WAKE UP MOMMY!

Okay...I am 13 weeks pregnant and while I haven't been feeling as sick lately, I am always very tired. I am a napper to begin with, and when I have the duty of building a baby inside my tummy, the need for naps is even more necessary. My three and one year old make it very difficult for me to sneak in a snooze, so I have to be very creative. Luckily, my little one takes two naps and it is during his afterneen nap I try to execute my plan. I refer to it as Mommy's moments of non-movement. I try to put Daniel down at two, at which point I excitedly call Michael into my room, where all the doors have been locked. I turn on the TV, very low, and tell him that Blue's Clues and Dora are coming on. These are his favorite shows. Now, I really don't like the idea of plopping him down in front of the boob tube, but the nap is more important! I get him all settled in and scurry over to my bed, where I cover myself in the most wonderful napping quilt. I gently rest m head on the pillow and lower my lids. At this point the plan is that Michael will quietly watch his shows and let me sleep for an hour. Then, refreshed and rejuvenated, I awake and we continue on with our day. Unfortunately, that is NEVER the case. Five minutes after I attempt to break away into the world of Nap, Michael crawls up onto my bed, pries my eyes open with his much in need of a nail trimming fingers, and screams at the top of his lungs, "WAKE UP MOMMY". Why is this? Doesn't he want some "Michael" time? I resign to the fact that the nap has vaporized into the vast abyss, never to be seen again, and instead I am stuck watching an episode of Blue's Clues. Stuck, that is, with my little boy, who I love so much and would rather be with than taking a nap anyway.