HE SLEPT!!!!!!!!

Holy freaking God! My son actually SLEPT last night! I mean, for more than an hour at a time! He fell asleep lying next to me in bed last night around 9 PM. When I was sure he was asleep, I put him in his crib and left the room, closing the door quietly behind me. I went downstairs, turned on the baby monitor, and settled in to watch the second last show of "So You Think You Can Dance." (I always dreamed of being a professional dancer, but never had a chance, so I live vicariously through this show.....it's sad, I know.) Jesse didn't wake until 12:30. Yep, you got that right. That's 3 1/2 hours of sleep. I nursed him back to sleep after that, but he woke up shortly after putting him back down in his crib. Steve tried a couple time to get him back down, but it didn't work. At around 2 am I just gave up and took him in the bed with us and nursed him and he did eventually go back to sleep. I woke up a couple of times after that, and Jesse was STILL sleeping. Crazy. Then, at 5:30 am, the child woke up. He nursed, and then WENT BACK TO SLEEP AGAIN! For another 2 hours! I couldn't believe it! For some reason, Steve felt like crap when he woke up, and thought it was a horrible night. But for me, it was heavenly! I felt more rested when I got up this morning than I have in over a month!

I am NOT, however, expecting a repeat performance tonight. I'm not that naive anymore.