The Terrible Awful No Good Very Bad Day...

do you remember that book? I love it but I feel like I've been living it for the last 24 hours. Last night Olivia didn't sleep, I don't mean that it took her a while to sleep or that she was fussy and didn't sleep well, I mean that she didn't sleep. I put her in bed around 8pm at 11pm she was still awake. I laid down with her in her bed for about an hour but she still didn't fall asleep. I wasn't comfortable in her bed and I didn't have the baby monitor and I was worried about hearing Peter so we moved into my bed. It's a super special treat for Olivia to be allowed in our bed but she still didn't sleep. I would doze off a little bit but wake up to Olivia sitting up in bed, crawling around, or talking. Finally at 4am I was exhausted and needed to get a little sleep so I put her back in her bed. Of course she didn't go to sleep and when Peter woke up at 6am Olivia was still wide awake. I am convinced that Olivia didn't sleep at all last night. As a result of our sleepless night Olivia was not her usual happy self, she was less than cooperative today and I was less patient.

At least Peter slept through the night but he's been a little nut today also! He's normally so happy but he had a rotten day, he's teething and he's got gas. He cried today for 30 minutes straight, I couldn't do anything to console him which of course just makes me miserable. My poor baby! He got tylenol and baby orajel and then some gas drops.

My cell phone absolutely sucks and I can only talk on it when it's plugged in. A good friend called today but I couldn't talk because my phone died. Mike is in Oklahoma for a couple of weeks for a class and we got a flat tire just hours after he left.

In a last ditch effort to salvage our terrible day we set out for a walk. Olivia whined the entire time. Peter's eyes were all swollen from his earlier crying fit but during our walk they became red and watery so now I'm worried that he's got allergies.

Thank goodness that Olivia and Peter are asleep, lets hope it stays that way!

In case you just can't get enough

I posted some pictures on shutterfly....

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Good Morning, Olivia Style

I thought that Olivia was sleeping unusually late so I decided to go check on her and this is what I found....
she was happily singing the "A,B,C" song to her self.
Let me remind you that Olivia is not potty trained. Apparently this morning she woke up and decided that she didn't want to wear her diaper anymore so she took it off and put it neatly in her dirty clothes hamper.

and she helped herself to a pair of big girl training underwear from her top dresser drawer.

Suprisingly enough she was dry and I couldn't find any accidents anywhere in her room. When I told her good morning she happily responded with "morning mama", "go potty please". And we did.

All about Peter

Peter had his 4 month well baby check-up last week. Peter is such a lovable little guy. He's so low maintenance. He's sleeping through the night now and he just started rice cereal. He weighs 15 lbs 9 ounces now (Olivia didn't weigh that much when she was 6 months old) and he's 23 inches long.

Peter is an incredibly laid back little guy. He's content to go anywhere as long as we bring his favorite little toys along. He loves watching Olivia and I love watching the two of them entertain each other. Here's an adorable clip of Mike and Peter discussing the important things in life (apparently those are beer, girls, and jobs). In the background you can hear Olivia begging to go "up please please" because she is feeling like she's being left out of the fun.