What in the...?

Very strange things happened in the Smith household last night indeed.

When Jas and I finally made it upstairs for the night, we discovered Tiegan sleeping in our bed. Not so much sleeping as struggling with the covers and whimpering. I asked what was the matter and she started full-on crying - no explanation. She seemed so out of it, like she was still half asleep, so I picked her up and cuddled her for a while and carried her back to her room. Tucked her back in with all her stuffed animals and she fell back asleep with some coaxing and snuggling from mom & dad.

Every hour or so, T would wake up and just cry. Every time I went in to see what was the problem, her eyes were half closed and she was just lying there, crying out. I would ask what's wrong and the answer was different every time. But her answers all had something in common: they made no sense. First, she wanted down. Next, she wanted to go outside. Another time, she wanted to go swimming. It was like she was throwing one of her "I wanna" fits. In her sleep. I concluded that she was dreaming all this, and was just acting out in her dreams.

I have had a little suspicion that she'd be a sleepwalker. I was when I was a kid, but I grew out of it. I once made cookies in my sleep. Left the oven on all night. She snores a lot, and also moves around and mumbles in her sleep. Once in a while she will even sit up, say something clear as day, and fall back down into a dead sleep again.

Tell you what... I was NOT thrilled with all these night wakings after the long day I had, and my growing headache. But how could I be mad when she seemed so upset?