Happy and Mad...

Today was a mixed emotion kind of day.

On one hand, i'm really happy. Mady peed on her potty today!! Aunt Marian picked her up from daycare today, since daddy had to work late. Well, she must have been telling Aunt Marian how she had to pee, and that she wanted to sit on the potty...this is how it usually starts, but usually she's already peed in her diaper and it's just sitting on the potty for show. Well, apparently, she actually had to pee!! I'm so proud of her!! I hope she understands now what the potty is for and she does it again and again :)

On a mad note, a kid at daycare bit Mady in the arm today! She has a big red welt and a bite mark too :( All because she wouldn't share her toy. Tough crap kid, she didn't want to share with you!! Frank thinks i'm nuts, but i think that kids parents should appologize to us. I would appologize if it were Mady that did the biting. I would be so embarrased if it were Mady! And they sent a biting paper home with Mady...WITH MADY!! She was the poor victim in this whole thing. Oh well, i'm gonna teach her karate, lol.

Fantasy...

It's about that time. Fantasy football season is upon us again, and Frank and I are in a league again. We had our draft on Sunday, and if i have to say so myself, we came out with some really good teams. I'm excited for the season to start. Football is probably one of the best sports ever! My weekends couldn't get any better, let me tell you. High school football on Fridays, college football on Saturdays and NFL on SUndays. You gotta love it!

Not working, yet...

So Mady's sleep schedule is still all messed up. As you may remember, i was trying to put her to bed later so she would sleep in in the mornings. And that didn't go so well. So i decided to just give in and accept my fate, we've become an early rising family. Mady's new bedtime is now 815-830pm, and she's still waking up at 7-720am. I guess it's not ALL bad, as Frank and i can have a little bit of piece before bedtime, and i can get more done in the mornings when she is awake, since i can leave the house. Plus, it's not too hot, so Mady and I can go for a run early and beat the heat. And this way, she is taking her nap before she goes to daycare, so she can spend all her time playing there. This is also a good thing because it gives me some time to make dinner and pack her lunch without her being underfoot and yelling for me to play with her. I guess i have no choice BUT to give in!

A new routine...

So today is the first day of school where i work. This also means that i'm back to a regular schedule and not getting up early anymore. I guess someone forgot to tell Mady about that though. She's still waking up at 7am! Friday night, Saturday night and last night, i tried to keep Mady up pretty late so she would be very sleepy and she would sleep in in the morning and we could get back to a regular schedule. Well, that just didn't work. She was up late, and she was STILL up at 7am. So it looks like we're going to have to start a new routine around here. And earlier bedtime, this new "wonderful" (aka gag me) early wake up time, and a semi-early naptime too (since i leave for work right in the middle of what would be her new normal naptime). I'm not totally sure how this is going to work for EITHER of us, but i guess we'll find out soon enough. I think it might take a few days of tweeking to find what works for us...well, me...well, her...well, i think i need a few more hours of sleep!

A partially filled day...

Today was supposed to be a jam-packed day, but instead, it's turned into a relaxing day at home. After church this morning, where Mady was a huge wiggle butt, we had some time to relax before jetting off to our first activity of the afternoon...Keegan's birthday party. Keegan is Mady's future husband, i'm sure of it. They are too cute together! So we went to the party and had a great time. Mady played with Keegan, she practically took a bath in the sand (which we're still combing out of her hair AFTER her bath), and Keegan loved his gifts! We had some really yummy food too. We were supposed to leave there and go to our friend's Joe and Shannon's house for their son's birthday party, but Frank came down with a case of "girly-itis", better known as his usual Strep Throat (which he gets at least 2x a year). So after the party, we just came home so he could rest. I guess it worked out for the best because Mady desperately needed a bath (remember the sand?!), and then she was ready for a nap too. Guess we'll just have to meet Joe and Shannon a different night. Thank God Frank has his leftover full bottle of amoxocillan from his leg episode, or he would be in some serious pain with his throat right now.

11 of 11

Today is day 11 of 11 days. I know that number may seem irrelevant to most of you, but to me that number represents the last day of camp weeks!!!!! That means no more getting up when the sun comes up and getting home long after the sun goes down. That means no more Mady going to full day daycare. That means actually seeing Mady for more than 20 minutes a day. That means sleeping a normal amount of hours. That means not having to make dinner at 10pm for the next day.
I'M SO HAPPY!!!!!!!
It is now time for the happy dance

Another week...

And so begins another week of camps. Thank goodness it's the LAST week of camps. After working 6 of the last 7 days, needless to say, i haven't caught up on my sleep yet. This one little factoid is what is killing me today, already! I am ready for a nap, or to just go home, either one would be fine with me. But alas, it's only 2:23pm, and i'm here until 9pm tonight. Wa-freakin-who! Just watch for me on the golf cart, i'll be the one with her head down like she's looking at something, but in reality she's totally asleep!
I'm still looking for that fast forward button that i can hit and get me through this week really really fast. If anyone's got one, please lend it to me!