Fun Day...Kinda

Last night was a nightmare! My youngest, Lily, did NOT want to go to sleep...We fought for 3 hours....she was fed, clean diaper, had teething tablets and Tylenol (she is getting teeth 5&6 right now) and we even took a bath with that oh so special night time lavender soap stuff...yeah right...I was at my wits end...She screamed and cried so much that she woke up Rory who apparently had had just enough sleep to be hyper at 0200!! All she wanted was for me to stand up and hold her...she didn't want me to sit down or lay down...I had to stand....So she is screaming and crying, I am screaming and crying and I just felt like such a failure...I was convinced she hated me...

But she finally went to sleep and I got Rory back to sleep. We get up (after ignoring 2 different people knocking on our door this morning...sorry Ed McMann!!) and who is a bright eyed bushy tailed baby...Yep...My precious Lily. She didn't nap at all until like 2 in the afternoon...and even then it was only for about 45 minutes...So my sister gets home and we go to the park for a bit. It was an unusually mild day so I figured we would let the kids run out some energy. Rory loves the slides and boy was she mad when it was time to go. But what kid isn't mad when they have to leave the park?? :)

During the day I was able to talk to an old acquaintance from school. She is in the reserves (army) and just got married to active duty air force...who was deployed a week after the wedding. So I try to help her out as much as possible with dealing with the loneliness and the famous red tape to do anything in the military.

Rory got her nails done...She is such a diva...sitting so patiently while I clipped and painted them...she even wanted her toes done!! Girl ain't even two yet...Uh Oh...Daddy (and Papa), you better get your guns ready!! I just can't get over how fast they are growing. Lily is crawling around the house (more like dragging herself like that old dog on "family guy") and she keeps getting into the Christmas presents...Rory is so independent...We are trying to begin potty training...She loves her potty except when it is time to go. I want to get her an Elmo potty...Maybe Santa will get her one for Christmas!! Well, my lil angels are sound asleep now, so I guess I will go get a few winks in myself!!