Thursday, February 26, 2009

My Bittersweet Weekend to Come

This weekend I am headed to good ol' Dallas, Texas for my sister Cassidy's NCA Cheerleading Competition. She cheers for Twist n Shout in Edmond. My mom and my other sister Krista are also going. So, its our girls weekend full of Shopping, Cheerleading, good meals, and the best part...great talks!! I am so excited I can hardly stand it, but at the same time I am very sad and nervous! It's the craziest thing! I have left Addie twice before and Haylie once and each time they were not my choice and I abolutely hated it! Addie was away from me two nights when I had Haylie and then we left both of them a few weeks ago with my mom to see Johnnys grandma before she passed away. When we left we were only planning on spending the day, but last minute we decided we needed to stay. Once again an extremely hard night for me.

I am one of those people that has to do everything myself and no one else can do it like I do it (at least thats what I tell myself) I worry even if someone will give them the wrong sippy cup when I'm away because there are certain ones they like and ones they don't. So when we leave to go on a date our poor babysitter gets a 20-30 min spill on how everything is to be done lol (even though we use the same babysitter every time) This is one of my favorite things about being a mom, I know every little thing about them! Every little thing they like and every thing they dont.

Johnny is watching the girls this weekend, so of course that means it's his first time with them over night. He will do a great job I have no doubt. But you should see all my lists I have made, all the diaper bags I have packed (just in case he decides to go to several different places) and all the labels I have made. Now as I sit back and look at it, it is pretty rediculous and he will probably never look at any of them, but it makes me feel better. So, if you think about it this weekend, I would definately appreciate your prayers that not only I will survive but that all goes well here at home. Thanks!!! Everyone have a great weekend!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Addie's New Bed




Just writing this story makes me wanna cry because it reminds me that my baby girl is getting older! Last week Johnny and I were sitting in the living room watching a movie after we had put the girls down for the night. Addie had been crying for a little while (which is not unusual for her) but we just let her cry. All of a sudden the crying stopped and next thing we know Addie is walking into the living room!!! Somehow she had climbed out of her bed! I was devastated!




Now, I can no longer put her in her crib to play while I got a few things done!! I have lost some of my freedom. We knew it would be long nights for awhile until she learned to stay in her bed. So, we put off getting her a bed for a few days. When we finally decided to get one, my parents remembered that they still had my sisters old dollhouse bed. Praise the Lord!!!! We didn't have to spend money on that!! When we got there to pick it up, my mom had found all the Pottery Barn bedding that went with it (that would be my favorite store even though I dont own anything from there because we cant afford it) Hallelujah!!!! We got everything for Addie's new room free!!! We were so thankful!




Well, Addie has been in her new bed for 3 days. The first two days were pretty rough, but amazingly last night we put her in bed and she never came out! So we will continue to see how she does....I pray she does well. But my baby girl is no longer a baby!! It makes me so sad! "I not a baby mommy, I a big girl, Haylie is a baby, not me" As Addie tells me...although we still cant get rid of that darn passy :)


Thursday, February 19, 2009

My Sweet Family

Well Today I woke up pretty sick, so I knew it would be a pretty long day. After Johnny left for work I mustared up every ounce of energy I had to make it to nap time. We had an easy breakfast, got dressed, I put on a roast so I wouldn't have to worry about dinner later, and played for a little bit. (well actually I watched while the girls played)

Finally, NAP TIME! I put both girls down and immediately went and laid down in my very comfy bed. As Im laying there, Addie starts screaming wanting out of her bed. Well so much for my much needed nap. So I went and got her out of bed and thought what to do now. Ding ding ding ding ding....put a movie in on the tv in my room!!! So Addie picked out Cinderella and we both laid in bed while she watched it.

Now here is where the sweetness comes in....as im laying there (im not asleep just in case she got up, but just laying there with my eyes closed) Addie would lean over every few minutes pull the covers up on me more, pat my back, and quietly say "Its ok mommy". I loved it!! Even though I felt awful and all I wanted to do was sleep, I wouldn't have traded those moments for anything! Right before the movie was over Johnny showed up for lunch (praise the Lord)! My sweet husband then fed the girls lunch while I slept. Next thing I know Johnny comes in says the girls are taking their afternoon nap and he was running back to work for a little bit....it was 3:00!!!! My sweet husband had stayed to watch them so I could sleep!!! I was so grateful!! And not just that, they were sleeping again (at least for another two hours!) As soon as they got up, Johnny was home.

So, my day that was going to be miserably long ended up being incredibly short and full of rest. Thank you to my sweet family and especially my wonderful husband for all they did!!!! Needless to say, I feel much better!!!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

My first Post!

Well, this might be more than I can manage (really I mean I'll prob spend too much time on here now than I should) but I love reading and looking at everyone else's so I thought Id try it. We have a pretty boring life, but we'll see what I can come up with to write about. Right now were dealing with sickness in our family. I hate when my girls are sick, not just because they are miserable, but also because I always end up getting it to; therefore, it's a lot harder to take care of them. So I guess we will see this time...how long will this last and will Johnny and I end up getting it. Im praying we wont! Well I hope everyone has a great day and thanks for reading my new blog! We'll see if anything exciting happends this week!

Our Girls

Our Girls
Addie and Haylie