2 weeks of updates

We have had a busy couple of weeks. And I don't have many pictures, so just to forewarn some of you readers, this will be a long blog. LOL
Last Friday, the 18th, Jillian had her first Christmas program at daycare. Quite comical. They were supposed to sing "Away in a Manger" and "Twinkle, Twinkle". She didn't sing either one, but she did stand up on stage and jumped up and down a few times. We were all surprised that she stayed up on stage, but I think that was because it was dark in the auditorium and she couldn't see us. I did get video of it, but no pictures. I have been very bad about taking pictures.
Saturday, the 19th, we went to Greensburg for Christmas with them. It was slightly stressful for me because I was soooo tired & Jillian didn't take a nap. She was also not in her environment, so mommy was her choice of toys, but I didn't really want to play because I was so tired. We made it through even though I was getting a little ticked at Chris because Jillian was up my butt & he wasn't helping much. When we got home, I gave Jillian a bath while she screamed & pitched a fit. She was so mad that I was making her take a bath & since she hadn't had a nap it was awful. I, thankfully, just laughed.
I didn't work Thursday & for some reason, decided to be one of those idiots who went shopping on Christmas Eve. What a nightmare! Then we went down to the Hollands for Christmas with them. We had a nice time. Jillian got alot of stuff, as usual. Her 2 favorite things were the Dora bike below:




And a cute Mickey/Minnie Mouse golf set. She has played with both of those things the most. She also got a couple of Dora DVD's that she has already watched numerous times. We came home & went to bed. Jillian insisted on sleeping with wrapping paper. I think just to try to prolong going to sleep, but I let her go to sleep with it.


After she went to sleep, the wrapping began. I wrapped quite a bit & Chris ran out to Walgreens to get some chalk and dry erase markers for her easel. He said on the way out of WAlgreens he saw a Dora stuffed doll.


This is our tree after Santa left. We weren't sure how Jillian would be the morning of Christmas. We weren't sure if she got the whole Christmas concept. Well, she came into our room at 8:30 a.m. and said "Mommy, Dora is under the tree." So, she obviously got up, came out here and then decided to come get us. She was so excited. I didn't get any pictures, but she would open something and say "oh it is so cuutte." She absolutely loved the Dora doll. She has taken it everywhere we have gone since yesterday morning which includes Rick & Shelley's yesterday and Illinois today. She got lots of games & toys. She wants to play the games, but doesn't really get the concept, so we just get them out and do whatever it is she wants to do with them. We went down to Rick & Shelley's yesterday for a couple of hours. We had a good time. We ate & played some games on the Wii. Then we came home, played some of Jillian's games & went to bed.
Today, Darcy, me and the kids went to see Granny. We had a nice time. Granny cried when we left, like she always does. It affected me more today than normal. I cried as I walked down the hallway to leave. I think Rhianna had a hard time too seeing me cry. She seemed to avoid eye contact with me all of a sudden. When we got home, Chris & Jillian played while I made dinner. Then we ate & I gave Jillian a bath. She got a Dora bath doll that she played with, quite a bit. Messy, but she had a good time. It was cute watching her talk to her like we talk to Jillian while giving her a bath. Then she went to bed without much incidence. I told Chris it was pretty easy tonight, but I was afraid to go in & check on her because of all the stuff she had in her bed when I left. He went in & told me I needed to come look at her. This is how we found her. She loves that doll!! I'm glad he saw it last minute.


Tomorrow is the last of Christmas, thankfully. LOL. It is my families turn. If it weren't for tomorrow, I probably would have taken the tree down tonight. I had some energy & felt pretty good, but figured it should stay up til at least after tomorrow!

This past Monday, the roads in Indy were AWFUL! They were covered in ice! It took me over 2 hours to get Jillian to daycare and back home. I planned on going to work, but I was going to run out of gas if I stayed in traffic too long. It probably would have taken me 3 hours to get to work. On a normal day it would take me 25 minutes top to get her to daycare & then to work, so I was sooo frustrated.
On Wednesday, we had our office Christmas party. We went rock climbing. As you can see below, I made it up the wall once. It was the easiest wall, but I am still very proud of myself. I don't think I will do it very often if ever again, but I can at least say I tried it once.

Me trying to tighten up the darn harnesses!!

Me making it to the top of the wall!!

Relaxing with Ellen after rock climbing.

On Friday, I picked Jillian up at daycare & we headed to Walmart. She was good through Walmart and when I told her we were going to McDonald's she said "Yeah McDonald's" quite loudly a few times. It was cute, but it went downhill from there. She was crying & hollering when we got in the car & I asked what was wrong with her. She said "I sad." I asked her why and she said "I don't know!" I had been asking her what she wanted from McDonald's, she kept going back & forth on chicken & cheeseburger. So, as she is carrying on, I said "Jillian, you can get a cheeseburger & I will get chicken nuggets & you can have some of my nuggets." It was like the faucet was turned off. She immediately stopped crying & started asking what things were that she saw. It was probably a "had to be there" moment, but it was like she was crying so badly because she had to make a decision on what she wanted for dinner from McDonald's!
Saturday we got up & went to Breakfast with Santa. I didn't make her sit on Santa's lap. She didn't even care when her "friends" were getting their pictures with Santa, she was having NONE of that! Below are a few pictures.

Jillian and I at Breakfast with Santa.

Jillian after she "wrote" a letter to Santa.

Jillian and I decorating a "dog tag" necklace.

Ellen, me, Jillian, Shannon & Ray at Breakfast with Santa

We came home & just played. A friend of ours came to visit from Ohio, so my mom came over to watch Jillian, so we could go out. We went to Dawson's for dinner. Man it was sooo good. I was so full, but didn't want to stop eating because the steak just practically melted in my mouth. YUM! Then we went to Kelly's Pub, but didn't stay there too long because Chris started feeling ill. He actually went outside & puked by his car. And not due to alcohol as so many would think. We ended up coming home & it got UGLY from there. He was violently puking til 3:30 a.m. almost every hour. It sounded really bad. He hasn't thrown up since 3:30 a.m., but feels very worn out today & has a low grade fever. I feel so bad for him & his friend, Chris, because we haven't seen him since our wedding & it was kind of a flop. I ended up staying up with Ohio Chris til 1:00 drinking wine, talking & watching Bride Wars.

Some Jillian funnies (or smart butt remarks) from this weekend:
On Friday she said out of the blue "I have an idea" then right after that she said "I have a popsicle idea". So she must have wanted a popsicle even though she never did get one.
Saturday, she was laying in bed with us before we went to breakfast & I told her no about something & she said "don't tell me no". I just laughed because I know where she has heard that before!!
Ellen bought her some candy at Target after breakfast & she said "yumm, this tastes good in my mouth."
I said to her on Saturday "how bout pizza?" she said "how bout no!"
Then today I told her if she didn't do something I was going to spank her and she said "you can't spank me" I resisted, but I wanted to get her out of the bathtub & show her that I COULD spank her.
Everyone says 2-3 yrs of age is bad, but it gets better by 4, I sure hope I can make it because she is so stubborn, hard headed & doesn't listen to me until I have said something 5 times! She is sooo frustrating sometimes. UGH! But I guess it is just a part of parenting & I better get used to it especially if I plan on having another one soon!

Well, below is a picture of Chris's finished project:

He says no one understands his "vision" but it helped get 3 tubs of clothes out of our bedroom, so I like it. Jillian loves it. She won't get in or out of her bed without climbing the stairs. She was putting a bunch of books in the toy box part today. He says he needs to repaint the inside of the toy box before we actually put her toys in it (can we say perfectionist??)
Below are a couple of pictures of Thanksgiving at my house Friday. It was such a good time. I love spending time with my family.

My Aunt Sally and Granny at Thanksgiving.

Jillian and Granny at Thanksgiving.

This week has been a typical week. I did actually go to step aerobics on Tuesday. Yeah for me. So glad I went. Goal is to go again this week. On Friday night we went to Christmas at the Zoo with Dani, PJ & Brooklyn. Boy was it COLD!!!

Jillian before going into Christmas at the Zoo (Ellen talked me into the gloves, but they were WAY too big. Very funny!)

We had a good time though. Jillian loved the penguins and the "teddy" bear which was actually the polar bear. We went & saw both of those animals twice along with the walrus. He was even active which is abnormal. He normally just stands along the glass which is what he was doing the first time we saw him (and yes, I know for a fact it was a boy. lol). The second time around, he started to climb out of the water & then laid back, splashed in the water & swam down by the glass. After the Zoo, we drove around the circle because Jillian loves the Christmas lights. She wants us to drive around our block everytime she gets in the car so she can see the lights around the neighborhood. She gets so excited!
Saturday Chris got the tree down & put it together. Jillian put the bulbs on (which she calls bouncy balls)as you can see below:

Jillian decorating the tree.

Our Christmas tree decorated by Jillian (notice how all the bulbs are low & clustered together??)

I had hooks on them, but she didn't hang them up by the hook, she hung them up by the little loop that you put the hook onto (hope that makes sense). She had so much fun doing it. She was taking some of them off tonight & putting them on somewhere else. We didn't do much of anything else on saturday. We got on Nickjr.com & she watched a Dora episode over & over. We had tacos for dinner at Jillians request. She loves tacos. She is so adventurous too with her food. She had sour cream, lettuce, cheese & catalina dressing. Which is exactly what I had, her daddy on the other hand....just cheese. LOL

I went to Walmart this a.m. and bought some donuts. Jillian, of course, picked the most colorful donut to eat:

Jillian eating a donut for breakfast this morning.

Then my mom came over. We made Chex mix, peanut butter blossoms & peppermint bark. We attempted hard candy, but my microwave was stronger than my mom realized & we burnt it. We couldn't believe how much it was smoking. We put it outside, it was that bad!!
I skipped eating dinner tonight & am eating the chex mix instead. lol. I can't diet this time of year!!