The end of my rope

Al is currently chatting with himself in bed, and prior to this moment he was singing EI EI-OOOO...mooo mooo mooo mooo mooo mooo mooo. Under normal circumstances I might think all of this blabber was cute and endearing, however, the past three nights have been a disaster, and I have about one more straw before I might snap... :).
Al has decided that he doesnt need to go to bed until about 9 or 10pm. All would be fine (I still put him i bed at 8pm) except he screams Mommy! Mommy! or somehow shakes his bed until it is close enough to the dresser that he can turn the lamp on and play with the picture frames. Ahhh... what a little stinker! All this goes on while Hope sleeps next to him which is partly why it makes me so anxious. Last night took the cake though. We spent the night at the farm and he didnt fall asleep until 10:15. Woke up at midnight crying and cried off an on for 2 hours. I finally just stopped going in his room and let him cry it out. He then woke up at 6am and was beside himself. Probably threw 5 tantrums in the first 15 minutes he was awake. Good news is that I put him back to bed at 9:30 am and all three of us slept for 3 hours! It was awesome.
He NEEDS at least 11 hours of sleep, but I dont know how to get him to sleep. He is so tired and everything sets him off. I am hoping that this is just a phase. Please God.

I miss Beau. I havent seen him since Friday morning and that was for about 5 minutes. Tomorrow will be nice, at least we will have the morning... bc Wave is open in the evening. But, next weekend it is not open at all.. YES! (oh! I just got a text from BEau and he will be home in 45 min!! yeay)
Have a great rest of the weekend everyone.