and sleeping.  Ezra is the funniest because he goes a million miles an hour and then just crashes.  I love it. 

Another thing that Ezra adores are his blankets.  He only has one or two that he will allow near him that are not crocheted.  It's different than any kid I've ever known.  He loves the blankets with holes in them.  His little toes sticking through sure are darling too.

He'll even crash in the shopping cart at the store.  (That is very rare and very celebrated.)

I just missed the picture of him falling asleep with that apple on his arm in his mouth.  He is a sleeping angel!

More Sleeping Kids - mostly Ezra!

I love pictures of my kids when they fall asleep..  It's so darling and funny.  This was at dinner one night this summer!
Going....

 Going....

 Gone!

 Sundays are long and sometimes you just need a little catnap on the couch!

 Ezra has a hard time napping in the afternoon.  He likes to scream and yell at me.  At least he stayed in his room this day.

 He has an obsession with his crocheted blankets.  He carries them all over the house.

 He climbed into the front seat while I was buckling in Mason this day and tried to fake sleep so that I would leave him there.. Tricky tricky.  Too short for the front~ He even buckled himself in. 

 Sleeping in the tub.  So relaxing!

Back to the Sleeping Pictures~

It's been a while, so I had to post some sleeping pictures.  Ezra is still young enough that he is so funny to check on to see how he is sleeping.  He fights going to sleep everyday for naps and every night for bed.  He is definately like all of our other kids.  He does sleep in the car sometimes though.  It's pretty funny.

 This day he refused to nap.  He cried and cried when I put him in his bed.  He told me that he wasn't tired and he wanted to "go and play with his friends, not nap."  He beat on the doors for a while and after it got quiet I went to check on him and it turns out he was tired afterall!  One thing is for sure, he loves his blankies.

 Since Victoria came home and took over Ezra's room, Ezra has been sharing with Mason.  He doesn't like Mason's room and tells me all the time that he is scared of it.  I don't know why, but he hasn't changed his tune in 2 months.  He has a little fire truck bed that he sleeps in and seems to like it all the time except for bedtime.  He has started to join Mason in his bed at night.  He likes to get up and play with Mason at nap time and feels more secure sleeping with Mason.  Of course, Mason absolutely loves the company and giggles when Ezra climbs in bed with him.  I think it's just sweet.  Ezra also tucks Mason in with all of his stuffed animals and sometimes he will even share his blankies.  That is big.

I Can't Resist the Sleeping Pictures~

I just don't know how they can get a good night's sleep this way!

 Sleepover with mom when dad was out of town for work..  Not much room for mom!

 Ez must have been too hot or something...

 Holding hands...

 It is a very unusual thing to see Mason asleep any other way besides on his back.  He was out and his singing puppy was singing happily in his ear.

 Cuddling with 'Archie'

 These two have to sleep close.  No matter how many times I go in and separate them they are all over each other.. usually Ethan is laying on Mason.

 Sleeping in a ball..  How does he sleep!?

More Sleeping Boys..

I kind of feel bad posting more pictures of my boys sleeping, but not really.  They are just so sweet when they sleep.  I always have to go look in on them before I go to bed so I can see them that sweet! 

The Other Sleeping Boy~

Not to leave out my other crazy sleeper!...  Ez never disappoints.

This is one of my favorite sleeping poses of all time.  Spen said it looks like he's getting all stretched out for a run!  (Don't forget to look in his left hand. )

Why did we get bunk beds again?

Just over a month ago Mason really started to have trouble sleeping through the night.  Even getting to sleep was hard.  He just screams and screams.  The only way to calm him down is to get into bed and cuddle him back to sleep.  Ethan caught on to this after a week or so and thought it'd be a good idea for him to just sleep with Mason.  He has ever since.

The first night was a surprise.  We didn't know he was going to do this.  We just thought Mason had stopped crying.  Honestly Ethan usually sleeps through any noise Mason has ever made.  We think he just wanted to be with his brother.  They are best friends I'm told...

Every night I go in to check on them I am amazed that either one of them can sleep how they are.  When they are doing something this cute I have to get a picture.  They slept all night with linked arms!

This is another night, Ethan's holding Mason's hand.

Another night, full on cuddles.  When Ethan isn't feeling well and we make them sleep apart neither one of them are happy about it.  Spen thinks we should just get them a bigger bed but I don't see why!  They are both perfectly happy in Mason's bottom bunk!

Stuck

Ezra's new fun sleeping trick is that he likes to sleep with his leg straight in the air. The problem with this is that when he falls asleep and it relaxes he gets stuck! Then he cries and wants it fixed. I've tried a few different things to help him avoid this, but he's too curious and breaks through anything I try.

Uncomfortable~

There is no way that this position is comfortable enough to get a good rest!

I never miss a day to look in on my sleeping kids and this is one of the reasons why!

"Ther-monitors!"

Once again, yes I realize that maybe half of my posts include pictures of my sleeping children, but honestly could you resist posting this?!

If you know anything about Ethan you know that he DOES NOT like to go to bed. He thinks up every excuse he can possibly think of for hours every night to avoid having to try to sleep. Sometimes he's more clever than others and just finds a way to entertain himself. This was one of those nights! He found our baby monitors ('Ther-monitors') and went into the garage to find some extension cords to make them long enough for what he was trying to do. This is what I found when I went to check on them...

He wanted to be sure that he could hear Mason if he woke up in the night so there was a receiver next to him! (The flash ruined the glowing red light on his face from the monitor that was pretty funny to walk into a dark room and see!)

Then he had to of course have a receiver by him so he could hear if Mase woke up! I didn't have the heart to tell him that he hadn't really set it up right, but it was pretty darn cute.

All Over the Place!

Ezra is a whirlwind kind of sleeper. He is all over the place. I don't know what is going to happen when he isn't in a bed with 4 walls to keep him in!!!
He is also a very light sleeper and wakes up to any noise around him. Even a quiet mom taking his picture!