My Husband Is a Computer Wiz

I am very excited to be back on here agian. Our computer messed up last Saturday evening and Wayne was just now able to fix it. I am very impressed with his computer skills, if it had been up to me we would have just tossed this one and went to Best Buy. I don't really feel like to much blogging tonight, but I had to let you know I am back on. I know you all missed me terribly.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Computer screwed up!!!

Me Time

(Millie was 3 weeks old)

So guess who is home alone..... Millie is at the park with Mammy and Pappy, enjoying the beautiful weather (grandparents rock). Wayne is at work. And I am at home BY MYSELF. Very exciting! I am not going to waste tooo much of my time blogging. I will say though that my little one can drive me nuts, I can feel like I am getting nothing done when she is around and still when she is gone there is a hole in my heart. I can't believe how much I miss her. She really is my sunshine. Now that I have been so sappy you all have cavities, I am going to go take a long bath.....

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

PS Tomorrow is Wayne and My 6 year Anniversary!

Mommy is Sleepy

Ok so sorry I dropped the ball last night. I was sooo tired and I didn't have the energy to think. Millie woke up Thursday morning at 4:45 am and I didn't get to go back to sleep, when Wayne finally got her to go back to sleep I had to leave for work. I shouldn't complain because she rarely does that, but I am complaining, so there. Today was much more pleasant for me. I was able to sleep til 6:15 and when I left for work at 7 Millie was still fast asleep. She was really wild when I got home though. She had a big day with Daddy and Mammy at the park and McDonald's and I swear she tried to tell me about it. That kid of mine is a talker. She was also in a loving mood tonight, lots of hugs and kisses (sugars). I guess she knows that Mommy's and Daddy's need lots of those. I am a very lucky lady.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

PS Please keep my friend Charie in your prayers she is having a very difficult battle with breast cancer. I know she will win, but I wish she didn't have to get so beat up along the way.

One Cute Kid

Tired, and feeling blahhhhhh! But My kid is cute her are some recent pics.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

IN MEMORY OF MILLIE D. WHITTINGHILL

January 3, 1938 - April 21, 2007

I miss you Nana. I thank you for sending me my baby girl. I thank you for giving me all of your love. I thank you for worrying about me, laughing with me, and sharing with me. I miss you when something good happens, I miss you when something bad happens, I miss you everytime a holiday comes around, I miss you everyday. I will always be grateful for you and I will make sure my Millie knows about you. I will live the way you taught me, I will make you proud, I will always be your baby.

And God Laughed

Funny how life works, last night I write how I am going to be more positive and this morning I oversleep, wake Millie up to discover she has a fever of 101( and feels like crap), and I stepped in dog pee (thanks Punkin). Normally I would have cried and been in a pissy mood all day, but not today. With my resolution fresh in my mind I decided we were going to have a good day if it killed me. I changed my socks, gave Millie some motrin, and curled up in bed with her to watch cartoons. It is very ironic that when your kid is not sick all you can say is I wish she would be still for one minute and when your kid is sick (and still), you just wish they would feel well enough to run around. Either way holding my little girl this morning while we watched Olivia (I love that pig), was one of the highlights of my week. At times she still smells like that 8 pound baby. Luckily the fever must have been b/c of teeth and by 10:30 she was wild (see picture). We did also end up at the doctor today, after nap she started picking at her foot and saying ow, ow, mama. There was a tiny spot on her right foot, Dr. Chris says it is either a splinter working it's way out or the start of a wart, but we shouldn't have to aputate. Moral of the story, even though the morning was a potential disaster, it ended up being a moment to cherish. I love that kid.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

I Will Be Postitive, I Will Be Positive!!!

(This was taken by amazing husband)

So recently I have decided my attitude sucks. I have been looking on the negative of everything and waiting for the other shoe to drop. And to be honest with you I am tired of it. I am tired of feeling so low when truth be told I am one lucky woman. I have a wonderful husband, who can drive me nuts, but who is also the only one who I want to drive me nuts. I have an amazing daughter, who is full of personality and I would like it no other way. I have an awesome set of family and friends. So I have decided to try being positive for once. I am going to see the silver lining and turn the other cheek, because God gave me my life and I am not going to waste one second in the dumps. Wish me luck.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Too tired to blog tonight catch ya tomorrow.
Holly

Lesson Learned

Tonight I sat on the couch and watched my husband, really watched him, with our daughter. I was amazed at him. I have always known my Wayne to be an impatient in the moment kind of guy, I mean really he is an ER nurse. But watching him with her I noticed how he has changed since her birth. She was moving her tinkerbell chairs, something she does often, around the room to various places, no real destination in mind as far as I could tell. She got stuck, my first reaction was to jump up get her out and move on so I could concentrate on Super Nanny, ironic huh. But not Wayne, he kneeled beside her and carefully guided her through getting herself out. And the look of pride on her face when she did it by herself made me realize, getting her out is easy, it's teaching her how to get out that is hard. I am a lucky woman.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

PS Happy Birthday Daddy!

Missing My Man

My man is missing. Not really, I know where he is but boy am I missing him. He is having a badly needed sleep study tonight. He has been having problems with snoring since we were married, but more recently I have been waking him up to breath. I know scary huh. So I finally convinced him to go the see a doctor about it and now here we are. He had to be there at 8 so we met for a family dinner and then Millie and I came home, alone. She cried when he left the parking lot and she asked for him tonight when she was getting tired. He always puts her to sleep so she was confused but I finally got her down at 9:45. I do not know how single parents do it, clean up and get them in the bed, I am exhausted.

On a lighter note I had a good day at work today and I will miss my coworkers tomorrow (Hi Crystal, My Loyal Reader, Tell April Hey).

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Daddy's Girl

Just over one year ago my father had bypass surgery. They had to do 6 bypasses, and for those of you not familar with this type of heart surgery that is alot. He had suffered more than one heart issue in the past and the one that sent him for sugery happened on the night my daughter was born. That was a very chaotic time in my life and I just recently started dealing with the emotions. The subject is on my mind because my daddy will be celebrating his 51st birthday Friday. To understand how I feel about this you must first realize that my daddy is my hero. He raised me as his princess, loved me more than I deserved and sacrificed much more than he should have. For all of these reasons and more he is, to say the least, very important in my life. It is a very helpless feeling when you realize your parent is human and that bad things can happen. For a while I was worried he was going to break, that if I said or did the wrong thing I might stress him out too much. I didn't ask him to help with things around the house, and was very worried when he came over to do projects anyway. But a few days ago with his birthday around the corner I began to understand that my daddy is better than he has been in years. Back before the operation he was the most vunerable, not now. It has been watching him with my daughter that has helped me let this go. Last year he could barely lift my 8 pound newborn and this year he is tossing my 23 pound toddler into the air. He is going hunting with my little brother. He is running around with my mom and working in the yard. He is back to being my daddy. So I want to take this opportunity to thank God for allowing my daddy another birthday and allowing him to become very important in my daughters life. I know he will be one of her heros too.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

PS Hug your Daddy

For The Love of Dog

This particular blog is not for the faint of heart. There was the disclaimer so I don't want any weird looks or comments, I warned you.......

Punkin is my fur baby so I kiss her on the mouth. I can hear you now ewwww, that is so disgusting. I say to you I think her mouth is probably cleaner than yours and I see nothing wrong with it, that is a saw nothing wrong with it. Because now I have a problem. My daughter and dog french kiss each other. .... I will give you a moment to process that............. I do understand that this is a huge problem with some potentially embarassing moments ahead. Some of you are saying just spank them both and move on. But I can't, for many reasons, number 1 I want them to love each other and I don't want them to think that loving each other is an issue, number 2 if I hit Punkin in front of Millie she will think it is ok to hit her and number 3 it is soooo sweet. Ok now that I have officially lost my mother of the year crown, I ask you to submit solutions. I will listen to any and remember, don't judge cause your kid could be next.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Hello my name is Holly and I am a lazy mom

Today was supposed to be Kindermusik. Today was not Kindermusik. I didn't feel good, it was raining, I was tired and other good excuses. Some days it is just hard to get motivated to do what I need to. Especially when it is raining. I sent my best friend a text about skipping class and her only reply was give her a pot and spoon and she can make her own music. I did! She loved it!

I did find the energy to remove the Easter decorations and put away the eggs. I was sick of looking at them. It is truly sad but our fruit bowl is full to the brim with chocolate (Not an apple in sight). No wonder I didn't feel good this morning. Tomorrow I may have toast for breakfast and not a cadbury egg, I might feel better. Nah!

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

EASTER

Today was a very blessed day. We started by waking early to exchange Easter baskets and get ready for church. Wayne (I hope) liked his itunes gift card and candy and I loved my new CD and fav candy. Punkin got a new stuffed bunny and Millie got tooooo much to even mention. Then the whole clan loaded up for church. It was a great service at Hillvue Heights, and Millie did not have a breakdown.( In my mind that made the event a sucesss.) Then we went home for a brief rest before we were in the car agian. We stopped by Nonna and Papaws for a visit and so they could give Millie an obscene amount of gifts. After they had spoiled her for a few minutes we all went to my Aunt Nita's for dinner and an egg hunt. Millie did well, she got several eggs (with no help of course). From there we went to Mammy and Pappy's. Millie got to hunt for a ton of eggs all by herself. She had a blast. She had to hold the lawn ornament dog the whole time she was hunting, but hey to each her own. All and all we had a great Easter, full of fun, family and crazy quanities of chocolate. Who could ask for anything more?

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Dirt, Chalk and Cupcakes OH MY!

Today was a very good day for the whole family. We woke up all in the same house. That made it a good day from the start, no one was gone to work or a class. Millie got invited to go to Mammy and Pappy's house to play and dye eggs. She left us around 12. Wayne dropped her off and while he was gone I had a chance to pick up the house, so after we had lunch together, we got to work on the office. I have been meaning,as you will remember to set up my scrapbooking area, but the fates have been agianst me and I had yet to do it. Well worry no more I did it, and it is wonderful. It maybe small but it is all mine.

When we went to pick Millie up around 4 we found her in her favorite place in the dirt. She loves rocks, sticks, leaves, but above all else dirt. Mammy and Pappy had her outside in an empty flower bed and she was having a blast with a dog lawn ornament. (You buy her toys and she wants lawn decor) They had a busy afternoon dying eggs, drawing with sidewalk chalk and running around the yard. She had been sooooo busy she refused to nap. As soon as we got her in the truck she passed out.

When we got home we fixed a big dinner (Wayne's famous fried chicken), and watched TV. I made cupcakes for Easter tomorrow and Millie had to have one. She ate the whole thing! So cute! Wayne had to work hard during her bath tonight to remove all the icing.

I can't wait for tomorrow. Millie is going to have a blast getting a basket from the Easter Bunny and hunting eggs.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Easter Eggs!!!!!

The last two days have been very hectic for me. But then agian Thursdays and Fridays always are. Those are the days I work. I enjoy them for the friends I get to see (Hi Crystal) and the time where I am an adult. (Then agian I am a pediatric nurse, so everywhere I go there is Dora). But I also find that these days are difficult because I miss my little girl, miss my freedom and miss my control over the house. I will have to give the hubby credit, he is wonderful to do dishes, make supper and pick up, but there are somethings only I know how to do ( or maybe I am a control freak ). Either way am always glad when the weekend gets here.

This weekend is especially nice because it is the wonderful holiday of Easter. I am more excited this year than last year because Millie is old enough to appreciate some of this holidays treats. The Easter Bunny, candy and most recently Easter Eggs. (Before you get concerned I do know the true meaning of Easter and will teach it to Millie, but this year she is 13mths). Tonight we dyed eggs. Wayne and I had a blast, Wayne even remarked how he hadn't done it since he was a kid, he said it with a huge grin. We also discussed how much more complicated it was than we remembered. They turned out great and Millie even put two in the dye herself. Tomorrow she gets another chance to have fun when she dyes eggs with Mammy and Pappy. Let us just hope that what ever color she dyes her body will match her Easter dress.

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Biters Anonymous

First let me start by saying my little girl is one of the two most important people in my life. I love her more than the moon and the stars, but wow can she bite. It has been more than two months without major incident but tonight my shoulder bares the marks. It started innocent enough, we were watching TV and snuggling and then out of nowhere chomp! It hurt! Bad! But what made this event blog worthy was my husbands reaction. I was so shocked that I just sat there and my husband swooped down like superman and picked her up. And off to the corner they went for timeout. He explained how biting was bad and how we do not hurt mommy and how we should apologize when we hurt people. He was patient and kind to her but firm. I was proud. After his discussion my 13mth old child said "aary" (Sorry for you non baby speaking people). I felt like in the middle of our little chaos he was the calm and that made me feel confident in our parenting. If one falls short the other can pick up and be reasonable. So brownie points to my Wayne.

On a side note I am happy to report Punkin's leg is doing really well. For those of you who didn't hear me cry about this a couple of weeks ago, Punkin hurt her leg while were not in the room. We assume she dislocated her knee. And recently there has been no jumping on the couch because of tenderness. She has also been sleeping on Millie's big dog because she can't jump on the bed. But the last couple of days she has been her old self. However she does now seem to prefer the big dog. Go Figure!

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Run Around Girls

Today we were everywhere but home. Millie and I left around lunch time and went to Bowling Green. I had a few errands to run and then we got to the fun. We had lunch at Puertos with a friend. Millie loved the mexican rice, although I was afraid I would pay for that later. When we left there we went to Hobby Lobby. I needed a new front door wreath for summer and Millie picked out the flowers and ribbon, the girl has loud taste. She had a blast hugging every Easter Bunny in the store. We made yet another trip to Wal-Mart and then over to Mammy and Pappy's. Millie showed off as usual. She is my little ham. We made a quick stop at home so Millie could eat dinner and then on to Nonna and Papaw's. She played with Papaw while Nonna and I gabbed. She did the sweetest thing, when we were walking down their drive she turned around and said, "Bye Wuv OOO". Nonna cried (Wus).

I am very excited because Wayne is off for the next 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See Ya Tomorrow,

Holly

Lazy Tuesday

Today was not quite as expected, but all and all it was good. I didn't get my scrapbook area set up, but I was able to get alot of pictures hung that I have been putting off. I didn't get alot of "me" time, but Wayne was home and together we made our little one laugh. Sometimes, like all moms, I get tired and think I just need sometime to do things, and not have someone under my feet. But when I am given the opportunity it is difficult for me to leave her. I find myself going back to the chaos that is Millie, because she is my happiness. Wayne and Millie are alike in many ways. One of the most profound is their ability to drive me nuts, but keep me coming back for more. The only real question is will I be able to survive two of them.

Proud Mama Bear

Ok last time we went to Kindermusik it was, shall we say, not good. Millie had been off for a semester and had little contact with other kids her age. Mommy learned a few things that day. Number one, Millie thinks she is the Princess and everyone else is there to serve. Number two, Millie thinks that all belongings belong to her. Number three, Mommy is not so good at dicipline in public.
We have been working very hard for the last two weeks. I have played with dolls, encouraged, and yelled. Today was the test. Kindermusik class........
I was so pleased at how she did. I was like a peacock when we left there. I called her Mammy, Nonna and Daddy to tell them how well she did. She did not hit, steal toys or yell. As a matter of fact she helped another little girl. Yay!
After we left class we went to the dollar tree for a treat, and then on to dreaded Wal-Mart (ahhhhhhh!).
We also had a playdate with Jacob and Aunt Mandy tonight. Millie did very well. She was a little shy at first, but by the end she was smothering Jacob with hugs and kisses. (Sorry Jacob). He was sooooo patient with her and kept bringing her the sippy cup and retrieving toys. He is such a good kid.
Needless to say when we got home she was pooped. Daddy is putting her to sleep now.
Tomorrow the goal is to set up my new scrapbook area. This past Christmas my Daddy and wonderful husband built me a desk and shelves for my hobby. I have yet to find time to set it up. Tomorrow is the day. Wish me luck.
See Ya Tomorrow,
Holly

I Wish I Could Think This Way

We can grieve because the rose has thorns or rejoice because the thorns have roses.

A Sunday Without Daddy

( Daddy with Millie and Her Prize
Basket)

Ok so anyone who has a husband who works weekends, I feel your pain. It was my second weekend with no husband thanks to the evil ER. (ok so I get that they can't close the ER on weekends but still....). To all you stay at home moms out there I know you understand that sometimes you and your kid get a little sick of one another and Daddy is a good buffer. Well today was day two in no Daddy land. Millie did have a nice visit with Mammy and Pappy yesterday for which I am very grateful, it is probably what saved me today. But today we hung out together. Sometimes that is nice however today she was not in the best of moods, a combonation of new teeth (please God) and rain (no rock picking today). I was also not in the greatest of spirits. A combonation of dirty house and no desire to clean and laundry out the wazoo ( I can't spell wazoo). Anyway needless to say we had words. Not an easy task with a 1yr old.
I did leave her with Nonna and Papa when I went to town for milk. It was a nice break, never thought a trip for milk could be a vacation.
Millie did use crayons today for the first time. I mean she has held crayons before but usually they end up in her mouth or broken. But today she used them to scratch on construction paper. Her masterpiece is hanging on the pantry door. I am thinking about putting it on ebay........
Tomorrow we have Kindermusik (at freakin 9 am...) and then errands in BG to run. We have a playdate with Aunt Mandy and Jacob at 6. Oh yeah and Wayne has to work.. Oh well at least he is off Tuesday.
FYI: Look for Millie in this weeks Banner. She won a door prize at the egg hunt in town yesterday.
See Ya Tomorrow,
Holly

And So It Begins

Ok so what does every busy mother need..... More things to keep up with, like a blog.
Today Millie and Wayne's parents are at an Easter egg hunt in town, so I decided to use the opportunity to begin my page.
Amelia (Millie) is my sweet baby girl, she is 1 yr old, as of March 7th and full of energy. I have often said she has more personaliy than I know what to do with.
A. Dwayne (Wayne) is my precious husband and partner for life. He is an Emergency Room nurse and I believe he has a second career playing World of Warcraft (WOW).
I have been a nurse at a local pediatric office for several years, and when Millie was born went from full-time to part-time (2 days a week). I love to scrapbook, read, and visit family.
The last member of our family is a loyal, sweet, baby with fur, Punkin. She has been our child/ dog for the last 6 years.
Now that you know us, things may make a little more sense.
I will try to update daily, but like alot of things I intend on doing it may or may not get done.
I look forward to communicating with you in the future.
Holly