If my baby would sleep at night

I used to make Shawn breakfast every morning. I'm not talking cereal either. Eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, pancakes, omelets; I even tried to replicate a sausage, egg, and cheese mcmuffin once because he basically said he'd rather have McDonalds (rude, right?)
As I got into my 3rd trimester I started going back to bed after he left for work, then I quit getting up at all. Then, well then i had a baby.

There was a window of time when Will was sleeping through the night when I was going to start getting up and making breakfast again (I think I did once) but that window quickly closed. Now the longest stretch of sleep we get is maybe 3 hours at best.

Breakfast isn't the only thing I'm missing. If Will would sleep at night my house would be more organized, I'd bake bread again. Man, I used to bake bread. I would read, oh how I miss reading. I would blog more often; so many times I've started a post and put it off because my brain was too tired to process it. I would write; I have ideas galore for stories or articles I could pitch to web publications, for money. money! but I'm just exhausted. All. The. Time. If you don't get it, you've never experienced sleep deprivation. I mean, my brain does not function the way it should.

Maybe I would even do some of these crafts that I keep buying supplies for.

I can crochet

I'm actually in the middle of writing a post about breastfeeding but I realized it's going to be way too long to finish tonight, so here's a filler.

A year or so ago I learned to crochet. I thought it would be one of those things I would try to do for a while and then get stuck on and not be able to get any better, like piano playing (oh the years wasted!). Turns out this is more like cooking, something I enjoy doing that I'm pretty good at.

First, I just learned how to make squares that go into blankets for charity. Then I made two scarfs and even a stuffed hippo! Still need to finish the hippo, actually.

And now this:





Yes, I made the baby too (with a bit of help), but I'm talking about the hat here. Oh, you didn't notice the hat because of the overwhelming cuteness of the baby? I understand completely.

It's not quite done yet, I'm going to add some dinosaur spikes onto the top that match the green edging, but I think it turned out really well for my first hat.

I'm so glad I can do this. Today I thought, "maybe crochet is my thang! Maybe that's my talent!" Haha, what a talent to have!

My new obsession with Pinterest really feeds this hobby. I have so many ideas pinned for new projects and I really feel confident that I can do them. Confidence is not something that comes easy for me.

Husband has even agreed to let me make him a hat!

I'll even make you a hat! Twenty dolla please! Oh, I kid, I kid. But really, you want to pay me for a hat, don't you? Don't you?