partied like a rock star

i've got about 25 minutes while deacon is in front of praisebaby. here are some more pics from his party. hopefully, clayton will make a video soon and you can see how he dug right into his little bday cake. he only ate the frosting though...and that leads us to the best story of the weekend! the party was fun, we had 30ish people over to celebrate.









when i look at this pic, the song "Ebony and Ivory" pops into my head!



now, deacon still takes 2 naps usually. one in the morning, one in the afternoon. on party day, he took his morning one. but right when he would have gone down for the afternoon one is when we had birthday cake. so, the sugar rush kept him up. which is fine. he then took a short nap around 4:30. not a big deal, he had a big day so i figured a late nap won't hurt bedtime. so around 8pm deacon is showing signs of tiredness so we begin our nighttime routine. cereal, bath, bottle and down for the night....hahahahaaaa....

deacon slept for about 30 minutes, but then woke up...clayton went in to try to put him back down...he slept for about 30 more minutes...he woke up screaming....i tried, nana tried, clayton tried again to put him down...he slept for 30 minutes...then woke up screaming again....now it is 11pm...i tried different rooms, putting him on the couch with me (inlaws were in our bed)...putting him on the floor with me in guest room....still just screaming like i'm trying to cut his leg off....not just crying....but SCREAMING at us...we tried tylenol....we turned on lights to check for broken bones or something hurting him....nothing...still screaming...

finally, i said i'm taking him to walmart to get some allergy med (deacon is super congested and watery eyes and cough). maybe his allergies are keeping him awake...all the while, i knew he was awake b/c of all the sugar he mainlined at his party...his poor little body couldn't find the off switch...his eyes were red, i knew he was tired, but his body wouldn't turn off.

i got up, walked to the garage and he stopped screaming. clayton was helping me get him in the car to go to walmart (at 11pm in our pjs!!!) and deacon smiled at him....clayton was not amused...he didn't cry again, he was totally awake the entire time i drove around (to walmart, to the atm, through mcdonalds to get a coke b/c i was falling asleep)...usually he falls asleep in the car, not tonight!

we drive home around midnight...i think the car ride calmed him enough, that i took him inside, rocked him and he fell asleep...i passed out on the couch.

i assumed deacon would sleep late after that, but no, his internal alarm clock had him up at 6:30/7ish as usual!!! but, i could tell that he was still recovering from saturday b/c he took a 2 hour morning nap and a 2 hour afternoon nap and still went to bed at 8pm sunday night...so, we are back on schedule. yay!

deacon is doing well even though he is teething (we're up to 8 teeth!) and dealing with what i assume is severe allergies...he will probably walk any day now...he is doing a lot more standing on his own....of course, he only stands for about 5 seconds before he falls back on his rear.