Early in the morning...

***MamaMuffin blogging***

I've had a rough week and I took the pups to sleep with me early (for a Friday) at 10:00pm. I fell right to sleep, I think, but then I was awakened by a phone call from Matt. He let me go back to sleep (he probably called around midnight- usual time), but then at 2:30 am Aussie and Dillon started barking. I'm not sure what they heard or which one started it, but Aussie quickly became alert. Aussie was never one to be "the guard dog", but since Dillon's arrival and Dillon's "guard-dog-ways", Aussie has stepped up his game. So Dillon was barking for a minute and then he went back to sleep, but Aussie was getting restless: barking and looking out of the window. He finally decided to go downstairs by himself and of course Dillon followed. He kept barking and I think, inducing Dillon to bark. He was sitting in front of me on the floor, giving me manners and whining and I finally just gave in, I got up, checked the alarm (which is always on), then walked downstairs with the boys: I don't know what the commotion was about??? That satisfied him and when we returned back upstairs, he went to sleep finally. He kept me up for almost half an hour so I really did think, he'd probably sleep in past 7am- NOPE! 6:30 am rolls around and Aussie is walking around checking on me and Dillon (who is also still sleeping). Then at 7am Dillon begins to awake- probably b/c Aussie kept bothering him and my face was being licked and I was being pounced on- for which I quickly showed some alpha male rage. Aussie and Dillon respond well to my alpha male dominance. So here we are, awake before 8am on a day I wanted to stay sleeping until at least 9am. I guess I never really sleep that late, before Dillon, Aussie and I would be up around 7:30 or 8am and Matt would stay sleeping until 9 or 10am. I'm sure they'll both be sleeping within the next hour!