This a random selection of photos of Evangeline sleeping in odd places. I could have a whole bunch of them from Trinity and Piper but that requires a ton of extra work I didn't feel like doing tonight.
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| Here she is a little baby, on her tummy, head cranked around, arm twisted up and back of hand resting on her knee. |
You tell me, now does that look comfortable? Looks like someone took a nasty tumble down the stairs.
Summer time aged 6 to 7 months. Basically sitting up, with head tipped back as far as it could go. I know every time I fall asleep with my head in a funny way I wake up with such a pain....in the neck :)
Not such an usual way to find a child sleeping, tucked safely away in the car seat linked up to the stroller. What's so strange about this? Imagine 200+ relatives making a ruckus, a live band blaring in the background and at least 75 screaming children. Welcome to a Williams' family reunion. A sight to stop many in their tracks, definitely not one that puts many to sleep.
This is a more classic pose. You know that moment when everything goes quiet and you go to see what trouble they are making and you find them completely passed out. This is that moment. This particular day she had just come home from Mema's house. In such a rush to join her sisters in play she could not be bothered to remove shoes or coat. She settled into a clear play spot and promptly passed out.
My all time favorite! Kids find joy in the simplest things. A large box becomes a source of endless enjoyment and costs you very little. Evangeline played with this box for weeks. I don't know what spurned her to decide to do it but she laid a pillow down in the bottom tossed a blanket in and grabbed her sippy cup and fell asleep there. Slept for 3 hours crammed up in that box. For the first time ever when she got up she complained that her legs hurt. Gee I wonder why.
And here she is a day or two later....she had given up the sleeping in the box. She had been telling me the letters on her animal cards when suddenly she stopped talking to me, I looked up and there she was, spread eagle on the floor again. Perfect chalk outline could be made out of this pose.
Its also one of my favorite ways to discover that one of my children are asleep. They chatter and chatter and chatter and silence....better than silence is the instant snoring. All 3 girls also have my rather annoying habit of talk in their sleep. I giggle to think back on all the gibberish that has fallen from sleeping lips.
"No its my butter." Trinity.
"Stop it I'm not a kitty." Piper
Evangeline's is barely intelligible most of the time, but I do hear the words "no sissy" or "Trini did it" a lot. I wonder what it is she dreams of when "Trini did it." sounds from her.
Tonight we had a double header of sleeping positions. Step One: The comfortable cross leg. Just fell asleep watching the television. She needs to work on the holding on to the cup....it will not serve her well when she is not using something that has a top.
Step Two, abandon the sippy cup and wad yourself up in the corner as best as you can. Don't forget to crank that arm up as high as possible. I dread trying to move her and have put it off writing this and watching Spartacus.
Tricky business this will be to get her into her underjam and upstairs with out undue fuss and a full awakening.
Wish me luck please!
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