All work and no play makes Daddy a bad boy....

Dear Lilia,

The last several days have been pretty darn crazy.  It started with me being up over 24 hours from Friday morning to Saturday morning and working that entire night.  Then more work on Saturday.  Then more work on Sunday.  Did I mention that I've been working days and nights for the last two days as well?   I'm sorry that I haven't written you again before now.

Through this whole mess, Mommy has been taking care of you all day every day.  I'm sorry that I couldn't hold you and rock you to sleep at night.  I'm also sorry that I didn't get up during the night to help take care of you.  You see, Mommy can be stubborn sometimes.  She wouldn't wake me up when you started fussing.  I'm just hoping that your stubborn streak (because we know you already have one, believe me) doesn't come out quite so strong. 

Yesterday ended up being the day that Mommy and I were just too exhausted to do anything.  It also happened to be the day that you got sick (at least we think so).  All day you wouldn't go to bed for more than 10 minutes or so and you only wanted to be held and fed.  Mommy was exhausted by the time I got home from work and we both wanted a nap.  We thought we had a great idea by taking you on a drive.  You usually sleep really well in your car seat.  Well, we got back home and you were back awake within a half hour.  Again Mommy was stubborn and didn't wake me up.  I ended up sleeping for three hours.

Thankfully that night you were so exhausted that you had a really good night.  You only woke up twice!  Thank you for letting Mommy and I sleep.  We've both been feeling a lot better today.  We won't complain if you decide to do that again tonight.

Love,
Daddy