Camping!

Meghan and Olivia

My sister's newest song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnwL0ek4Euk

Just a little sneak peak of the photography session!

Easter

A whole bunch of fun...

Grumpy Gills....

Olivia has been in a funky mood today. She went to bed at 7pm last night and did not wake up until 8:15am, which for two year olds is nearly unheard of. I should have known then that something was up. So by 11am she was an absolute mess of tears, whining, and only eating the hot dogs out of her lunch. I knew it was naptime, which I really did not expect to come until at least 1pm, when she laid on the floor while I was online in the office. So I laid her down for a nap expecting some sort of fight about naptime. She slept for two hours! She woke up in a better mood than when she went down so i figured it would be a better afternoon. Wow, was I wrong... I realized by 3pm that she wasn't feeling well, what a bad mommy I am, there is a reason they do not remember these years. I thought I was only one with a stomach bug, but apparently not. The whole family officially has it, even though mine has been going on since Monday. I just thought I was the only one who picked it up with being prego and all. Hopefully we will all feel better sooner than later, although I am secretly hoping that my hsuband has it for 5 days like I have had to suffer with :)

Mommy survival mode

I went into survival mode this morning...mainly because I have an open house tonight and tomorrow. I started cleaning room by room. I despise selling our house and really wish someone would just buy the stupid thing. I am cleaning constantly, although this week I decided not to clean (as much), and I feel like the house isn't really "lived in". It looks to perfect. It needs to have some toothbrushes on the counter, some toys strewn about, and maybe some unmade beds. Instead it looks immaculate. So room by room I went along clean and scrubbing every corner of our house in hopes that someone will come in this weekend and buy it.

Olivia does not normally watch a lot of TV, probably an hour or two a day. This morning, however, she watched two looooong movies while I cleaned. I will probably pay for this later as she is already not interested in napping. She needs to get that energy out so that when naptime comes around she is completely exhausted and sleeps for two plus hours. I will definitely be taking her outside this afternoon for a long period of time to get out the pent up energy.

Snow Day.

Georgia actually got snow! It was pretty crazy...although they do not freak out about the snow like North Carolinians do. (not sure if I spelled that right) We got about five to six inches and it looked oh so pretty. I think it only looked pretty because I knew it would be melted by the next day :) So I took chronological photos of our day...

The dog that loved to play in the snowThe dog that was scared of the snow

Learning about happiness...

This year has already been a learning lesson for me. Last year was a bit of a roller coast to say the least. I have already realized the things I am learning this year and it is only February! I am learning to be happy where I am in life, with what God has given me, and what he has planned for me.

I had quite a few new years resolutions this year and will meet many of them within the next few months. It is funny how my new years resolutions are turning into a chance to learn something about life. I thought it was important to reflect on this....

So update on Olivia's sleeping situation...she slept through the night last night!!! Very excited when I woke up this morning and realized I hadn't woken up in the middle of the night to put her back to bed. It was really nice to get a full nights sleep, especially since I was not feeling very good yesterday.

Morning sunshine...

Well Olivia felt that she did not need much sleep last night. I have had a really tough time over the past few months of getting her to sleep through the night. I am not sure why she thinks that two or three or even four am is a good time to wake up. This is not a normal wake up groggy and go back to sleep...she is WIDE awake.

So last night after battling bedtime for a few hours, she finally fell asleep at 11pm. Then she woke up at 5:36 to be exact and then for the last time at 7:00. So by about 9:30 am she was a whining, crying, tantrum throwing, miserable two year old. I put her down for a nap at 10:00 and battled for 25-30 minutes and finally won! She is now sleeping peacefully and I hope it stays this way for at least two hours.

I have to get her on a schedule of sleep means sleep and do not get out of that bed. I am not really sure if this is a realistic schedule for a two year old, but I will try. Especially since we have another baby coming and mommy needs all of the sleep she can get before two hour wake ups begin. Here is to hoping...

Boys will be boys....Ranger Demonstration

Baby its cold outside