woke at 445 am. i believe benjamin was meant to be a farmer... lord knows he didn't get his early rising from either of his parents, although he DEFINITELY gets his good mood in the morning from dad; i'm a grouch. so friday night i went to bed at 8pm, as in "goodnight benjo, mommy's going to sleep" before he even did, and then woke saturday morning at 8am - 12 hours!!!! (one breastfeeding and a couple of pee breaks in between). derek and i are back to alternating who gets up with the boys on the weekend so that we each get a catch up day, and it is wonderful. so i suppose i shouldn't complain that i'm up this early today, however, harrison woke up a couple of times last night which he hasn't been doing and i stayed up until (GASP) 10 pm last night, so yes, i am tired. oh well! part of the parenting trip i'm taking. nemo is on and coffee is good...

i read a quote somewhere that was something like this: "parenthood is giving up your freedom for the most intense love you'll ever know"... well, i pick love. :)