Why can't I sleep

It has been countless nights that I wake up early in the morning because I hear Kaitlyn cry. I go into her room and put her blanket on her, and return to bed. This is where my problem comes. I cannot get back to sleep. I think about all the things that need to be done at work, at home, everywhere. What I really should do it get up and go do something around the house, but the bed always feels to good. So, I just lay there trying to convenience myself that by just laying there will give me enough energy to get me through the day. After about t30-40 minutes of laying there, I finally fall asleep, only to be woke up by the alarm 15 minutes later. I go through the day trying to stay awake, so the little buggers at work do not kill each other. When I get home, Rob and I do the normal parenting things at night- homework with Logan, playing with Katie, and on the special nights bath time. Then we take the next 45 minutes to put to bed Logan and Kaitlyn. Finally, the kids are in bed, and all is quiet. I think to myself how tired I am, but find myself glues to either the t.v or facebook. Why don't I just go to bed????? Here I am at 9:30 typing on my blog wishing I could go to bed. What is stopping me? Why don't I just walk up stairs and lay in the bed that feel oh so good in the morning. I really cannot answer those questions, for if I could, then I would not be here right now.

BFF

well, after a week of sulking in his house, spike has a new friend. While we were over at Cub Foods (right next to Pet Smart) Rob had an idea of getting spike a friend so maybe he would not be soo lonely. Of course, he said it right in the ear of Logan, so now we were committed to getting a second gerbil. I agreed, as long as Rob and I got to name to gerbil. And so, Cosmo Petree Rogers was adopted and is fitting in remarkably with spike.

Its all because of the frog

On Labor Day, I was outside mowing the lawn and found a frog. I called to Logan and he came out and picked it up. The next thing I know, Rob and Logan were planning on going to Pet Smart to buy things for this frog to live in Logan's room. I was not in favor of this because-well, it a frog living in my house. Anyway, I went along with it, since Rob already suggested to Logan about keeping the frog. So, we are at Pet Smart talking with the salesman, and he is telling us the things we should get for the frog. As the list of things gets longer and I see dollar signs flashing before my eyes, All I can think about is "this damn thing will be dead in a week. There is no way we are going to keep it alive and then we will have all this FROG stuff, and no money". Well, after chit chatting with Rob, we decided to talk Logan out of the frog thing. As we were explaining to Logan that the frog will probably die if we do not let it go, and there are other things we could spend the money on, tears started forming in his eyes. My heart broke, and I thought about the time when I was a preteen, crying to my dad so I could keep a stray cat we found. I now understand how my dad felt, and why he decided to let me keep the cat.
Well, with a little talk with Logan, we won the battle with him regarding the frog- The frog is going to be set free!!!.
Now, that is not the end of the story. When we were talking to Logan about the frog, Rob mentioned that he had a hamster when he was young, and asked Logan if he wanted to look at them. Logan happily agreed, and we headed over to the section of Pet Smart. We were looking at them and found that hamsters are active at night, but gerbals are active during the day, we all agreed that a gerbil would be the better option. And at that moment, Spike Logan "Cosmo" Rogers joined the family!!! yeah i am soo excited-not
We got all the supplies for this thing and headed home. I cannot believe we bought a gerbil today. This all started with the damn frog. THis will be the last time I ever tell Logan I found something outside. And, I WILL be talking to Rob about keeping his mouth shut about keeping live animals in the house without talking to me about it first. lol
All in all, Logan is very happy. Spike is living in his room, and he said he will be taking care of it, but as my parents know, when a child tells you this, the parents better plan on taking care of the new family pet.

Logan carrying the gerbil home- very carefully