PJ Day at daycare

I know I already posted this morning, but I kind of feel like posting again. Today, they had a sign on the daycare doors that said tomorrow is PJ day at daycare. Which makes me very happy because yesterday, I once again couldn't get her silly Woody shirt off her. I tried numerous times to get her to change her shirt, but she wasn't having any part of it. So, she went to school with her Woody shirt on. Thankfully, it was Mrs. Andreas birthday, so Jillian was really focusing on it & not me, so I got to change her shirt to the correct one that went with the outfit she was wearing. Crazy child!! So tomorrow, I can just pretty much get her up & take her to school. I just can't decide if I want to put her sandals on or just put socks on her. Tough choice, huh? LOL.

Thankful Thursday

I am very thankful for my life. I have a wonderful husband who listens to my crazy notions & deals with my sometime bi-polar emotions. He loves me for who I am & I think has learned how to partially listen, partially tune me out in my "crazy" times. He makes me laugh when I am sad, happy when I am mad and sane when I am insane. And it is nice being in a relationship where there are no secrets. I, obviously, have a wonderful daughter. I talk about her all the time, so it isn't any wonder I think she is wonderful. Especially since she is sitting next to me on the couch feeding me chocolate chip waffles. No wonder I am gaining weight. LOL. My mom came out of surgery well and will hopefully be making a FULL recovery soon. I dont know where I would be in life without my mom, Darcy, Rhianna & Oscar. I have wonderful "in-laws" mothers, father, sisters & brothers. I feel like I am not an "in-law" with them, but an actual part of the family. I love my work family. They also listen to all my craziness. They are my sisters and I love them very much. I don't think I would have made it there the past 10 years without them. So, I guess to sum this up, I love my friends & family and am more thankful for them then they will probably ever know. Thanks for putting up with me! (Even though Jillian just yelled at me for taking a bite of her waffle). LOL

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We had such a good weekend. It went by way too fast, but it was fun. Chris went golfing Friday and wasn't going to be home til late, so Jillian and I went to Target to get Dana a gift card for her bridal shower & some diapers for Jillian. Jillian wanted to walk, so I let her & told her as long as she held my hand. She did a perfect job holding my hand and walking. While we were walking down the baby aisle, she walked over to Dora bubble bath & picked a large bottle. I decided to just buy it especially since we needed some at home. She carried that bottle all the way to the check out aisle. She looked so proud of herself. Then we came home and she, of course, wanted to play in her pool. So, we played for a little while. I had to try and convince her to finally get out of the pool. Then Saturday, Ellen, Jillian and I went out to Brownsburg to get a haircut to benefit two girls whose mom was murdered by their dad a few months ago. When we got there, Dana & Danny were there also. Jillian went straight for Danny & sat in his lap. It was very cute. They had alot of fun things going on in the salon parking lot, but it was rainy when we went. There was a long line of haircuts before us, so we went out to see all that was going on in the parking lot. Jillian went straight for the bounce house. I let her get in it for a little bit, but then it was almost our time for haircuts, so we went back into the salon. Jillian sat on Ellens lap to get a haircut and I went back to get a haircut. Ellen said Jillian did a great job. Her haircut looks very cute. We went back outside for a little bit, but it was too rainy to do anything & the bounce house had alot of water in it, so she couldn't jump in it again. We ended up leaving due to the weather & went to McDonalds for lunch. After her nap, we played in the pool again for a little while. I then went out to dinner with our friend Paul. We had yummy Mexican food and yummy margaritas. Sunday, Chris, Jillian & I met Rick & Tara at Bob Evans for breakfast. Then Chris & Rick went to the Brickyard 400. Tara was over to watch Jillian while I went to Dana's bridal shower at 1:00 p.m. I thought I would make her earn her money, LOL, so I left around 10:00. I went to Target & to Ellens for a little bit before the bridal shower. I had a good time with Ellen. The bridal shower was alot of fun. Most of the guests were coworkers, but you wouldn't think we worked together because everyone was talking so much it was hard to hear. Tara called me at one point in time & told me that Jillian was wanting me to come home because she was crying my name. I had to laugh. I told Tara to just try to occupy Jillian and I would be home shortly. When I got home, Jillian was fine. Tara said Jillian was good for her & that she would babysit again (YAY!!!). I took Tara home, came home & guess what we did???? If you said, got in the pool, you are correct. I decided to get in my suit this time, all the other times, I just rolled up my pants, which is silly because I still got soaking wet. Jillian loves to spray me with the hose, you would have thought I would have learned my lesson. So on Sunday, I got in & sat down in the pool. BUURRRRR!! I told Chris we need to give Jillian a sibling so I don't have to freeze my rear off in that silly pool!! ANYWAY. I started spraying Jillian with the hose & she took off across the yard. I kept telling her it was raining. She just ran off & laughed at me. Then she would tell me to stop, I would put down the hose and she would come running back to me & on her way over she kept saying no no no. So when she would get over to me, she would grab the hose & spray me. It was so freakin cold, I would kind of scream. When I did this, she would laugh so hard. She would even throw her head back laughing at me. It was the cutest thing!!! Goodness gracious I love that little girl!!! She is now singing Row, Row, Row your boat & counting up to at least 6. She is hopefully getting her big girl bed this weekend or soon after. We will see how well that goes. LOL. Potty training is going no where. She sits on her potty, but hasn't actually gone in the potty. I think once she does that, it will be pretty easy. It is just convincing her what she is supposed to do. She is such a hard headed little girl, just like her dad. And boy is she determined. I am sure most kids are like it, but she just keeps at it until we either give in or we somehow get her attention on sometihng else. Sticking to my guns is the hardest part of parenthood at this stage of parenting. It would be so much easier to just give in & make her quiet, but I can'g do that or she would be an awful brat!! My mom has surgery again tomorrow to resuture the incision on her back. I sure hope it goes well and she gets better soon.!!

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful that i am able to wake up every morning and walk without any assistance. After seeing my mom in so much pain recently & barely being able to walk, it has made me appreciate being able to just "get up & go". My mom used to be a "get up and go" kind of woman & now she can barely move. When she does get up, she has to use a walker and lug around a wound vac attached to the incision in her back. Now she has to have surgery again on Wednesday to clean up her wound & resuture it from the inside out. We can only hope & pray this will help her heal & get back to her "get up and go" self. I guess you just take things like walking without assistance for granted until you can do it any longer. So, again, I am thankful I can walk on my own.

Granny & Jillian
Granny making Jillian laugh
Aunt Peggy & Jillian
Aunt Sally & Jillian
Aunt Darcy & Jillian stirring up some trouble.
The above pictures are from this past Saturday when my Aunt Sally brought my Granny and my Aunt Peggy over to visit my mom down at Darcys house. We had a nice time. I love my family soo much and am glad they came over to visit. I know it helped my mom see her mom and sisters & I know it did them as well. My Granny is so worried about my mom and I know it did her good to see my mom at my sisters house since the last time she saw her, my mom was in the hospital. Jillian just adores all of them and didn't want to leave, but we needed to because I thought she needed a nap (which from the previous post, we know that didn't happen). So, anyway, it was a great visit. I hope to see them again soon.
I was dreading putting Jillian down to sleep tonight after last night. I gave her a bath and put her in her crib. I did the whole "face" thing & left the room. She climbed out twice and I decided I needed to tan. So, I left it up to Chris to take care of her. He did the "face" thing with her he said & she only climbed out once. I told him I thought he should put her to bed more often. He, of course, says it was probably just a fluke. Which it probably was, but she listens to daddy a lot better than me when it comes to bed time. She was so happy to see him tonight when he got home. She was all over him. It was very cute. She sure does love her daddy even though he doesn't think she does & even though she freaks when I am not around.
I have tomorrow off to take my mom to two doctor appointments. I sure hope I don't have to look at her incision too much because it is not something I want to look at too often.

Jillian eating corn at fair. Jillian & I riding in the cars at the fair. Daddy & Jillian. Mommy & Jillian We have had a fairly good weekend. On Friday, Chris rented movies. I got home from work & we layed in bed with Jillian & watched Toy Story 2. We ordered pizza from Monicals & hung out. After we put Jillian to bed, we watched 2 movies. Crossing Over, which was pretty boring, but Chris said we had to finish watching it anyway. And then Lakeview Terrace, which was good, but it is one that makes you mad! Saturday, Jillian & I went down to Darcy's to visit my family from Illinois. We had a good time. Except Jillian pooped all over her clothes. I didn't have a change of clothes, so we just gave her a bath down there & then let her run around in her diaper. I will post family pictures tomorrow. Then we came home to take a nap, but that didn't happen.!! She fell asleep in the car on the way home for about 2 minutes & then didn't go back to sleep. And unfortunately, she had gotten up at 5:30 a.m., which means I got up at 5:30 a.m. too. So, I was none too happy that I didn't get a nap. Chris and I decided to go to the fair to get us out of the house so I didn't go insane. She fell asleep on the way there too, but for only like 10 minutes. No animals were really out on display yet, but we still had a good time. We watched remote control cars race around a dirt track. I couldn't believe how high those cars would jump. Then I took Jillian on a ride where you rode in cars. She was fine at first,but I thought maybe she would want to sit on the outside where she could see better. Once I got her on the other side, she started crying & wanting to get down. So after a few minutes of wrestling around with her, I put her on the other side again, strapped us in & away we went. She loved it once we got going. It was a good thing I rode it & not Chris because I hardly had any leg room. She liked it so much, she cried & screamed when we were leaving the ride area. Chris got her calmed down & then we went and ate some yummy fair food. We left on a good note, no crying or screaming. We came home, put her to bed & Chris & I watched "Taken". That was a good movie. Best one out of all the ones we had seen this weekend. Today, Chris went golfing with Bob, Rick & Jim. Jillian and I didn't leave the house. She played in the pool this morning. And loved it! Chris put her slide in the pool so when she slid down the slide it went right into the pool. After she was done, we sat outside & she ate a popcicle. I told her this was the life. Lounging around the pool & eating popcicles. haha. She napped & wanted to get back in the pool. It was a little overcast and I know she was cold, but she wouldnt' admit it because she was having too much fun. We had some trouble getting her to bed tonight. she kept climbing out of her crib. Chris put her back in once & stood right outside the door. Jillian climbed right out, but saw Chris standing there & he said she just kind of kept walking around in circles. Funny. She climbed out at least 5 more times, but wouldn't come out of the room. The last time, I think she would have fallen asleep on the floor by all the pjs that she took out of the drawers, but Chris picked her up & put her back in the bed. I rubbed her face for one song duration and left. She was upset, but hasn't gotten back out since. And that has been a half hour ago. So, I think she is down for the night. I am exhausted!!! It is back to work tomorrow. I have Tuesday off, but I am taking my mom to dr., so it isn't really like I have a day off. But I may be meeting my friend Paul for a drink, so that will be nice.

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful that I have a husband who is a good husband & good daddy. I am also thankful that my Aunt Sally is able to bring my Aunt Peggy & grandma over on Saturday. To visit my mom and us. I love my family very much and am grateful they are able to come over for a visit. I know it is time consuming for them to come over, but I know it will do good for my mom to see them & good for them to see my mom. I know time is going by so fast & time is short, so the more time I get to spend with them, the better. So, I am thankful for my Aunt and the time I get to spend with my family. Who would I be without them?

Wordy Wednesday

This week has gone by really fast. I can't believe it is already Wednesday evening. I forgot to mention in my previous blog that over the weekend I was taking a shower and Chris was supposed to be watching Jillian. BUT Jillian can't let me out of her sight for too long so she was in the bathroom with me. She got pretty quiet & I asked if she was ok. She said yeah, in her adorable little way, so I figured she was fine. When I opened the shower curtain, she was fine, but had gotten under the sink & gotten my pads & panty liners out and had opened half of them. I didn't care about the pany liners, but I had bought very expensive pads & didn't want those ruined. But I had to laugh because she was just sitting in a pile of pads & panty liners with this little smile on her face. Right now she really likes lotion so she found her lotion & started putting the lotion on me as I was drying off. Boy, do I have her trained. Haha.
Last night I started step aerobics again (yipee!!!). Chris said Jillian sat in our laundry room for 20 minutes crying because I wasn't home. I think that just proves I need to get away from her more often. Thank goodness I will be doing step every Tuesday. That gives mommy time to do something for herself & time for daddy & Jillian to hang out together. I survived aerobics & felt soooo good afterwards. I really have missed it for the past 6 months. My abs hurt a little today, but I'm sure tomorrow I will probably not be able to walk. haha.
When I picked Jillian up at school today the teacher said at least one child in each class had gone home with a fever today. Hopefully, Jillian is over that & will not get it again. Jillian & I hung out at home while Chris went out for a little bit. She looked so cute when we got home. She was sitting on the couch with a bowl of goldfish crackers & her chocolate milk watching Toy Story. She looked like such a big girl. She played & watched the movie while I cooked ravioli. She ate some ravioli and 3 popcicles. When she is eating, she is always asking if Chris & I are going to eat. I'm not sure why but she always says "mommy eat" or "daddy eat". And if we aren't eating right then, she will try to feed us her food. Ellen took my mom to the dr. today & took a picture of the incision on her back so she was stopping by to bring it to me & I told jillian Ellen was stopping by. She immediately ran to the door to the laundry room because she thought Ellen would come through that door. It is cute how much she adores Ellen. The picture of my moms back is disgusting. Yuck. Anyway. When Ellen left it was time for bed. I put her down to go night night. I have gotten her into the awful habit of wanting me to rub/scratch her face. I time it by one of the music things attached to her crib. As soon as it stops playing, which is about 8 minutes, I am done. She kept asking for daddy, I told her when daddy got home, he would come & say goodnight. He got home shortly after & went in to say good night. Chris said Jillian was so happy to see him. He rubbed her face for a few minutes & talked to her. She went to sleep shortly after he left the room. After a few Hey Mommy yells at least. I just can't beleive how gosh darn cute she is and Chris feels the same way. We know everyone thinks their kids are cute and I guess we are no different. And she really is a good child. She obviously has her days/moments, but heck who doesn't! Our next baby has a lot to live up to. Maybe it will be an even better baby than Jillian. Either way, I know we will love it too. chris was just saying how he wants a girl the most because you can be so lovey dovey with them, but then again he would like a boy to carry on the Holland name. I would like another girl, but I know we will be happy either way. Now, I just have to get knocked up!!
I think I titled this blog very well!!

The picture of Jillian is how Chris found her yesterday when he went to check on her during her nap. The picture of Chris is while he was watching the Backyardigans. I had to take a picture because he was very into the show.
Yesterday, we pretty much hung out at home during the day. In the evening, we went down to Franklin to give Darcy the twin bed for my mom to use for a couple of weeks. Chris was wanting to watch the pay per view UFC fight that was on last night, so he was texting Danny to see if they had pay per view. He decided he didn't really want to go anywhere to watch the fight & that we actually had pay per view. So, Danny asked him if we would want to go out to dinner & they could come over & watch the fight at our house. So, we went to Koyo's in Avon and had a good dinner, expensive, but good. Jillian mainly liked the salad the most. She really liked watching the guy cook, but wasn't too sure about the fire. She was a pretty good girl even though it was already an hour to an hour and half past her bedtime. Then we came home & watched the fight. Jillian loves Danny & had fun playing with him. I ran to the gas station for chris, but they told me that Dana was about to die because Jillian was coloring & got a little crayon on the table. Funny. Jillian is pretty good about coloring on paper, I think her hand just got going a little crazy.
She slept til 9:00 this morning. We again, just hung out until after her nap. Then we went to my dads to pick up my mom to take her down to Darcys. My dad & I got into it because something crawled up his ass. I think that something was me, but I don't really know why. He was just pissy. So, anyway....we got my mom down to Darcys & settled. Jillian & I stopped by Blockbuster to rent Toy Story, came home watched it & then off to bed she went. Her vocabulary has increased so much in the last few weeks. It is amazing how much it has increased. Her favorite thing to do right now is looking at me, tilting her head & telling me to listen. Or just telling me to listen whenever she is talking & I may not be looking right at her. I think she thinks if she tilts her head she is so cute, she will get whatever she is asking which doesn't work, but it is awfully darn cute.
This week is a full week at work, boo hoo. Chris said I could have my Tuesdays back, so I have decided to start step aerobics again. I will be so happy to get back in shape. Wednesday, I think we are going to try to go to the Decatur County Fair. I'm excited to see how jillian will act. I love seeing life through her eyes. Hopefully it will be a good week!!

Whew. I only worked 2 days this week, but I am glad it is the weekend. Jillian had water day today at daycare. She was so excited this morning when she found out. She was so cute carrying in her bag with her swim suit, towel & swim diapers. She put it on like a back pack & carried it in like she was so proud. When I went to pick her up, they said she had a great time. She got scratched by another kid on her shoulder, but they said other than that, she had a great day. She grabbed her blankie & bag & walked down the hallway towards the stairs. Where did my baby go?? She is so grown up for only being 2. She didn't eat very well at dinner. After she was done, she was sitting on my lap watching Backyardigans & she felt very warm. So I persuaded her into letting me play doctor & she had a fever of 101.7. I gave her some Tylenol & then we just sat around & colored with sidewalk chalk. She went down pretty easily too, so she must not be feeling too well. I don't know if her ears are bothering her & that is why she hasn't been sleeping well or what her problem is. Hopefully the fever doesn't turn into something worse.
She was so cute tonight. I really thought she was going to go potty in her potty. She was running around naked & kept dancing around & kind of grabbing at herself. So I am pretty sure she had to go pee pee but wouldn't sit on the potty. She just ran, got a diaper, laid down & tried to put it on herself. She was so cute standing in front of the tv grabbing her butt cheeks while watching TV. She ran into her room at one point in time to grab a diaper, turned around, pointed at me & said "stay right there". And she is always putting her finger to her nose & saying "shhh,shhh". I try really hard not to laugh when she tells me that.
Well, it is 10:30 p.m. and she is calling for mommy, so I guess I better go see what she needs. She is so spoiled, but she is sick, so it's ok, right???

Today

I just have to write that Jillian slept in her Toy Story t-shirt last night & refused to take it off this morning. I decided to pick my battles & let her wear it to school. The teacher gave it to me when I went to pick her up & said Jillian got a little lunch on it and it was getting in her way on the playground. So, Mrs. Christy helped me out. I was afraid Jillian would be wearing that tshirt when she graduated from high school. Haha.
I went into work today for about 4 hours and then went out to lunch with Ellen at Red Robin. Yum yum. It was so good. Then I came home & cleaned a little. Amazingly enough, it is 9:00 and it is pretty much still picked up. Tornado Jillian didn't hit too hard tonight.
We got an email from Simplicity stating Jillians crib has been recalled & we need to return it to Walmart. Which is really good news because we want to put Jillian in a big girl bed but didn't really want to tear down the crib to only get it out again in a year or so when we have a new baby (God willing it will be less than a year, but I'm sure it won't be that easy). So, I guess we will return the crib, get a new one not put together & find somewhere to put it until we need it.
Tomorrow, I am taking Chris's computer down to columbus to take it to an old friends computer repair shop. It is acting stupid and Scott and I have just caught back up with eachother on FB & he works on computers. So, I am going down there to hopefully get his computer fixed & to catch up with Scott. I am excited but a little nervous because I have not seen Scott in YEARS! I talked to him the other night on the phone & he was still very easy to talk to and it was like no time had passed, so I am sure it will be fine. I am just going somewhere that I have never been before & I hate doing things that I have never done before. I'm so silly. But that is just me.

Weekend

We have had yet another good weekend. The picture of Jillian & Chris is actually from last weekend, but I didn't post it. On Friday, Chris inflated Jillians pool before he golfed. The water was soooo cold, but you couldn't tell it by the way Jillian played in it. She had a blast playing in the pool and with the hose. I got in a couple of times and she laughed hysterically as she sprayed me with the hose. I love that laugh, the one where she laughs so hard there is no sound. If that makes sense. I had a heck of a time getting her out of the pool to take a nap. I didn't think she could open the storm door into the backyard, but I learned yesterday that she could. So, we will definitely have to keep an eye out for that. She played it in for a few minutes after her nap, but wasn't into it as much as what she was before her nap. We then went shopping for her a lawn chair. I gave her a choice between pizza & McDonalds for dinner & of course, she picked McDonalds. So, we had a mommy & daughter dinner at McDonalds. She was a very good girl.

Yesterday, we went down to Rick & Shelleys for our annual 4th of July cookout. It was rainy & kinda cold, but we had a good time. Good food, family, friends & soggy fireworks. We sat on Rick & Shelleys portch while the men let off the fireworks. Jillian was standing in my lap & would jump when the fireworks first went off, but then would look at me, cock her head to the side and say "more?" It was quite cute. She fell asleep on the way home, which was close to 11:00 and didn't wake up until 8:30 this morning. That was very nice.

Then today, chris, Jillian and I got up & went to Bob Evans for breakfast. Jillian was a little bit of a stinker, but nothing too bad. Then we stopped by Walmart to grab a couple of things for dinner. Jillian saw a Toy Story t-shirt with Woody on it & wouldn't let it go. It was only $5 bucks so we bought it for her & she has only taken it off to eat spaghetti o's for dinner & to take a bath. She loves Woody! I will have to continue to look for the movie for her. Then Chris went golfing & Jillian and I just hung out at home. Nothing too exciting really. She did find some lotion & decided I needed some on my feet. She would rub it in & then slap them periodically. It was very cute. She also wanted to wash my feet with her bubbles while she was in the bath. She must not like my feet, hmmm wonder why? I do think we are going to buy her pull ups & start trying to train her next week. Today, she told me she poopied & wanted her diaper off. She hadn't pooped, but when I took the diaper off, she sat on the potty for a second. She didn't go, so I just assumed she had gone pee in her diaper because she says she went poopie alot of times when she has just peed. Well a few minutes later, she comes running out of her bedroom saying "uh-oh" and I knew right then she had gone to the bathroom. I thought it was pee, but oh no, she pooped on the floor!! Not only did she poop, but she stepped in it on her way out to the living room. YUCK!! So, she obviously is learning the feeling of having to go. Potty training her, I'm sure will be an adventure, but I think she is ready.

Thankful

I am thankful for the unconditional love that I get from being a mommy. In my teenage years & early 20's I didn't want to have kids, and now, I couldn't imagine my life without Jillian. What did I used to do with my time before her? My life has changed in the past 2+ years, but it is definitely for the better. When I pick Jillian up from daycare, she drops whatever she is doing, yells Mommy, runs over to me and hugs me like it has been days since she has seen me. I am so thankful, that I don't have to go through my life not knowing a childs unconditional love. She doesn't care that I overslept today or that I need to shave my legs or that I have purplish highlights or that I didn't pick up the house before I went to bed. She just loves me because I am her mommy. She loves that I fixed her dinner, that I didn't yell at her for pottying on the kitchen floor, that I watched Monster Inc and some of Finding Nemo. She loves that I looked at pictures with her in her Disney book & stroked her face before she fell asleep. I know life with kids isn't always going to be this simple especially as she gets grows up and gets more demanding or as we add to our family, but right now, at this moment, I am thankful for being a mommy, for having that unconditional love and couldn't imagine it any other way.