Thursday = One day from Friday :)

Good Morning Thursday! :) Thursday is always a good day because Thursday means one more day until Friday! Everybody, and by everybody I mean me and Tuff (Daddy works nights), got a good night of sleep last night. How do we determine a good night of sleep around our house? Let me tell you how. A good night of sleep at our house means I don't hear Tuff on the monitor ALL night long, not once! :) Another sign of a good night of sleep would be me waking up to the sound of my alarm clock wondering if it's really set to the correct time? I set my alarm every night, just incase, but really knowing I won't need it. I'm usually almost always awake before the alarm goes off. Especially lately. Since Jordan started working nights, I haven't been sleeping to good on the nights he's at work. I've never been the type to be able to stay at home by myself at night, alone! I'm terrified of everything. Every noise, light, movement, etc. Now that I have Tuff to worry about too, it's even worse. Needless to say, I cherish my weekend sleep when daddy is home with us....
On to one more good sign of a good night's sleep in our house.... If this is what I see at 7:10 am.....

This is by far THE BEST sign of a good night's sleep! :) Every since Tuff was born, he has been an early bird. It wouldn't matter if I laid him down at 8:30pm or 12:00am this child is still awake and head off the pillow anywhere between 6 and 6:30. No matter what, no matter when, no matter where. And yes, this is counting weekends. Oh MY weekend mornings to sleep in, where oh where have you gone? :) Lately though, and by lately I mean just the past week or so, Tuff has started to sleep in a little bit. Last weekend, both Saturday and Sunday morning he slept until 8:30. NICE. When Tuff was younger and we were still living with Jordan's parents I often found myself in a dilema when Tuff would wake up early and I had to get ready for work. Jordan doesn't usually get home from work until after I've left, Jordan's mom and dad were always still sleeping. It was impossible to take a shower because I had no one to keep an eye on him. There were many mornings I would have to race to get him ready and take him to my mom and dad's early or have them come get him. (My mom and dad keep him daily) Once we finally got our own house, things got a little easier but were still difficult when Tuff would wake up before I got a shower. Now, Tuff sleeps every morning until after I'm out of the shower. But, the best days are when he sleeps until I am completely finished getting ready. I like to have a routine in the morning and I like him to be the end of my routine. Get up, get shower, get ready, wake Tuff up, get Tuff ready, out the door.

Those are my signs of a good nights sleep at our house. :)

Tuff's shoes I talked about yesterday did fit. They actually fit perfectly and he seems to really like them! Here are some pictures of him this morning sporting his new shoes...

sweet boy

Big feet

Mom and Dad are coming to Murfreesboro this morning to get groceries and eat lunch. I plan on meeting them so I can see my sweet boy mid-day. This always makes for a good day!

Well we're officially less than 24 hours from GAME DAY. Cannon County has an away game at Donelson Christian Academy. We will be there with our game faces on. Having a little one makes it hard to make the away games so we are trying to make it to the one's closest to home. So far, we haven't missed one. Next Friday Cannon County will be playing York, which is too far of a drive for us. We will be sad to miss a game but also knew there would be a few we wouldn't make.

Bring on the weekend and bring on some FOOTBALL!!!! :)

The Alford's

EDIT: Here are the shot's from lunch with my baby boy (who was ecstatic to see his mommy!!!)

Sweet Boy ;)