Cole slept horribly last night. Both kids went to bed very early - Accalia fell asleep on the couch at 6:30 and Cole probably around 7. But when I went to bed a little after 10, Cole decided to toss and turn almost all night, and so I did the same. We were even up for an hour between 4 and 5 a.m. Then we finally got up for good around 6:30. I feel as if I've gotten no sleep, and I hate that feeling. Cole has to be getting close to something - walking, more teeth - something. He's just more cranky during the day, and he's generally not a cranky guy.

This morning we went to visit my friend Lilah and her daughters. Danielle is 5 1/2 and Lauren is almost two months old. This is the first time we've gotten together for a playdate since we moved back to Yankton, and it's been almost 10 months! Very sad. We had a nice time, though, and Accalia and Danielle enjoyed playing together.

I'm just in awe of how together Lilah is, though. When Cole was two months old, my house wasn't spotless (okay, it never is), I wasn't writing articles for the local paper or giving piano lessons or continuing on with my duties as president of the local New Year's Eve celebration. And I wasn't even fully dressed at 9 a.m. Okay, so I was in the process of packing up a house and moving by the time Cole was three weeks old. And I have no idea how much attention Danielle and Lauren receive, but still!

Lilah isn't the attachment parenting sort, but she's not a horrid, screaming parent either, so that makes it pleasant to get together despite our parenting differences. We met not long after Cory and I were married. She was going on maternity leave soon and I was filling in for her at the newspaper with duties such as laying out the life section, writing, filing, etc. The funny thing is that she was friends at one time with my high school journalism instructor, Sharlene Bush. Anyway, Lilah continued to work until Danielle was about two. Then she stayed at home and we started getting together on a weekly basis until we moved to Mitchell, where Lilah happens to be from.

That's probably been the biggest excitement of the day. Cory will be home in a little over an hour and I'm very much looking forward to that.