Mister Morning Glory

Occasionally, for reasons we have yet to discover, Riley will begin waking outrageously early. This morning, for example, it was five o'clock when we heard the jolly pit pat pit pat of his dear little feet. Robbie and I let out a simultaneous groan as we watched our last good hour of sleep disappear.

Later, in the kitchen, we agreed that this current phase, now about three days old, will probably end as suddenly as it began. It usually lasts about as long as you think you can stand it, which, in our case, is about two weeks, before vanishing on its own.

I guess this time around will actually be useful since we're about to fall back to daylight savings time, but as it is now, Robbie and I are working hard to sweep out the cobwebs and stay up past nine at night.