Following Ben Franklin's advice

"Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." I have always been a fan of Benjamin Franklin. It is no small coincidence that our 2nd son was named Benjamin.

Ben lives best by these words and pretty much melts down by 6:30pm and won't stop crying until we put him to bed. He's awake no later than 6:30am, however. Liam does not like the early to bed part, but is often awake between 5:30 and 6am. With Dave's military schedule, it isn't unusual for him to leave for work before 6am.

In my desparate attempt for a cup of coffee before the first child awake, I get up really early, way too early. Now I just need to work on going to bed earlier.

Here are some pictures from one of our early mornings, and as you can see neither Liam or Ben was quite awake yet:

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