Midnight Race

Funny things happen when you're half asleep -

A couple nights ago around 1:30am, I can hear Hannah awake in her room and asking for me.  Normally if she wakes up in the middle of the night, she'll be awake for like 2 mins and then fall back asleep.  So I just stayed in bed listening.  Then I heard her little footsteps getting out of bed and I knew she was going for her door. 

Now, a little background - our bedroom door is open and both dogs sleep in our room.  Each of the girls sleep with their doors closed.  Since Foster is new to the family, he is not use to any door opening in the middle of the night without me actually doing the opening.

So, back to the story.  I hear Hannah walking towards her door and before I can get out of bed, she turns the knob.  Foster freaks out and starts barking and charging down the hall.  Bailey, not wanting to be left out of the fun, jumps out and starts running and barking after Foster.  Remember, this is 1:30 in the morning.  I'm now running and trying to not yell at the dogs for fear of waking Addie.  The three of us get to Hannah's door and I turn around and Daddy is standing there as well.  I tell the dogs to go to bed, tell Daddy to go back to bed and see what Hannah wants.  Never one to pass up negotiation skills, she says "Go downstairs for just 5 mins."  Sorry kiddo, it’s the middle of the night.  So I get her back in bed. 

In the morning, I asked Daddy why he got up.  He said 'everyone was up and running, so I got up and ran.'  Apparently he had no idea what was going on :).