Enzo woke up crying hard at 2:30AM, and never went back to sleep. We gave him some milk, and put him back to bed, but he wouldn't stop crying. So we brought him into our bed. Something we've only done once or twice before. Instead of falling back asleep, he tossed and turned for three hours. At around 5:AM, he was very still for about 15 minutes, and we thought he finally was asleep. I drifted off to sleep for a minute, but was awoken by his hot breath on my face. When I opened my eyes, we were nose to nose. He whispered softly, "i am so hungry". So I brought him downstairs, made him breakfast, and sat with him while he played in the living room.
(mommy note: This is EXACTLY how Ralph is, always claiming he is STARVING even if he just ate an hour ago. His parents say that he used to make milkshakes with raw eggs in them after dinner because he would be STARVING. This is genetics at work, people.)
Since we were all up so early, I had time to take Enzo and the dogs to the Rose Bowl to "throw ball betty". Enzo had a blast running all around. I clipped the leash to his sweatshirt and pulled him around. He was laughing so hard. Then I clipped the leash to my belt loop, and let him pull me.
Nanny Note: We went to the zoo but when Enzo woke up he said he didn't want to go so I took him to Griffith Park and we rode the train. We came home for lunch and a movie. We read some books and I put him down for another nap. Enzo was in a very good mood today considering. He really liked the train ride. Enzo didn't fall asleep again, he cried for a while ("where did mommy go? where did daddy go? where did allie go? where did everybody go?") so I brought him downstairs.
After work, Enzo was really tired, but actually was doing pretty well. He seems to have runny nose, so maybe that explains last night. We played in the garage, and then sat in the car (so Enzo could "drive"), while mommy put dinner together. After dinner, he really started to fade. We had to abort an attempt at a family walk, and then just let him watch a few minutes of new toy movie. He got an early bath, and was in bed by 7:30.
