To cry or laugh?

I did not feel well at all today...actually I haven't fell well all this week.  Super tired...not sure if it is the time change thing or what.  Plus my left side where the Ectopic pregnancy was hasn't felt the best...it is hard to describe the feeling...painful but not overbearing? I don't know how I would describe it...sore?  But just feels weird.  If I still don't feel good on Monday I will be calling the doctor. So I did feel like crying about that today.

Then after lunch I ran to a few stores to get a few things for school.  I was super hungry when I got home and I was trying to eat lunch.  Olivia  was being super crabby about going to the bathroom and I finally convinced her to go for a Halloween bag of M and Ms.  Well she had a little pee in her underwear so she didn't get the M and Ms (mind you I am still trying to eat lunch).  So Brendon said he would get her new underwear.  So Olivia is whining by the kitchen table with no underwear on and I am trying to eat my turkey sandwich (all I wanted to do was eat my sandwich!!).  AND THEN...she made the face...the I am going to poop face.  I ran...I mean I ran like Super Woman and snatched her up and then I saw the poop coming and picked her up so fast and ran like a banshee to the bathroom. Well, when we got to the bathroom I looked....and the poop was not there...WHERE DID THE POOP GO??? AHHHHHH!! Finally Brendon comes back downstairs with the underwear and I told him she was pooping but the poop disappeared...well it didn't disappear...it landed on the kitchen floor.  I don't know how I didn't step on it, in it, or even hear it.  At this point I just busted out laughing...that is all I could do.  I really wanted to cry at the same time and poor Olivia was kind of confused! So I got her all cleaned up, the kitchen floor cleaned up, and me all cleaned up.  All I still wanted to do was finish eating lunch....sigh...welcome to the madness!! And that's how we roll in this house!

Too tired for a title!

I don't even know where to begin this post.  It was a Susan day so we were up early.  The morning either goes really good or really bad.  Today was an ok day.  Olivia didn't whine about going potty or getting dressed.  She just didn't want to eat breakfast...so we brought it in the car.  She did good at Susan's except she pooped in her pants! Pooping is hit or miss with her still.  She fell asleep on the way home...the car nap...grrr... When we got home she said she wanted to sleep in the recliner.  So I got her all set up...then she wanted a snack...then I knew she wouldn't want to nap.  Tried to get her to nap in her bed...nope.  So we came downstairs, emptied the dishwasher, washed dishes, and made chocolate chip cookies.  She was great until dinner time.  Then it was awful meltdown time....I even cried.  You know it is not good when you and your child are crying at the same time.  But eventually she stopped, she didn't eat what I made, but then ate toast and bananas again.  Whatever works... then we had fun the rest of the night! But I am exhausted...tantrums are exhausting...no naps are exhausting...bedtime for me soon!

The recline set up!

Brrrrrrrrrrr!

It was pretty cold today.  I admit it, I am a wimp.  I hate cold weather.  I like warm, sunny, and the heat of summer.  It was cold so it was an inside day.  Olivia still had her cough today...it also prevented her from napping...she maybe slept 30 minutes.  So it was a long day.  I tried to keep her entertained.  She was pretty tried tonight so hopefully she goes to sleep...

No nap..lets paint!

Olivia seemed a bit better today.  But today the cough started...ugh I hate the cough. Hopefully it will go away sooner than later.  It made for a tough go on the nap this afternoon which lasted about 40 minutes....so basically...no nap! So I decided we should do something fun like...paint! So we painted for a bit.  It kept her attention for awhile.  Tonight we had out biggest fuss around dinner time.  It was the same fuss that I had with her at bed time last night.  So I basically just ignored her and had to walk away.  Once I walked away, she calmed herself down and sat at the table to eat.  Granted by this time (30+ minutes later), her dinner was cold.  So she got bananas and toast for dinner.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day..I am hoping this is from the medicine and not feeling well or else we are back to the terrible twos again!

Painting

Sick =(

Olivia woke up about 4:15 a.m. last night.  Crying and I could tell feeling yucky.  She had a little cold the past 2 weeks- clear mucous which means not really sick.  The doctor told us if it is anything other than clear then she is sick.  Her eyes have been goopy the past few days but she has that off and on...but the drops and wipes which usually help were not working.  So I stayed home today...I basically have been up since 4:15 a.m.  I snagged a cat nap from 6:30 a.m. to about 6:20 a.m.  I took Olivia to the doctor this morning and she has a sinus infection.  The nurse practitioner said her chest sounded good, ears were good, but when she looked in her mouth she could tell it was all junked up with boogers.  So we got a Z-Pack for medicine and went to Publix to pick it up. We had chicken noodles soup for lunch and then napped.  I ended up falling asleep for about a half hour with her.  Then she woke up about 3 crying and then I brought her downstairs and she slept in the recliner for another hour.  Generally she was pretty happy today with some bouts of fuss.  She was really fussy before bed...I mean REALLY fussy.  One moment we were reading books and were happy and 1 minute later she was screaming and crying for no reason.  Lovely way to end the day!

Sleeping in the recliner

Zoo Atlanta

Today we met our friends and went to Zoo Atlanta.  We had a really good time.  Olivia kept saying, "Let's see more animals!" "What animal is next?" We had so much fun and then went to lunch!

Flamingos! 

The big male lion roaring!

2 Cute lions!

Olivia was checking out the eye on the giraffe!

Gorilla

The panda bear was eating lunch!