Autumn and Mommy's slumber party

As most of you are aware SMS children/adults dont have the best sleeping patterns, well Autumn's sleeping pattern seemed to be getting better, she ran out of melatonine a little over a week ago and she had been sleeping great!! Well I think mommy started bragging a little too much because last night Autumn decided she didn't want to sleep!

Around 11pm she started screaming, which for Autumn is very odd. Usually if she is awake through the night she will get up and play quietly in her room very rarily do we ever hear her or even know she is awake except for her entire room being torn apart! Anyway she was screaming so I had said to jarvis perhaps i should head out to get Autumn some melatonine he agreed and said in the mean time he would bring her down stairs to try and settle her.

Off I go to get Autumn some melatonine in hopes to get some sleep, it had been a very busy weekend for us, and mommy was EXHAUSTED!

I get to shoppers drug mart I found the melatonine and i started walking up to the pharmacist to check out, he looked at the melatonine then he looked at me then back at the melatonine and said "judging by how tired you look this even i dont really think you are going to be needing this melatonine to get to sleep". All I could do at that moment was chuckle, if he had only known i had a 3 year old at home who may not sleep for days if she had it her way! I decided not to explain but instead to chuckle, it was between chuckle and scream at him....and since it wasn't his fault i was exhausted i went with chuckle.

On my drive home i kept thinking perhaps Autumn had fell asleep and i had "wasted"all of my time going to shoppers to get this melatonine, but sure enough when i got home Autumn was there to greet me with a big smile, big wave, and sure enough big eyes wide awake.

We gave her some melatonine, some milk, and a bananna and i was sure she was going to be out in no time at all.

a few minutes after she settled I took her upstairs to her bedroom and decided i would lay down with her, mommy never lays in bed with Autumn so this was a special treat for both of us. We were laying in bed and usually if Autumn thinks you are sleeping she will follow your lead and close her eyes and go to sleep....not the case last night!!! I closed my eyes and went to "sleep", Autumn says "momma....momma...momma"while rubbing my face, obviously i could not help myself but laugh. A few minutes later I went back to "sleep" and i was sure she was following my lead this time it was silent for a few minutes then "momma...momma...momma"and she is peeling my eye lids open, again mommy cant control herself and I am laughing. Finally I get her settled and we are laying there in silence and I am actually not almost a sleep, Autumn grabbed my hand and said "Momma I ove you" and then fell asleep seconds later holding my hand.

All of a sudden the mid night drive to shoppers didnt matter, the exhaustion all wore off and I was on time of the world! for 3 years I have been telling my baby girl I love her every day and for 3 years i have been waiting for the moment when she would say it back to me and FINALLY she has said "momma I ove you".

After Last night I look forward to Autumn and mommy's next slumber party!