Thing..

I awoke in the darkness to the sound of my sweet boy fussing. So neatly placed beside him was his pacifier. I gently give it to him and he falls into a sweet, peaceful sleep. Returning to my warm bed, I think to myself how easy that was.

A few minutes later my sweet boy is fussing again. I dig around his bassinet for his pacifier. It is not on the left side, not on the right.. where could it be? Finally I find it in the depths of his ever-so-loved blankey. Popping it back in as quickly as possible to soothe him.

Then OUT OF NOWHERE I see it! THING pops RIGHT OUT of his blanket and STEALS the pacifier! Slade screams out in anger! "That is MY pacifier! I want it back!" I retrieve the pacifier from "Thing" and return it to its rightful owner. Once again, THING pops right back up out of the blanket and takes what does not belong to him! I pry the pacifier out of Thing's death grip and again return it to its rightful owner.

Before that sneaky Thing could snatch the pacifier again I tightly wrap Slade's blanket around him, in hopes of controlling the wild (and ever so daring, with Momma standing by) animal.

Crawling back in bed I let out a little chuckle. The poor boy. He was just trying to sleep and enjoy his beloved paci, but his hands kept stealing it out of his very own mouth. Hands that cannot be controlled at One in the morning.

Don't worry little buddy... Mommy is here to save you. Even if it does mean that I have to stay awake all night to protect you from "Thing". ;)


** I should hope that you all know what "THING" is! :)