Bed time at our house is a very interesting part of the day... ever since Tanner was little bedtime has been something I dread. Neither of my kids enjoy sleeping alone in their rooms...now, I know that part of that is our fault, this is what we have created and allowed to happen. Most nights the kids go to bed in their rooms with Cole and I watching television in the game room. We have to tuck both of them in... Cole has to sing "lots" of songs to Peyton. (Itsy Bitsy, Sunshine, Barney, and whatever else she wants) I have to turn Tanners music on and then say the dream catcher dream... "Dream catcher, dream catcher, catch my dream, bad ones out, good ones in until I wake in the morning." Then after a few drinks, potty breaks and "I love you SO muchs" from the rooms silence takes over. Some nights they sleep through the night... Tanner has been doing a great job lately. Other nights we wake up to the sounds of little feet on the stairs. Then they crawl into bed with us and go right back to sleep. Although I know that this is not the ideal "sleeping" situation I can't imagine it any other way. I love to wake up to their little bodies snuggled up against mine... or feel their little hands reach out to find where I am. There is just something comforting about having them by me.
Alot of nights we don't even make it through the routine listed above... we skip over it all and go straight to parent sleep overs. Cole and Peyton in our bed and Tanner and I in his bed. Other nights we say forget everything and we grab a bunch of blankets and have a campout downstairs in front of the tv.
Someday I may regret this... maybe they will have horrible sleep patterns... or not be able to sleep alone....BUT right now that is a risk I am willing to take! Lonestar did a remake of a Billy Dean song... I think it sums it up best!
I can remember when you fit in the palm of my hand
Felt so good in it, no bigger than a minute
How it amazes me, you're changing with every blink
Faster than a flower blooms they grow up all too soon
So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
I've never felt so much in one little tender touch
I live for those kisses, prayers and your wishes
Now that you're teaching me things only a child can see
Every night while we're on our knees all I ask is please
Let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
So innocent, a precious soul, you turn around
It's time to let them go
So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
Let them be little
Felt so good in it, no bigger than a minute
How it amazes me, you're changing with every blink
Faster than a flower blooms they grow up all too soon
So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
I've never felt so much in one little tender touch
I live for those kisses, prayers and your wishes
Now that you're teaching me things only a child can see
Every night while we're on our knees all I ask is please
Let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
So innocent, a precious soul, you turn around
It's time to let them go
So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
Let them be little
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