ongoings

This month we have been working with Emmy on potty training. I HATE potty training. When Maddy went through it I was prego with Emmy and I got so frustrated and mad about cleaning up piles of poop and puddles that I quit. I absolutely refused to potty train Maddy for the duration of my pregnancy. Adam didn't like this and voiced that Maddy was going to be in diapers until she was 27. I didn't care at that point. I was willing to change her diapers until that age, what ever it took for me NOT to have to potty train. Well, I went into potty training Emmy with this same attitude and at first it showed. Emmy didn't want to use the potty or would pee in her diaper and then tell us she had to use the potty. So again, I quit. Until she was ready and could tell me on her own that she wanted to use the potty at the appropriate time, I wasn't going to do it. More frustration on Adams part. Well about 2-3 weeks ago Emmy said she had to go potty and she did, in the potty. But only pee pee. She would hide and go poop in her diaper just like her sister. Then one day she said she had to go potty, but nothing came out. Then 45 mins later she said the same thing with the same result. Then 45 mins after that she had to go potty again....this time I made her sit on the potty until something came out. That was the last day that she was afraid to go poo poo on the potty. She just had to get over the anxiety of pooing on the potty. So we've graduated to pull ups and she is going all day keeping it dry and clean. And now, we've graduated to panties. Other than one day, 20 mins after I put her in them she peed in front of the potty trying to get them off, she has kept her panties clean and dry. I'm so proud of Emmy for potty training so well. This experience has been much easier than with Maddy. But then they say the second one is. I'm so excited to know that I will only have one more to potty train and then I will be done. Done, done, done!!!

All is well with the baby. I'm measuring appropriately for 31 weeks and I'm starting to pop. I have 6 weeks and 3 days left until my section on Nov 11. I can't wait!!

Maddy came home from school last week saying that her teacher made her sit on a bench for the entire recess and that she didn't do anything. When pressed for what she really did to have to sit on the bench, she told me that she kissed a boy. The exact same boy I had just told her to stay away from that morning. He's one the of the boys that gets sent to the office on a daily basis or misbehaves. He's also been telling Maddy she needs to do something nicer with her hair. Not really someone I want her being around. She already has self image and self esteem issues at the age of 5. I don't need some punk telling my daughter to change herself for him or anyone. So Adam and I got the chance to talk to her about when the appropriate age to kiss is. I've had lots of people tell me that it's cute and that it's what 5 yr old girls do. I've also been told that the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree. In this case yes, I was a boy chaser and looking back I realize how dumb I was. Instead of paying attention to important things like school and developing myself, I was to worried about if a boy liked me or not. That was my obsession. If I kissed him would he like me more? I want Maddy to focus on more important things. I want her to know that her life and happiness does NOT depend on if a boy likes her or not.

I want her to know that she is a beautiful girl with many talents and gifts to give. She is smart and funny and caring. Those are the things I want her to show and give to others. I don't want her to think she has to give physical things to a boy to get him to like her. Those are the things I wish I had done or realized.

The girls are both so excited for the baby to come. Maddy can't believe that we only have October and then Bekah will be here. So excited!!! :)

So it's been awhile...

Well, school has started again for all of us.

Maddy started kindergarten this year and is in school all day long. It's quite an adjustment for her. She comes home hungry and tired, ready to just veg on the couch. She is enjoying it very much and is spending a lot of time on learning how to read. Most of their curriculum is spent on reading. Maddy doesn't like her phys ed. class very much. She apparently tells the teacher when to stop because she is tired and doesn't want to exercise anymore. Hopefully she'll out grow this, and start to enjoy exercising. She has music and art class every other day that she doesn't have gym. She likes these much better and loves coming home to share the song she learned that day. She takes her lunch in her new lunch box everyday. I need to find some new things to put in her lunch other than pbj and turkey sandwiches. Anyone got any ideas?

It's been an adjustment for Emmy as well. We send Maddy off on the bus at 8:20 with a hug and a kiss, and then it's mommy Emmy time. We read, watch movies, go to playgroup, the library and shopping. Most of the time we just sit at home and watch movies while I work on homework. We have lunch at 12 and nap time from 12:30/1 till about 3pm. We both lay down and it's WONDERFUL. I don't know how I got by without a 2 hour nap everyday. I love cuddling with my love bug. We get sissy off the bus and have dinner and then it's relaxing time. My time alone with Emmy has been great.

I started this semester two weeks ago with just one class and it's online. I did it this way so I wouldn't have to worry about attendance once I've had the baby. I have American Govt. 1 and it's going to be interesting. I love a healthy debate about political topics so this class with fulfill that, but it's also going to anger me, which I guess is what inspires change or the desire to make something better. So it should be an entertaining semester.

I am currently 28.6 weeks or 29 to round up. I'm getting more and more uncomfortable as the days and weeks go by. I'm looking forward to 9 weeks from now when I'm scheduled for my c-section on the 11th of Nov. at 10:30 am. I can't wait!! Sounds crazy to some, I know. I can't really explain it but I'm excited to think that this is my last one. That sounds sad to see it actually written down, but, that's how I feel. I will miss the feeling of having a child moving around inside of me. And I'm sure that at some point I will feel the pull of wishing maybe I could have another....but at this point in my life, I know that I'm done. I have my family and I love them very much.

Adam has started his year off, and thus far hasn't had any major complaints. It takes some major adjusting to staying up as late as you want and not having much to do during the day, to getting up every morning at 5am and going to bed by 10(or 11:30) so you can get up at that time. His days are long and we miss him lots when he's gone, but he enjoys the coaching aspect of his job. Adam is the head golf coach this year. He is also helping with the football video crew and will be helping with baseball as much as possible in the spring. Baseball is his first love, but golf helps pay the bills a little better. Anything sports helps take the stress out of the day.

Things are well here and we are looking forward to fall and some cooler weather eventually. We had a great summer and loved seeing family and friends.

It's a ....It's a.....

Well, we found out on Thursday what we are having. Another girl!! I am excited, Maddy not so much. She was grumpy walking out of the ultrasound room and Adam called me once in the parking lot to let me know she was crying. :( I really hope she doesn't try to give Rebekah away like she threatened. Adam is ok, due to the fact that he will now have a man room all to himself in which to escape the side effects of 4 women in his home. :) Emmy is ok with whatever, she says she wants a brother, but I think it's only because she hears Maddy say that's what she wants.

I figured that this would be another girl. I have two friends who just recently gave birth to their 3rd girls, a friend who gave birth to her 3rd boy and another friend who is pregnant with her 3rd boy. Who are we to be different and break the cycle?

Rebekah Claire is the name we have for the most part settled on and everyone seems to agree with it. I'm kinda going back and forth with Evelyn, but can't come up with a decent middle name. I'm sure we will stick with Rebekah.

This little one is modest, keeping her legs pulled tightly together and up. I had to roll on my side for the us tech twice, to get her to move. I have yet to scan the photos to the computer to put on here....one day. I'm sorry I'm horrible at pics.

We are right on track for November 25 as a due date, but will go a week before, barring any water rupture or unforeseen events, for a c-section. I'll be home in time for Thanksgiving, which will appease Maddy who has been uptight about the thought of me being in the hospital for the holiday.

I am 18 weeks and enjoying my pregnancy now that the pukes are done. I feel much better and only need a spit cup when I don't have gum on hand. I still love to sleep, that has yet to fade! All is well.

I am very excited to be having, not only a baby at the same time as Lanie, but a girl as well!! These cousins will be very close!! It's nice to have Lanie to go through this with. Sorry we can't donate our clothes to you!! :) I know Jeanne prayed to have girls in the family, but this is ridiculous!! :)

Congrats to the grandparents! 4 granddaughters on both sides! Whomever has that first boy is going to be spoiled!!! (It won't be us!!)

Much love to all!

Leaps and Bounds

The baby is growing by leaps and bounds. It has started to kick so that I can feel it. We have our appointment this week on Thursday to find out what we are having. I'll have more info after Thursday. Just wanted to document the baby movement. :)

So I just have to brag about Maddy. We sat down today and she read an entire level 2 book to me with the exception of 5 words. That's it. She is five, just finished 1 year of pre-school and is reading level 2 books pretty much by herself. How did I get such smart, cute kids?

Here are some picture from Maddy's recent hair cut! I love it!!

Maddy's Surgery

Here are some photos of Maddy's procedure she had done on the 11th. They are backwards in order. We got to the hospital at 7 am and waited in her room with her until the doctor was ready. We watched tv, a movie (Scooby-Doo) and they pre-oped Maddy. Part of her pre-op was giving her Versed to help with anxiety and make her a little sleepy going into surgery. WOW. I wish we had a video of Maddy on Versed. If you ever want to see a 5yo drunk that is the way to do it. It didn't hit her right away but when it did, you could tell. She started waving her arms in the air. Then in VERY slurred speech said she felt a little confused. At one point she was trying to say something, stopped and started poking me in the face and started laughing and saying I looked funny. I started to be a little unnerved at that point, but the nurses came in and said it was time to go back. Maddy was a little upset that one of the nurses was standing her line of view for the tv. (She was watching Scooby-Doo) I found that kinda funny. After they rolled her away Adam and I went to get breakfast. 30 mins later we were waiting in the waiting room and 2 mins after we got there the doctor came out to tell us she was done, Maddy did very well and Maddy was in recovery and they would come get us when she was awake enough. Not two seconds after the doctor turned a walked away the nurse came to get us and took us back to see Maddy in recovery. Maddy was awake (sorta), crying and kinda thrashing around in the bed. After about a min she opened her eyes still crying uncontrollably and started, what sounded to me like having trouble breathing. The nurse stood there charting in the chart not really worried..so I continued to try to calm Maddy down, to no avail. The nurse then proceeded to start telling Adam the discharge instructions. I didn't hear a word she said because I was trying to keep Maddy from climbing out of the bed still half awake and crying, almost screaming. The nurse then took out Maddy's IV with no real warning which made Maddy cry even more and said that we could get Maddy dressed while she got a wheelchair. We had been in the recovery room no more than 5-10 mins when they had Maddy in the wheelchair crying, ready to wheel her out to the car. The only coherent thing I could understand Maddy saying was I want to go home. Poor thing. We got her to the car and I had to sit holding her up because she was so beside herself and still under the influence. We got her home and laid her on the couch to watch some tv and she started to really relax. She would randomly start crying, and say that she didn't know why she was crying. :( One time she started to cry and said that she wanted to go back to the hospital room to finish watching Scooby-Doo. She was really mad she couldn't finish it.

Maddy was really hungry and wanted to eat breakfast, but I was hesitant to feed her real food until I knew she was going to keep it down. I gave her a little bowl of dry golden grahams, of which she ate two and then a few minutes later threw up. She had sips of water and they seemed to stay down ok. Then I gave her Tylenol because she was complaining of her ears hurting. Yeah, those didn't stay down very long either. So we laid on the couch together until Adam got home from picking up Emmy from grandmas. After that she seemed like a new girl. She had two visitors come and bring her presents. Adrieanne and Ella brought her some banana bread and Kate and Sam brought her a 1/2 gallon of ice cream. When I got up to get ready for work Maddy was bouncing around the house as if nothing ever happened. She has been great ever since! She was a good patient. Every now and then she complains that she still can't remember very much about going to sleep or what the flavor was in her gas mask that put her to sleep. The only thing I wish that was different was that they had recovered Maddy a little longer in the hospital. But o well. All is well and we are so thankful that every thing went as well as could be expected. We are so very thankful for all the prayers and thoughts given in our behalf. Thank you! We love you all!

Recovering at home on the couch.

Just a little drunk right before going back to the OR.

Watching Scooby-Doo, drunk, while waiting to go back.

I don't know why this one is so small, but that is her My Little Pony in a mask and hair cover ready to go back into surgery with Maddy! So cute. This was Maddy before the Versed.

This was right after we got there, we were looking at the stickers they gave to Maddy.

Surgery Date

We visited the ENT this week and found out that Maddy is definitely going to be having tubes. She will also be having her adnoids taken out. She has yet another ear infection. We've been off antibiotics for 12 days and she has another one. This is her 5th one since December. June 11th is the day. It will be outpatient which will be nice so we don't have to stay in the hospital.

Other news from this week...I had a dr's appointment and everything sounds and looks great with the baby. We have 4 weeks untill we find out what this little bug is. They told me I was going to have to wait 7 weeks because I won't be far enough along to measure and all that jazz. Adam and I decided we couldn't wait that long so we will be going in for just a gender check. I want to know if I can get rid of the tubs of girl clothes or hang onto them. :) That and since this is our last one...we are just itching to know what it is!

Only two more days of school for Maddy and Three for Adam. Then Summer!! We went swimming the other day for the first time this season and had a blast! This summer is going to be so much fun! Not much else going on. I promise one of these days I will get some recent pics of the girls on here. Loves!

Slight Hiatus

Well I'm back after a slight hiatus. I've been finishing up my semester in school and as far as I know I passed both my classes with A's. Finals were this past week and all went well, no stress. I am now 12 weeks along and can't quite figure out if I'm really on the down hill slope of this sickness thing or what. I have good days and really bad days. But either way, hopefully I'll be out of the woods soon.

Not much else has been going on around here other than waiting patiently (or not) for the school year to draw to an end. Adam has 3 more weeks and Maddy has, as she tells us every week, 2 more Mondays left in Pre-School before she gets to go to Kindergarten. We are all looking forward to this summer. It will most definitely be a relaxing and well deserved one. We will get to spend lots of time together as a family which has been nill these last 10 months. We are looking forward to my dad coming to visit, maybe with my sisters, may not. Either way we are looking forward to seeing him. I know Mike and Lanie are as well!! :)

Maddy is thinking about doing T-ball this summer...we're still not sure. Summer gets awfully hot here so hmmmm...
Maddy had to have her blood drawn again this week and did VERY well. I was so proud of my brave girl. They missed the vein on the first try and had to dig to see if they could find it. She didn't move an inch the whole time. Then when they poked her a second time it was in a more sensitve spot and she yelped, but once again, did not move. I didn't really have to hold her down, more just be close for support. She did great. She is a great kiddo and I love being her mommy. We visit the ENT for a second time this coming week and find out if tubes are in our future. I think we are headed that way....but there could be different news. We'll see and keep ya'll posted.

Emmy is still Emmy. She was weighed at granmas last week and is weighing in at 25 pounds which is a little heavier than she was in February, but only by 3 lbs. I need to do her height and see if she's changed that way...our little midget. She has been enjoying her afternoons playing with sissy while mommy naps. I couldn't ask for better sisters. Emmy can now count to 10 and recognize her numbers. She knows all her colors and shapes. She's smart just like her older sister. She also loves to sing. Everyday on the way to school the girls watch Barbie in The Princess and the Pauper which is a musical movie. Emmy sings all the songs loudly and knows most of the words. She loves to sing to herself throughout the day. I love listening to her little voice. She's going to make a great singer one day!! Maybe if Adam's plan to have a boy and retire on his sports career falls short, we can retire on Emmy's singing career.

This past Sunday was Mother's day and I hope all the mothers reading this had a great one!! I know I did. Being part time has been the best. I was able to come home on Sunday morning and catch a quick nap before getting up for church so I could hear Maddy sing to me. Beautiful...brought me to tears. She did great. Then Adam and I went home and caught another nap before heading to Mike and Lanies for dinner which was delicious!! I got roses from Adam and the girls, a black pearl pendant and homemade cards from Maddy. Oh and a portrait of me by Maddy. I'll have to take a picture of it and post it...it's cute. It's of me being surprised. :O

I love my kids and my husband. I couldn't ask for a better family for me. Hope all is well with you, thanks for reading. Lots of love!!

ramblings and such

So I'm sitting here supposedly working on homework for a class that I haven't attended in two week due to being sick. Yet I can't get passed one of my stupid questions and if I don't get a 100 on this assignment, I will have to add 2 more assignments. grr. I hate this class. But anyway, I thought to take a break I would post....about who knows what. I just need a break.

This last week was a doozy for me. I had a group presentation on Wednesday and despite feeling like I had to throw up the entire time, we did and I did very well. Highest grade in the class, our group that is. Not me. I had the second highest grade in the group. I did throw up after the presentation but at least it was not during. :) oh the little joys of life. Then Thursday I called my ob dr. because I hadn't been able to hold anything down for 24 hours and felt like s***. Not crap. S***. So thanks to my wonderful visiting teachers and Jeanne for watching my kids, I got to go to the ER for an IV and lab work. Oh and I got an ultrasound, but didn't get to see a dang blasted thing. The guy didn't even offer even when I craned my neck trying to see the monitor. Jerk. But anyway, I felt so much better. They gave me IV drugs and I felt like a million bucks after I came home and slept. Thanks to Jeanne for keeping the girls till 6 so this was possible and for making dinner WHICH I kept down!! Then Thursday afternoon whilst I was sleeping...my iPhone crashed and died. It's very scary not being able to get a hold of anyone and knowing that no one can get a hold of you if they needed to. We've been seriously thinking about getting a house line for cases like these. So my phone bit the dust and when Adam took it in on Saturday to be looked at, the only thing they could do was wipe it clean. I lost everything. My music (all of which I paid for), my apps (some of which I paid for), my contacts..everyone, and most sadly of all my beautiful pictures that I had taken. They were all of family. Our date night with Mike and Lanie to see the Rockets and Pappasitos. My beautiful girls, candid shots that I loved and will never have back. Granted, I live with my kids and I see them everyday. But there are just pics that you take and love. Oh well. Such is life. I have my phone back, but it is empty. There are no contacts..well a few that I've replaced. So if I had your number I no longer do...text me or facebook me so I can get it again!

Alas, I must return to my homework and try to figure out what I'm not doing right on this one question. grrr.

Why I like being pregnant in the 21st century...

So I've been pretty down lately with being so sick, wondering what the heck was I thinking wanting to do this again. I'm not really sure if this time is worse, or I just can't remember being this sick last time...who knows. One of the "gifts" of child bearing...you don't really remember the pain so that you will have more to continue the race.

Don't get me wrong..I'm glad to be prego. We've waited almost a year for this one which is shorter than the last time we tried, and it is by far, not as long as others we know. There are others I know that can not, no matter what they try, have a baby of their own. My heart goes out to them, truly it does. No matter how much pain and suffering you go through to get them here, it is something else to be able to bring another human life into this world. So by all means, I should not complain at all, ever, about what I'm going through.

So, having said that. Here is why I'm glad that I'm pregnant now in this day and age, and not the 17th century.

1. I can be sick and lounge around on my comfy couch/bed, instead of having to go out and kill dinner.

2. I can order dinner if I don't feel like/can't cook it, instead of having to go out and kill it, cook it and serve it.

3. If I'm hungry for something at 10pm, my loving husband can pick it up on the way home from a game or go out and get it. It's takes 10 mins instead of a wagon ride into town or waiting until the next day.

4. Modern medicine. It's not perfect and 50% of the time it doesn't work for my body. But 50% of the time it does. And sometimes that's all it takes.

5. I have an air conditioned house.

6. I don't have to have natural childbirth if I don't want it. And I don't. Kudos to those that do it and have done it that way. But not for me....

7. I have less of a chance of losing a baby during pregancy/childbirth.

That's what I've been thinking about lately. I may feel like crap...but I can feel like crap in better circumstances than other women before me.

Hearing problems

Maddy went in to see the audiologist on Tuesday and came out with a referal to an ENT. She completely failed the hearing tests in the left ear. She passed in the right.."but there's still something not right." as said by the audiologist. She's not sure if it's just fluid behind the tympanic membrane in the right ear or what. So off to the ENT we go to see what can be done. They will find out if the hearing problem in the left ear is hearing loss or just fluid as well. If it's just fluid then it can easily be taken care of with tubes. However, if it is actually loss...we'll go from there. Please pray for Maddy. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers. I'm not completely worried yet...she hasn't had any setbacks thus far from not being able to hear, but I would like to keep it that way. I don't think anything will really hit home until we see the ENT and know for sure what is going on.



As always we love you all. Please keep our family in your prayers we need them. Thanks and until we meet again! Loves.

And the world goes on....

So I'm now 7 weeks and 4 days along and puking my guts up. yay. It started 2 weeks ago and I am reminded what I don't like about being pregnant. This is basically it..the first 4 months of puking after that it's not so bad. So things around our house have been pretty laid back. I lay around on the couch or bed and the girls...poor things..watch tv. I've had a wonderful friend that I can't say thank you enough to, come clean my house, feed my kids, wash my dishes and run to the pharmacy to get my anti nausea medication (which doesn't really work) ...I don't know what I would have done with out her!! Thank you Kelly!!

Maddy got the results back from her cholesterol check and apparently they were bad because we have to go back for another recheck in 4-6 weeks. She has to be on a low fat, low cholesterol diet with more excercise in the mean time....do poptarts count in that diet...that's about all she's been eating lately because I haven't been making dinner. She also has a recheck on her ears this week. Hopefully she passes that because if not, surgery is in her future. It's only tubes...but it's still surgery.
Maddy got her report card from school this passed week and everything is perfect...there isn't anything she could have gotten better. She is very bored in her Pre-K class and hates getting up in the morning. But I know that she loves her teacher, Mrs. Killalea. She is doing very well and has come along way from the beginning of the year.

Emmy is getting over being sick. Poor thing was throwing up from Saturday night to Tuesday afternoon and had a bloody bum. She is so sweet. We got lots of cuddle time in this past week. Everyday when I get out of bed she asks,"Momma you feel better?" if I say yes she runs around the house yelling " Momma feel better, momma feel better!" if I answer no, she asks until I say yes. She doesn't quite know what's going on with Mommy throwing up all the time and loves to hug and kiss me to help me feel better. :)

Adam has been busy with baseball games and work. And last weekend he was on puke clean up duty. He also found out this week that he will not be able to be an assistant coach next year for the baseball team...but there are other options out there. So we are looking forward to what the future holds on Adam's coaching career!

That's about all with our news...nothing new really or exciting. But hey, that's what you get with us.

We are glad that spring is finally here and the warm beautiful weather has arrived. Maddy and Emmy planted flowers again for the balcony. We will try to keep up on those as they bloom. I love to see all the green...the trees, grass and the flowers. It's like the earth has come out of a deep depression.

I must write about something that happened the other day. I was in a hurry to get the girls to Kingwood to spend time with their favorite Aunt Lanie and Uncle Mikey, and was slightly stressed and not feeling well. As I pulled up to a red light, I looked to my left as another car pulled to a stop. In the front passenger seat of this car sat a girl maybe 8 or 9. I looked at her and kinda smiled and she in return gave me a HUGE smile. I couldn't help but smile after that. My heart felt warm and it brought tears to my eyes. A simple thing. A smile. The following morning on my way home from work after a semi rough night at work, I spotted a rainbow. These two things, bring a smile to my face everytime I think about them. And lately, I've needed lots of smiles. My Father in Heaven loves me, this I know. He knows what I'm going through and how hard it is on me. If that's all I have to get me through this...it will be enough.

Babies continued.... :)

Maddy still stands by her decision to give the baby away if it's a little sister. Adam and Mad are counting on a boy. I still want another girl and Emmy, well she just doesn't understand yet. Congrats to all the Uncles and Aunts, Gram, Poppy, Granma and Grandpooba!! We are due November 25th! We just found out on Monday...what a great spring break this turned out to be!! Loves!

Babies

I was taking my pre-natal vitamins today and Maddy asked me what they were for. I told her that they help Mommy get ready to have a baby. She thought I said that I was going to have a baby and got very excited. I asked her if she would be excited to be a big sister again and she replied with a loud yes! But she wants a baby brother. I asked her, " What happens if you get another sister?" She gets a sad face and says, "Then I will give it away. I'll give it to someone else who doesn't have one and you can take more pills and then it will be a baby brother." Hmmmm.

5 mins later she comes out of her room saying she's going to have a baby. She lays down on the floor with blanket on top of her and a baby hiding under the blanket. This is how the rest of the conversation went.

Mom: Do you know where babies come from?

Maddy: From our tummies.

Mom: How do they come out?

Maddy: They get cut out of us.

So I'm happy to know that part our "talks" have been taken care of this morning....I really don't look forward to the how do babies get in our tummies...but we'll take it as it comes.

Scariest Moment of My Life Thus Far!

On Tuesday I went in to wake the girls up to get ready for the day. I started with Emmy on the bottom bunk. When I stood up to get Maddy, I realized her bed was empty. Figuring I just didn't notice her on the couch I go out to the living room. Yeah, no Maddy on the couch. So I go into the bathroom to look, no Maddy. I start to call for her and she doesn't answer. I search the whole house yelling for her...storage room, the closet in there, the closet in the girls room, my room, my closet, my bathroom ....no Maddy. At this point I'm starting to panic and wonder how the heck someone got into my 3rd floor apartment with the door double dead bolted and stole my kid. I'm starting to think about what I'm going to tell the police when I call them ...and then I think I haven't checked the balcony yet. Maybe she's out there for some reason.

As I'm walking to the door my eye catches a glimpse of white on the floor along the bottom of the back of the couch.

And there, with her legs and arms completely tucked into her night shirt with her blanket covering her head and face, is Maddy.

I walk over to her and yell her name. She moves the blanket and looks up at me and says, "Mom, I don't want to go to school."

One of these days...that child is going to kill me.

Things I heard on my trip to PA

So there will be a full discloser of things that went on on our trip to PA and our Christmas. But I wanted to get down before I forgot the funny things I heard on the way there (and a few on the way back).

We left for PA Sunday evening and we quickly learned that Maddy talks in her sleep. Some of her random comments include...

"I'm not talking to Yoooooou!!!" actually yelled and whined the you. Quite funny.

"I'm not making hamburger!" very random.

And my personal favorite..."Hot papa wah wah!" I laughed so hard that I cried when she said this one. We were stopping for a bathroom break and was sleeping. Adam asked her if she had to go to the bathroom and this is what came out of her mouth. When Adam asked her again, she got upset because she had already said she had to go to the bathroom. So, just in case you were wondering hot papa wah wah means yes, I have to go to the bathroom.

I know she said something else but I can't remember what she said...of course I didn't write them down. Bad mommy!

While she was awake Maddy asked at least a million times..."What country are we in?" I know she meant state, but we replied everytime " the United States of America". She was always wondering why we weren't getting anywhere. Silly girl.