Scott and I still don’t understand it, but somehow our little boy is quite an early riser. Kerry truly seems to be the happiest when he gets up “at the crack of dawn.” To Scott, it just seems WRONG!! Needless to say, Scott is definitely not a morning person! If he didn’t have to be at work 5 days a week and church on Sunday mornings, I don’t think he’d be up until about 10:00 am most days! (Well, he might try that, I mean, but good luck!) 
However, it’s really kind of surprising to us both that our son could be so happy so early in the morning! I’m more of a morning person than Scott, but I’ve mostly just learned to get up a lot earlier (out of necessity). I like to be the first one up, so I can have some time to myself. Of course, even though I may get up early, I usually do not like to talk when I first awake. So, this is yet another reason why it’s almost a race for me to arise before little Kerry! He can be quite chatty when he first gets out of bed. Therefore, I find it’s helpful to our relationship, if I can be a little more coherent when the chatter commences! 
You know, even our family dog doesn’t “do” mornings. In fact, it was 7:50 am when I wrote this first draft, and Gracie was the only one not out of bed! Usually, when Kerry and/or I get up before dawn, if Gracie wakes up at all, she just looks up blearily eyed for about a second. Then she promptly lays her head back down and goes right back to sleep! I think if Gracie could talk, she would say, “Hey, what’s wrong with you people? Don’t you know it’s still dark outside?!”
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How about you all? Do you have “morning people,” “night owls,” or a combination in your family?
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