Great Adventures of the Night!

Well since Sat, lots has gone on..
Kaden, poor thing has been sick for the last 4 days.. First he had a fever of 103.7 then on Sunday morning that broke, leaving him with a bad stomach ache in its wake.. Poor dear has been so moody and cranky its taken everything to have patients and love, and endurance. But thankfully will pull through it. Today he was still sick in the morning, but by Noon he was doing a whole lot better. Last night was one heck of a night to, went to bed around 5 from juggling with kaden waking every other hour.. But then to top it off we had some unwanted visitors in our room.. I was about to fall asleep and looked down on the floor and there walking from out under my bed was a rat. Don't ask for pics cause I'll never have that. Yuck! So I went in search of a trap and not finding it I went and got my brother up to help me with my search.. To no avail. They could not be found. (sadly they were just in hiding the whole time) So knowing I wouldn't get any sleep at all knowing that critters where wandering around, I went and got our Cat Mylo..bless his heart... I look him in the eyes and promised him a special treat if he'd get the rat for me. And let him go. Good little hunter that he was, was gone on his hunt. So thinking that I had done my part, with all I could do. I went to bed.. Seconds later.. Just under my bed, there was a Cat/Rat tango.. Cat wants Rat, rat don't want rat to catch him, so he runs. Bang, boom,bam...and on it goes.. So trying to be a good helper, I move different object out of his way so he can get around places.. thankfully they soon leave from under my bed, and take their matter to the draws.. Milo goes inside part way, makes his effort again, then comes out wanting to get into the bottom draw, so I help him and open it up.. he goes back in makes a a bunch more noise then comes out wanting to get in the second draw going up opened. and does so again wanting to go in the 3 rd draw up... I was so proud of him, aside from the noise( which woke my eldest son) he was doing a marvelous job. Then to my horror, out comes little ratty.. I yap at Milo that the Rat is out and try calling him to get out from the draws but God bless him, faithful that he was trying to be he didn't .. To make a long story shorter. In the end the Rat got to live yet one more day.. sniff.. All in all.. I got 4 hours of sleep that night. No Rat to show for, a messy room,a excited awake child from having had seen a glimps of the Rat, and a dear Cat the was still very determined to get that extra treat.

I learnt my lesson. Tonight I put the Trap out, and pray by morning we will have succeeded in the end.
Thank you all that put your prayer power behind it.