Just Jillian.

Firday night, Chris rented movies, so after Jillian went to bed, we laid on the couch and watched "Pride and Glory" and "Obsessed". The first one was a little confusing, but I caught on eventually and it ended up being a good movie. Obsessed was pretty good.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday my lovely daughter was up before 6:00 a.m. I tried to get her to go back to sleep Friday & Saturday, but it was pointless. We didn't even leave the house at all on Saturday until 7:30ish to go to a surprise birthday party for Darcy. Chris went down to pick up Tara so she could watch her, but Jillian went nowhere. She kept asking to go bye-bye. How sad is that? LOL. We didn't stay at Darcys party for too long because we had a family reunion for the Holland's to go to early on Saturday down near Columbus, Indiana.

Chris & I at Darcys birthday party

When Jillian got up early on Sunday, I tried to get her back to bed, but not for very long. I decided to just go to Dunkin Donuts. I bought 6 yeast donuts & some chocolate milk for Jillian. I planned on bringing them home to eat, but Jillian wanted to stay & eat. So, we sat there while she ate a donut & drank her milk. She said at one point in time "I tooted." I shushed her because we were in public, but that just added fuel to the fire & she kept saying it over & over again. Stinker, literally. haha
We had a good time at the reunion. It was a long day, but thankfully there were a bunch of toys & things to keep Jillian and the kids busy.

Dane & Jillian at the reunion.

Jillian driving herself at the reunion.

We got home around 5:00. I made dinner & that was about it. I was sooo tired. I drove home from the reunion while Chris & Jillian napped. I almost fell asleep too. I was so ready for Jillian to go to bed so I could relax. I slept wonderfully until 3:30 a.m. when Jillian came in to our room. I put her back in bed and thought it was going to be a disaster, but she fell right back to sleep. And didn't wake back up til 7:00. Hopefully her sleep pattern is back on track. Momma needs sleep!

Big girl bed

Well, if anyone is following Jillians big girl bed journey, last night went perfect. I went to dinner with ellen, so Chris put her down. He said he put her down at 7:30, when I got home a little after 8:00 she was already asleep. She didn't get up AT ALL!!! Yipee. It is 7:15 a.m. and she is just now getting up. When I went to check on her before my shower, her head was at the end of the bed. It looked like she was on her way out of the bed & just fell back asleep. Cute. Well, she is here on the couch with me wanting to watch Yo Gabba Gabba, so I better let her.

Why oh Why?

Why oh why did I say anything about Jillian sleeping in her bed?? She went to bed ok, but around midnight, she came crying into our room. I tried to let her sleep with us, but she tossed & turned. I had Chris put her back in her bed, but she completely flipped out. I have not slept well at all recently & really needed to get some sleep because I knew I had to get up early this morning to take my mom to the doctor. So, after fighting with her for a little bit, I just laid in bed with her. She seemed wide awake. Finally around 1:30, we both fell asleep. I went back into my bed around 5:00. And now I can't turn my head to the right because I slept on it wrong!!! Why oh Why?????

Jillians new bed

I am proud to announce that Jillian is doing well sleeping in her big girl bed. Last night, she didn't get out of the bed and was asleep in a 1/2 hour. Tonight, she only got up once and was asleep again in less than an hour. She is falling asleep faster in her big girl bed, than she did in her crib. I ran out to tan & Chris said he went in there to check on her & she had a book propped up on her belly "reading" it. When she heard Chris come in, he said she kept the book up & just looked around it at him. I never knew kids were so funny and enjoyable. She makes me laugh every day!!

Chris, Jillian & I went to the State Fair again on Wednesday. It rained a little and was hot, but we had a good time. She didn't really like the animals much more this time than the time just her & I went. I thought she was going to pet a baby pig, but she chickened out in the end. The baby pig was biting on my finger. It was so cute! We got an elephant ear & a lemon shake up at the end & boy was she on a sugar high on the way home.

Jillian & Daddy at Indiana State Fair

Daddy & Jillian looking at Leghorn Chicks

at the Indiana State Fair.

Thursday, I went to my OBGYN. He is such a great guy. He said he expects to see me in the next couple of months due to pregnancy. I don't know about that, I guess we will just have to see what happens.
Last night, Chris went out, so Jillian & I went to Mc Donalds and came home & hung out. Our normal Friday night. What a life huh?
Today Jillian and I got up and went down to Darcys to transport my mom up to my dads. Then Jillian and I drove to Covington, IN to pick up my grandmother. Chris stayed home to return to the crib to Walmart & set up her big girl bed. When we got home, we took a very short nap & then hung out at home, once again. Chris left to go to Danny's bachelor party & Jillian and I hung out at home. I turned Mama Mia on & she seemed to really enjoy watching it. It was very cute watching her watch Mama Mia. I gave her a bath & she had a good time.
Then it was bed time. That was interesting. It only took 2 hours and a couple of stroking the face for her to finally conk out. She came out of her room a few times. At one point in time she came out saying she wanted to see Nana & Granny. When I took her back into her room, the bed was covered with books. So she was a quiet busy bee in her room for awhile. Hopefully tomorrow won't be too bad and I will have Chris home for him to help. Tonight was as bad as I thought, but it wasn't good either.

Jillian playing in her toy box.

Bathtub fun.

Jillian having fun in the bathtub.

Jillian after her bath.

Jillian sitting on the potty & playing with lotion

Jillian in her big girl bed for the 1st time.

Jillian FINALLY asleep in her big girl bed for

the 1st time.

Tomorrow I am going over to my dads to have lunch with my mom, granny, Darcy & her family to have lunch for Darcys birthday. Then I am taking my grandmother back to Covington. So much for a weekend of not doing anything!!

weekend

Friday, we went to another swim party. It was a lot warmer than last week. Chris had his yearly golf auction, so he didn't go with us this time. We had a good time. Thank goodness for Danny because he helped with Jillian when I was done swimming, but she wasn't. It helped Danny too because he had no one to play with after PJ left. LOL. Jillian pooped twice while we were there. Dana says poop was floating in the pool, Holly says it was just flecks. So, I don't know what was actually floating in the pool, but something to do with Jillians poop. Thankfully, Shannon had an extra swim diaper because I only brought 2! Changing her diaper was an experience. Jillian kept wanting to play in the stall. Other than that, she was a good girl all night. I thought she would fall asleep on the way home, but I should have known better. She did fall asleep shortly after we got home & fell asleep. She slept til 9:00 which was nice.
Saturday, we didn't really do anything. Around 4:30, Chris took me over to Dana's for her bachlorette party. After he dropped me off, he took Jillian down to Bob & Lana's for the night. Chris had to golf early today & I figured I would want to sleep in after the bachlorette party so we asked them to watch her. We had a good time at the bachlorette party. We went to Sushi On the Rocks for dinner. Sushi was delish, service not so much. Then went to Ike & Joneses (however it is spelled). Then went to the late drag show at Talbott Street. I didn't get home until 3:00. So, THANK GOODNESS, Jillian wasn't at home.
I slept until 10:00ish. Cuddled with Chris for a while & reminiced on how we used to do that every Saturday before Jillian. He left for golf & I met, Bob, Lana, Tara, Sarah & Jillian at Old Country Buffet for lunch. Lana said Jillian slept from 10:00-10:00. What the heck??? She never does that for us. We came home & I had to fight a little for Jillian to nap. When she woke up, we just played while I hung up laundry. Jillian loves to sit on our toilet. She won't use hers at all. She still isn't actually pottying on it yet, but she looks so darn cute on the toilet. We watched a little bit of Kung Fu Panda & she went to bed.
It is almost 10:00 and I still have some laundry on the bed, so I better go finish so I can go to sleep. Because I am tired!

Non wordless Wednesday

I know it is supposed to be "wordless" Wednesday, but I don't have any pictures to download and it was a busy day so I thought i would actually blog instead.
Jillian was awful last night. I walked in the door from work & Chris had a pissy look on his face. He said she was bad whenever he picked her up from daycare. She threw a fit getting into the car seat. Which she does for me alot, but supposedly has never done it for him. Then when I got home, she wouldn't do anything we asked her to do. She said she wanted to take a shower with me instead of a bath. She was so rotten before we got in the shower, everything was no, no, no!! When we finally got in she flipped out & wanted out almost immediately because I dumped some water on her head & it got on a boo boo that was on her arm. Chris tried to give her a bath, but she didn't want that either. So she got back in the shower with me & did fairly well. When it was time for bed, she wanted to sleep in our bed. Well, it was 8:00 and Hell's Kitchen was on, so I thought maybe she would fall asleep in our bed while I watched H.K. in there. BIG mistake. She actually enjoyed watching it because they were cooking. So, when I tried to put her down after H.K. she kept climbing out of her crib. So we tried to get her to sleep on the couch while I watched Big Brother. Another big mistake. I got so fed up, I finally put her in her bed & she FLIPPED out. She finally screamed herself asleep after 10:00, but got so worked up she messed up her breathing. So when Chris & I went to bed we took her with us because when she does that to herself, it scares us a little that she is going to stop breathing. We know, more than likely, she won't, but it still scares us. I finally put her in her bed around 11:00. She was bad in the evening, but it was also my fault because I wanted to watch my shows & didn't want to deal with putting her to bed. I was a bad mommy.
She only slept til 7:00 this morning!! We were supposed to go to the state fair with Dani & Brooklyn, but I told Dani last night, I wanted Jillian to sleep in. So I ended up cancelling on her. I hate being that person, but I was this time. I thought this morning was going to continue to be the way last night was because Jillian was whiny when she first woke up, but she got better. Just her & I ended up going to the fair around 10:00. We saw all the animals, but she didn't really like them. She seemed scared to even walk by them. The only ones she really kind of liked were the piggies. We walked around for quite awhile & then headed home. I am glad we ended up going today. Even if it was just the 2 of us.
Tonight, we went up to visit my mom. She isn't doing too well. They said she is anemic so they had to give her a blood transfusion. She said they are concerned with her bleeding internally because they don't know why she would be anemic all of a sudden. She is feeling very down today. I think seeing Jillian, Chris & I may have helped a little, but not much. I had to remind her that she has been feeling better. She looked & sounded great on Sunday when Jillian & I visited. Chris called her yesterday & he said she sounded good then too. So, I think she is just feeling bad today because she has flu like symptoms. I'm hoping that is the case at least. I also think she needs to get on an antidepressant. It may help. I know she has alot going on in that head of hers. She was crying earlier today saying she is just sick of being in pain & not feeling well. It made me cry! She is such a strong woman that I know it is bad when and if she ever cries.