Success!!

The pictures below were taken at 730 this morning!! Each girl slept all night in her own bed!

I did still get up a few times:
1030pm to uncover Molly (the girl hates covers!)
0130am to move Molly back to the right position (she kept hitting her head on the side rails)
0230am because Mary Claire's sweet little voice asked me to lay with her (major improvement here because lately she had just been climbing into our bed)
0530am because Mary Claire fell out of the bed

Bad mom award pictures!

At the rodeo

A little success

Well, the girls each went to sleep in their own beds.

Molly stayed until about 1230am when I gave in. She had fallen out of the bed twice already and on the third time I just put her in bed with me.

Mary Claire stayed in her bed until 0530am. Not too bad for the first night back. Once she sleeps in her own bed for a few nights she then starts asking to sleep in her own bed. I think she knows it is much more comfortable!

I'm going to stay strong with this!!

Tonight is the night....

that I'm going to *try* to stand, er, lay firm and have the girls sleep in their own beds. I tried this about two weeks ago when Brian took the weekend off thinking that it would be helpful that he was here and could assist me in my endeavor; however, it did not work at all as Molly's crying woke him up and he just got her and put her back in our bed. I'm off this weekend and already exhausted, so I don't think missing out on sleep with hurt me too bad!

What was the final straw forcing me to do this??? Last night I was utterly exhausted. The turn-around I worked earlier in the week combined with Molly having the flu was catching up to me. Mary Claire did not want to sleep in her own bed and Molly would not go to sleep with Mary Claire in the bed and the TV on. Molly finally fell asleep and tossed and turned all night long; I felt like every time she moved I woke up. And then Mary Claire wanted to lay by me and laid right on top of Molly and woke her up. I was so tired and now angry that I told myself then and there that I was going to stand strong and get them out of my bed.

While I love having the girls close to me, I really think I'm ready for my bed back....and the same room just a different bed is close enough!

Really??

Is it already the END of January 2012? Seriously, where does the time go?? It seems like just yesterday that I was a lonely girl living a lonely life, and now, I'm a happily married mother of two beautiful girls!

Can the world please slow down? Just a little. I need it to. My girls are growing up too quickly. I don't have a baby anymore. I'm secretly letting Molly hold onto her "bitty" longer than I want to because I don't want her to be a toddler or little girl just yet! (Although, it would be very, very nice to have her potty-trained! :) )

I think what brought this on was the fact that my BABY, my Molly, was moved up on Monday....to the two-year-old POTTY TRAINING class! (In exact form, trying to be like her big sister....she was then diagnosed with the flu and will miss the rest of this week in her new class. Mary Claire had to go back to the toddler class because she did not do well with the change; however, I think Molly will just embrace it and go with the flow...seems to be her personality.)

As I sit here writing this, I realize that maybe it's not the world that needs to slow down.....

maybe it's me.

I need to slow down and enjoy the little things in life. I've been trying to do this - staying home more and enjoying my family rather than running the roads and hitting the stores. I feel more content and pulled less, so I'm going to keep trying!

Whatcha gonna do...

Whatcha gonna do when the FLU comes to you?

Yes, sweet Molly has the flu. The real, respiratory caused, muscle and body aches flu.

Mommy made her take a nap in her big girl toddler bed and then Mommy found her back asleep on the bathroom floor after her shower!

Carpe Diem???

I love, love, love this post!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glennon-melton/dont-carpe-diem_b_1206346.html

If I could put into words my feelings on parenting, I'm pretty sure this is exactly how they would have come out!

Molly's words

I just wanted to write a quick summary of the words Molly is saying now....

Mama, Dada, Taylor, Nannie, Poppa, ball, book, shoe, dog, hot dog, thank you, move, ouch, nose, no, five, poo-poo, see, night-night, and shit. (I know, I know, terrible parenting, but it is oh so cute to hear that!)

I'm sure there are more and I'll try to update when I think of them!

Update:

hi, bye, 'mon (come on), and move!

Fun

Fun at the Louisiana Boardwalk!!

Mary Claire's first movie

Brian and I brought Mary Claire to the movies today to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D. This was her first movie at the theater! She was well-behaved, but didn't leave her glasses on the whole time. Mary Claire and I had our haircut beforehand, and the lady curled hers! It was too cute!

Paper

Mary Claire's last paper in the 3's class....

Frozen pizza night with Daddy

Resolutions

I know I am 7 days late in posting this, but better late than never!

1. Be more patient with my girls.

2. Be more understanding with my husband, especially with his work/sleep
schedule. It is very frustrating to me how his schedule is, but I've come to realize that it will not be changing any time soon.

3. Utilize our credit cards less (only for gas and as necessary). Also, to start regularly putting money into our savings account.