A Rough Night

It was a rough night with a new puppy in the house. I knew having him would be like having a newborn but I didn't think he'd cry all...night long. I figured he'd wear himself out at some point and sleep but no...I was wrong about that. Or maybe I just slept through the periods of time where he did actually sleep.
Let us start at the beginning...First off, all the kids were in bed and asleep by 9pm, including the dog. So, after the news and close to 10pm I decide it's time for me to go to bed because I know that Rexy is going to keep me up all night. I went to bed and it should end here but it doesn't. This is were Sadie wakes up and wants to be up. This is also were she wakes Rex up and he wants to be up and he's not being silent about it.
So, Sadie cried for about an hour and finally gave up and went back to sleep and Rex didn't. He kept crying and crying and crying. I slept on the living room floor last night and Steff slept on the couch. We both were up at 2am because she decided she'd had enough sleep. I somehow managed to put it on Sprout and find her a couple of shows in our "On Demand" feature. I say somehow, because I was mostly asleep through this adventure.
Ryan came home at 3:30am and Steff greeted him at the door and Rex whined at the gate for him to pick him up. He did. I woke up at this point to receiving kisses all over my face by my darling new puppy. I didn't mind. He was sure hyper though. I was in shock how excited he was to be out of his pen. But, I was also thinking this little fellow is nocturnal. Oh...boy. Many more days of the crying all night ahead. Then it happens, Rex piddles on the floor and then he goes into the hallway and poops. The worst part is that Ryan got him out and he tells me it's my dog so I need to clean it up. I'm going to be setting a rule, if you get him out of the pen then you clean up any messes he makes. It only makes sense to me.
So, Ryan goes to bed and he puts Rex back in his pen and Steff gets a show put on and I go to sleep. I wake to Kieran getting Rex out of the pen, he's still crying...and it's quarter after 7 and surprisingly, Steff has managed to fall back to sleep.
So, at quarter to 8 I take Kieran to school, with Rexy in tow...Kieran put him down his coat but only after putting on his little sweater. He looks so cute in his sweater. . .As soon as I get home Sadie wakes up and my mom took Rex down to sleep with her. I have a break from the puppy.
As of right now, Sadie and I are the only one's awake and it's like every other morning. I feel exhausted but that's a small price to pay for the joy we will get from having Rex...Besides, there's nothing I can do about it so I might as well just deal with the way things are...Right?