i'm soooo tired

jubal kept waking up and crying last night. all night. he doesn't do this. he has never done this before. his body is fine--no sore tummy, no indication of an ear infection or anything else that might cause a person to scream incessantly. so that leaves the teeth.

you'd never guess it from looking at him this morning, all smiles and clicks and his usual joke-playing shenanigans.

every time i would get him to sleep (by rocking or patting or jostling and also singing or humming or whispering) and then fall asleep myself he would stir and start wailing again. are you kidding me?! i was up all night singing and patting and begging the gods for sleep.

we are having a second tea party for hazel today, a couple of our dearhearts couldn't come to the main birthday party...the thought of cleaning up the house and setting everything up and baking scones feels a bit overwhelming right now, but i'm sure it will be fine if someone entertains the baby for me.

thanks to dad and kevin for their comments--i will likely take kevin up on the loan of software so i can really TRY something. i attempted to download the free trial of an adobe design package--like 40 hours to download! never mind.

while i was comforting jubal last night graphic designs were flying through my head...i was enjoying a juxtaposition of black lacy block print on white and my usual fruits and veggies in repeating patterns. as well as some random, sleep deprived images.

here's to sleep! and to friends and family...kevin was right about my dad, he did always listen--and he still does. i'll have to do a post about parenting one of these days.