Still No Sleep

So, sleep is still the issue of the day.

Lupe did well a couple of days after getting home from LA, but Ruby chose this time to become incredibly frightened of things (not just in the dark, but definitely in the dark as well). And then, he started teething. He had three really bad nights because of the impending tooth, and then turned the corner last night. He slept through.

Of course, Ruby did not. She kept waking up, and Natasha couldn’t fall back to sleep, and ended up awake for a good two hour stretch in the middle of the night.

Some day, and I really hope it’s soon, they will both have a good night on the same night.

Aside from the sleep drama, things are going fairly well. Ruby is excited about her birthday party, and Lupe is excited about the whole wide world. Miracle of miracles, I was able to get out for two whole beers at Toronado yesterday.

The other thing that Ruby is excited about is our neighbor upstairs, Rachel. Rachel has been gardening and cleaning up in the backyard, which our living room window overlooks, all summer, and Ruby has become obsessed with her. She will ask excitedly every time she hears some sound coming from the yard, "Is that my friend Rachel?" while she runs to the window.

When it actually is Rachel, she runs outside as fast as she can, and "helps" her. It's super cute, and Rachel does seem to genuinely like her and her company, so it's actually quite fabulous to have some tiny respite every once in a while. It's also great that Rachel has managed to clean up the yard to the point that we can let Ruby run around out there all by herself. Perhaps I'll try to get a picture soon...