And Again tonight

Okay so last night Izzy did her crying thing again less than 2 hrs after she went to bed. Well I was home by myself and was not going to waste my Sat night by going to bed at 8:45 with Izzy. So I took her out of her room and into living room for a few minutes rocked her talked to her, then took her back to her room read her 2 stories and back to bed she went. She cried for about 15 min if that and went to sleep until about 6:45 this am. Oh and I forgot to mention I drugged her with benedryl before i brought her downstairs. I am not one to drug my child often but she has been stuffy anyway so I figured it wouldn't hurt.

So today she had a good day, took a good nap, was in a great mood overall. Then bedtime. Bath fine, DH read her stories and put her to bed. Less than 1o min she is crying...and crying and crying. So we ignore her she stops for about half hour and then started again. This time cry is very fake more yelling but she went on for a half hour and has just now stoppped. What is happening????? My girl used to go to bed so good, no problem why all of a sudden is she reverting. I htought I was long past the "cry it out stage" I guess not. So frustrating.

I can only image how our upcoming trip to NJ this weekend is going to play into the mix. Not only sleeping in a pack n play but sharing a room with us......

Just when you think you have these kids figured out they change the rules!

A Very Happy Thanksgiving

I had a great thanksgiving! We do it at our house and my folks and Grandma came and DH's parents. We had lots of yummy food and company. The highlight of day by far was watching all the parents and my grandma play Wii! I put on the Wii after the lions embarrassed themselves. I put it on bowling and omg it was hilarious to watch the parents figure it out. Once they got it figured out 4 of them played a game of bowling, the players were My Mom, My 85 yr old grandma and my mother in law and father in law. Guess who won..........................My NANA!!!! It was awesome. Here is a picture of early in the day when DH and I were trying to cook, this was Izzy's contribution. And here is one of my in laws playing the WII. I did get my Nana on video but don't have it downloaded yet.

Hope everyone had a great holiday!

What is happening?

Okay moms out there that read my blog I need help!
2 out of the last 3 nights Izzy has woken up about 2hrs after goign to bed (and she went to bed fine like normal) she wakes up SCREAMING, I mean crying so hard she is gagging and coughing! If we go up there, pick her up and comfort her she stops right away, but she will NOT go back to bed! She just continues to scream and scream and scream like she is being tortured. The only way to get her to stop is to put her in our bed (which we REALLY don't want to do!) Last night we tried letting her scream it out for over a half hour but she wouldn't stop and finally I couldn't take it anymore so we put her in our bed. Which means she kicks us all night until we have had enough and in the middle of the night dh puts her back in her bed and she is fine until morning.

I can't tell if she is doing it on purpose because she wants to sleep with us (which i really find hard to believe because it really is very rare that she shares our bed) or if she really is terrified of something or somethign hurts. She has been pulling at her ear a little bit but I woudl be suprised if she has an ear infection. She is a bit stuffed up the last few nights which I know pisses her of, but I don't know what to do!!!! I feel like she is old enought that she shouldn't be doing this but she is. It is shear torture to listen to her screaming like that, and she just goes on and on!

Help, please??????

22 Months!!!!!!!!!!!!

My baby is 22 months today! That is only 2 months away from 2 years old incase you didn't realize that like me! The last year I feel like has flown by SOOOOOO fast!!! In honor of Izzy's 22 month bday I took her to get her haircut for the first time. Nothing fancy or drastic but it needed to be trimmed, the back was so much longer than the sides it was starting to look a bit like a mullet. We didn't go anywhere fancy, just great clips. I would post a picture but I didn't take one since her hair was a bit wild after the cut, it was damp when we left plus it was snowing so it dried all wavy and crazy. But I think overall it is an improvement, and it is still long enough to get in piggies i think.

Okay so for documentation sake here are some of the things Izzy is doing at 22 months

• Loves Dora (Doda) and Deigo (DeeDee) and asks to watch them ALL THE TIME-I think this might turn into an ugly tv battle soon
• Loves to sing the baby bumble bee song mostly because she loves to say "ouch" it stung me, she also likes Itsy Bitsy and will do most of the hand motions, and loves to play "ashs, ashs" which is ring around the rosey
• She is getting pickier at meal time, she used to eat whatever we put in front of her but we have had several dinner's lately where she has refused to eat what is in front of her even when we know she will like it.
• She can have the occational trantrum and it is actually pretty funny to watch her throw herself on the floor and roll around and whine when she doesn't get what she wants.....terrible 2's are on their way I think
• She seems to love our cat recently and will talk about going home to Kiki when we are out, and she likes to make nice ("ni") to her and so far they get along well
• She has a definate sweet tooth, loves fruit snacks, chocolate and all the cookies she gets especially when she is with nana
• She asks for you to kiss her boo boo if she has one and will happily kiss yours if you say you have one

This kid is so happy and full of life I just can't get enough (except for the rare day when I have and if i have to hear mama, mama, mama one more time I feel like I am going to burst...is that bad?)

Happy 22 months my sweet sweet girl! Can't wait for the next 22 months!

Survived Hunting Season

Well hunting season is offically over for DH and I am so glad!!! Don't get me wrong I am very supportive of my husband and realize that he has been a hunter for a lot longer than he has known me and he will continue to be one...but the selfish part of me hates the thought that he gets all this vacation time from work and us..........

Actually this year it was much easier than last year as Izzy and her routine are much easier to manage than a year ago. We are definately blessed with a very easy going, good sleeping kid. She just goes with the flow 99% of the time.

That being said I am happy to have my husband home. Until May when he goes fishing for a week :)

Sick and Tired

Man am I dragging today! I have been fighting off a cold since the weekend that doesn't seem to want to come on full blast or go away, just kinda hanging around. Then on top of it now Izzy is sick! She came down with a congestion and a fever yesterday, started with waking up in middle of night sunday, then she had a fever yesterday so I stayed home with her all day. And last night she had an awful night. I basically had her in bed with me in teh spare bed from 2am till 6:30 this morning. What a restless night sleep for both of us. I don't know how parents share a bed with their kids, maybe it is just because Iz is not used to sharing a bed but she is horrible, moves constantly (even when asleep) and takes up more room then what would seem physcially possible for a little person! I am exhasuted!!!!

One of the things I find challenging about parenthood is deciding when to take her to the dr. My gut tells me it is just a cold and a low grade fever, but I am going out of town tomorrow on a business trip until friday and Iz will be with our sitter tomorrow and then my mom thurs and DH's mom Friday. So do I take her to the doctor this afternoon or tomorrow morning just to make sure it is not an ear infection...or do I just let it ride its course. I don't know why I have such trouble with this. I just called the Dr office and left a message with the nurse, waiting for a call back. She seemed a bit better this morning, really stuffy but her fever was gone, but my mom just called and her fever (low grade just under 1o1) is back now...

Having a sick kid with a stuffed up nose is the worst, there is virtually nothing I can do for her to help her. Can't really give her any meds other than tylenol or motrin which isn't going to help her congestion. Poor kid. And why does this always happen with either I or DH will be gone? Murphy's law I suppose.

UPDATE****I took her to the Dr, no ear infection and she seemed in a good mood when we got home just stuffed up. Well I put her to bed an hour ago and she is already awake and sounds AWFUL!!!!! How did she get so much worse in an hour, she now has a horrible sounding cough.......it is going to be a long night poor kid. I am already feeling guilty for leaving tomorrow and thinking about staying home from work and just leaving in time to go to the airport for my 5:00 flight...

Proud to Be an American!

I don't know about anyone else but i am SOOOO proud to be an American this morning! All of the reasons I have hated politicals or been apathetic towards politics disappeared yesterday! To see this country come out in record numbers, to listen to both McCain and Obama's speeches, truely moving!!!! I have never been as proud as I am today to be an American. To see the rest of the worlds reaction to the election results is truely inspiring, not only is our country excited for the future, but the rest of the world is as well!

I have never been one to listen to political speeches, but I watched and googled both speeches from last night this morning (I fell asleep just shy of 11pm!)

Awesome is about the only word I can come up with.

Election Day

Today is election day and for the first time I am excited! I keep my political view pretty quiet and to myself especially because my husband and I are on opposite ends this election. I am excited to see the country so excited and looking forward to seeing record turnouts at the polls. This is what makes america so great! Regardless of who wins, this gives me encouragement to see such a great turnout.

Don't get me wrong I will be VERY happy to see the end of the politcal ads! There is nothing I hate more!

There is an important prop on teh MI ballets this year that I have strong conviction over. It is a prop to allow stem cell research from embroyes leftover and donated from fertility clinics. Michigan is one of the few states that does not currently allow this. Seeing that I have 5 embies sitting in a freezer that I will probably never use, it is very important to me that I have the ability to donate them to science. I think it is awesome that even though they probably will never create a child, that they can still be used to find cures via stem cell research. It angers me when I drive by most churches and on their signs is a big Vote no on Prop 2 it kills embroyes. If they only new that these embies will most likely be destroyed anyway because they will not be used in fertility treatments! URGH!!!!! I hope this prop passes, but I am not sure if it will due to the large opposition by most churches. I even had a friend who is a strong catholic call me and ask me questions about IVF because she wanted to understand how the process works and why there are left over embies in most cases. She will be voting yes after our discussion even after she was at her church and during the service they were asking people to pray people will vote no!!!!

I will be doing my civil duty and voting this afternoon. And whatever the outcome, I will know I did what I could and that is all I can control.

GO VOTE!!!!