Christmas Eve

 Whitley Claire helped me make our Christmas sugar cookies this year! She got her first dose of cookie batter and I think she's addicted like her daddy! I'm not sure if she was ready to help this year because she had tantrum after tantrum when I put the cookies in the oven. She couldn't grasp the concept that they had to COOK first :) Silly little girl.

 Natalie and her daddy :)

 Whitley was SOOOO proud of her new dress given to her by some friends. She wore this to the Christmas Eve service at Church and I have never seen her like an outfit so much. She was twirling and laughing and such a delight to be around!

Natalie all dressed up and ready for church. Just hanging out....what she does best :) Her bloomers were so cute. They have her name on them!

When we got home from church I had all these "traditions" planned for our first Christmas as a family (without being around other family). Whitley was such a hot mess at church that she fell asleep in the car and I put her STRAIGHT to bed. I think I expected to much of her....I mean come one mom! She's only two! I shouldn't have gotten caught up in all the tradition stuff. That's not what really matters anyway. Yes it's fun, but it's not the reason for Christmas! I totally lost my focus on what we were celebrating! 

Chris and I wound up just hanging out and watching a Christmas Story. I am embarrassed to say that it was my first time seeing it. OOPS!

Christmas morning post to come :)

All Of Me

My heart is hurting this Holiday season...though I do have many things to be thankful for. I'm learning a lot about myself and the control that I DON'T have. I've felt lost....and sad that I can't cure my husband's cancer....sad that I can't make him feel happy....sad that I can't make us "normal" again. But what I'm NOT sad about is how my Father loves me. Will always love me. This song sums up everything I've been feeling the past 5 months. To learn about "surrendering" is an eye opening experience. Have you ever truly GIVEN something entirely to God? It's a hard thing to do....as easy as it is. You should try it sometime...it's freeing :)


All of Me

Holy father, love me still
I have fallen from your will
I am broken
Hear my humble cry
My cry

I have wandered for so long
Tired and weary on my own
In your arms I know I’m home, O God
My God

Take my life and make it yours, Lord
Fill me with your love
You are all I need
I surrender all of me

Take my life and make it yours, Lord
Fill me with your love
You are all I need
I surrender
I surrender
I surrender all of me

Oh Christmas Tree!

Whitley Claire is so proud of the ornaments on the tree. This year she got to make a hand print ornament! She also hung Natalie's ornament on the tree for her! Such a good big sister :)

Having fun with Uncle Dave

My AWESOME brother has been in town for almost a week. He flew in this past Sunday during the snow storm and almost didn't make it in!

He has been such a great help with the girls too....or maybe that could be just me stepping in as bossy big sister again :) Whitley has loved bossing him around but he's stepped up as the Uncle and put her in her place a few times. Whitley calls him "Dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" and LOVES to play with him.

Dave leaves tomorrow :( So sad....I won't have my handy dandy helper with me! It's been nice having him around!

Natalie is 2 months!

2 months already!! I can't believe how big she is! We went to her well baby visit on Friday and she weighs 11 lbs 2 ozs! She's in the 76% for weight, 94% for height (she's a tall girl!), and 64% for head circumference. She is such a smiley and "cooey" baby. I call her my smiley girl. She wakes up smiling and goes to sleep smiling....well...most of the time :) She has put herself on her own AWESOME schedule. She goes to bed at 8, sleeps for 4-6 hours, then wakes up one more time before 9 in the morning :) She is on the 3 hour eat, awake, sleep cycle that she decided to do herself! I have to brag about all this because if you know my firstborn, then you know why this excites me :) While Natalie is awake, she just coos and stares at things. Her favorite thing to look at is the Christmas tree :) It keeps her occupied for about 20 minutes!

She prefers to be in her bed to sleep. She is a tummy sleeper so it's been challenging to train her to sleep other places. She still won't nap in her swing or bouncy, but the car seat is the next best place to sleep :) I find myself being at home more these days just so my sweetness can be in her bed to sleep :) Whatever it takes to have a happy baby!!

I love having two little girls. My family is so awesome :)

Crazy As Can Be

I wonder life will be normal??

HA...... I have an almost two year old, a newborn, and a sick husband. But I couldn't be more in love with my family! Whitley Claire surprises more and more each day and Natalie is just happy to be her :) I hate that I don't blog more. It used to be so fun! I was always out doing something with WC and always had something to blog about! I could just blog about how cute my kids are....but I'll try and do just one big post about that instead of a million :)

Let me just say I am so glad to have had my kids close together. I love the stage that WC is in...as hard and exhausting as it is, and I'm thankful for Natalie's sweet temperament. She is my little bunny.

What's going on with my family these days:

WC- She is non stop ALL day. From the time she wakes up, until bedtime, she is busy! She loves to play with her baby dolls, blocks, books, and likes to watch anything on Playhouse Disney. She is Miss Independent also. She washes herself, picks out her own clothes and shoes. Watch out what you say around her, because she copies EVERYTHING! Soon she will be starting Mother's Morning Out at Fairborn Baptist Church. Right now there are no available slots for her, so she will be "drop in" status. I'm hoping a space opens up soon for her! She is still LOVING gymnastics. Poor thing hasn't been able to go the past couple of weeks because of someone in our family being sick. She's keeping busy though...we are nice enough to let her do gymnastics in the house :)

Natalie is such a great sleeper. She doesn't fight me on it and she has put herself on her own awesome schedule. She goes to bed at night around 8, sleeps for 4-6 straight hours, then usually wakes up 2-3 times after that. She is finally ready to get up around 9 and then stays up for about an hour then goes to sleep...and the routine goes on all day. It's awesome!! WC was never like that so I'm surprised by everything "normal" Natalie does because it's all new to me :)

Chris is hanging in there. He just finished up his 4th round of chemo and goes in for a PET/CT scan on Monday and meets with his oncologist on Wednesday. Hopefully there will be no more rounds of chemo...keep your fingers crossed! Right now he is fighting a cold. WC and Chris have been passing something nasty back and forth and neither one of them can kick it.

I am enjoying having my family at home all the time. I have had to step back from a lot of extra curricular activities, but it's been worth it to take care of my family. I'll be able to start back up soon hopefully! I do miss it :)

I am looking forward to Christmas. WC loves the Christmas tree and I can't wait to tell her all about Christmas and Jesus and Santa. Tis the season!!!

Hello Mr. Snot

Our family has been infected! YUCK! It all started a week ago and WC came down with a runny nose and a slight cough. This would be no big deal for a "normal" family, but with Chris's and Natalie's immune system comprised, this is serious business!

So all was fine and dandy until about 4 days ago....Natalie started getting a runny nose and a little annoying cough. The next day we are at Dayton Children's Hospital because she had a fever of 101. Poor thing had the whole "work up" done with the spinal tap, catheter, IV for antibiotics, blood taken, and other pokes and prods. It was by far the hardest thing I've had to witness as a mother! All evening I was hearing that they were getting our room ready so we could be admitted, but around 830, the doctor came in and said we could go home. I'm not sure what changed, and I'm still a little surprised by this decision (as well as the doctors on Base), but we were happy to be going home! Natalie was at the doctor the next two days getting antibiotic shots and her temp taken just to make sure :) We still don't know, and probably won't, what kind of infection she had, but PRAISE GOD that it wasn't RSV or Meningitis!

WC is still really snotty and stopped up...I feel pretty good....Natalie is on her way to feeling better....but now Chris is sick. This could be serious, but thankfully his blood count is at an acceptable level so he can start chemo on Monday. My mom is flying in tomorrow to help out (YAY) and WC is excited about her "Jojo" coming!

I wish I had normal things to post about, but I'm having a hard time remembering "normal" things. Chris's oncologist has us on lock down this weekend. No outside contact :(  We are going to plan fun family things around the house to pass the time and not to mention watching FOOTBALL! Which is our favorite thing to do :)

Natalie is almost six weeks old...can't believe it! She is such a good baby....only crying if she's hungry or tired. I keep telling her that her big sister has desensitized me to crying to it doesn't bother me!!! She has such a sweet cry too :)

Hopefully this is the last round of chemo....possible two more after this one! But we are going to pretend this is the last one!!!!!

Life Lately

WHEW is all I have to say. It's been a very busy week. Chris started his 3rd round of chemo this past Monday so he was in the hospital all week long. I had the girls by myself and we were at the hospital visiting Chris every night!! I am glad to have him home now!

This week went better than I thought it would. We kept busy with play dates and I didn't have time to think about how sad I was or feel sorry for myself! ha! By the time the girls went to bed, I crawled in the bed with my book and was OUT in about 10 minutes. I had a lot of help this past week which I am so thankful for. Friends came over to watch the girls so I could get stuff done around the house and a friend came over to watch WC so I could spend some alone time with Chris at the hospital....well...semi alone time since Natalie was there. But she slept and ate and didn't bother us :)

Whitley was introduced to play-doh this week. She liked it for about 10 minutes then lost interest. She did well and didn't even try and eat it or mix the colors!!! She thought it was kinda "icky"!

Sweet precious Natalie. She is such a good baby. Lovable and kissable and loves to cuddle!

Adjusting to life as a mom of two!

So this is WC's new favorite place to play....In our guest bathroom sink! Which is also her bathroom. It took me a while to catch her in the act, but one day I snuck around the corner and saw how this little monkey gets in the sink! She stands on the toilet, puts her feet on the toilet paper roll, then climbs on in! She loves to brush her teeth and this is what she does while she has her "quiet" time in the bathroom. I try and keep the bathroom door closed because I'm not sure she knows how to get out.....

Introcuding Natalie Marie

Natalie Marie Trobough was born Monday morning at 3:29 AM! And what an surprise!! Didn't think I'd go in to labor 10 days early....especially since I was scheduled to be induced on Friday. I must say that God answered my prayers here.....I didn't really WANT to be induced, but we made that decision because it was the smartest..just with Chris starting Chemo the next week. I wanted to try and go naturally this time, but I'd heard with Pitocin that that would be a difficult thing to accomplish! So not only was Chris able to be there, but I was able to go naturally!! However, I have to admit that I asked for an epidural close to the end...and I got it, but I was too far along to feel it so I went through that needle stick and now I have the sore back from the actual medicine. BUT, feeling labor with no medicine was such an amazing experience. I am glad it's over, but happy that I had that experience!!!

First Family Photo

Labor Day

I keep forgetting to blog about sweet little Natalie who is just getting bigger and bigger in my belly. She is scheduled to arrive this Friday! She isn't due until the 21st, but I had to make a really tough decision for myself! The week she is due is the week that Chris will be feeling the effects from his chemo and he probably wouldn't have been able to make it to the birth. So we decided to induce the week he'll be inpatient in the hospital receiving his chemo so he can just come to the birthing center when he feels good and be at the birth (hopefully).

I don't see anything wrong with people being induced, but for me, I wanted her to come as naturally as possible. But it is best to have this scheduled just to have someone here to labor with me and someone with WC. So Chris's mom and sisters are coming up Thursday to help out! Should be a fun time :)

I am SO READY to be "un-pregnant" :) There is so much pressure "down there" that I feel like I want to pop! I have been 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced for a while. I hope that this next week my body does something to get this show on the road! I am taking evening primrose oil and drinking red raspberry leaf tea to help my body get ready. I won't go into details in case someone gets grossed out :)

There are a few tests I have to take this week to make sure I don't have preeclamsia. For the past couple of appointments, I've had high blood pressure. I don't think I do but the docs just want to make sure!!

Can't wait for baby day :)

Baby Blanket for Natalie

Tonight I finished a baby blanket for Miss Natalie!! I made a "granny motif" blanket for a friend a few months ago and swore I would never make another one. The first one turned out beautifully, but it was just time consuming (but my wonderful friend deserved it!!). So when I picked out the blanket I wanted to make for Natalie, I was surprised when I saw how this one was made. It only took about 2 months...maybe just one. But I'm so thrilled with the outcome! Now I'm working on a little crocheted dress. As soon as that is done, I'm going to take a picture of everything I've made since I was 5 months prego.....and I've been a busy bee!!

Here we are at 36 weeks!!!

Healer

I came across this song while reading another CaringBridge author :)  She is very young and is from my home town, Jackson MS. She also has a rare type of Sarcoma and as of yesterday, she was told she was CANCER FREE!!!! She will be singing a song called Healer, sung by Hillsong and Kari Jobe, at her church this weekend. The words hit really close to home. Check them out!

You hold my every moment
You calm my raging seas
You walk with me through fire
And heal all my disease

I trust in you
I trust in you

I believe
You're my healer
I believe
You are all i need
I believe
You're my portion
I believe
You're more than enough for me
Jesus, you're all i need

Nothing is impossible for you
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible for you
You hold my world in your hands

Happy Pictures

Busy little girl talking on the phone and reading Chris's book about economics :)

Coloring baby Jesus and making sure she has her cell phone by her...just in case :)

Swinging outside!!

In case you didn't know.....

I may be MIA for a while on my blog!!

Chris starts Chemo on Monday on a 12 week cycle. I started a CaringBridge website just for our journey so I'll be updating that regularly. I don't want to turn this blog into a "cancer" blog.....I'm only going to post happy moments. Which will probably be all about the rest of my pregnancy and WC!

Check out www.caringbridge.org/visit/christrobough

This is going to be a long hard journey, but THANK GOD we have the support from family and friends and we have the Word to keep us uplifted when we feel down!

Labor Day Weekend

We spent Friday-Sunday in Clarksville, TN with my in-laws! We were so happy that everyone could make it, even though it was a short visit! We also celebrated my m-i-l and f-i-l's 34th wedding anniversary! How special!

Family Pic :)

All the girls :)

The three Trobough kiddos

Doodlebugs playing in the creek!!

We are blessed

We are blessed to have such a tight nit small group. Jeremy, Krista, and their boys are moving soon to another town in Ohio. They were our small group leaders and such amazing people! They've had a huge impact on our family and I know God will continue to bless them!! They will be missed :(

Sweet Little Girls

WC loves having friends over. Especially these two fun little ladies! We recently had them over after a play date at the park for lunch and they all decided it would be a good idea to get 'neked' and play in our little pool. Their booties were so cute and dimply :) I wish I could say the same about mine!

The Loss of a Mother

I dread thinking about when it's my parents time to leave this earth. I hope it's not for a while......

Unfortunately, my best friend Dana had to experience this time a little too soon. She lost her mother late yesterday afternoon very suddenly. I can't even begin to imagine what their family is going through....I hope I don't have to. You always wish you'd had one last hug, one last kiss, and one last chance to say goodbye. This family didn't' get that opportunity. However, the family was able to be with Ms. Lisa up until the very end. She passed right after the "amen" when all the family was there to pray. How special a time.
 

I'm jealous that the Lord gets to enjoy Ms. Lisa from now until eternity, and sad that Dana will have wait a while until she sees her mom again, but how awesome for Ms. Lisa!! No more pain or suffering, just eternal happiness.

Lisa Drew

7-14-59 to 8-25-10

 

Psalm 23

The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not be in want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
He restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

 

 

Staying Strong

Miss WC has been quite the challenge this week. Everything is "owie" and she literally, and I'm NOT exaggerating......she cries 5-6 total hours a day. Waking up crying, crying over me cooking the wrong breakfast, crying over her diaper/clothes/shoes being on, crying over being in the backyard instead of the front....I want to keep going, but I'll stop. You get the gist??? She has made herself gag a few times since the beginning of the week, but she hasn't thrown up yet. I'm just waiting for that. She did get so mad she took off her diaper and peed on my carpet. That made me real happy.

I think she knows what's going on with our family....just the stress we are feeling over Chris' health and me being in my 8th month of pregnancy. Poor girl....so much going on in her little life that she doesn't even realize!

I'm nesting like crazy by organizing and rearranging everything....I just have so much nervous energy! The way I justify cleaning like crazy is I want to keep myself busy to ignore all the tantrums and crying. It gets old after a while.

Tomorrow is our MOPS Fall Kickoff. I'm really excited about it and ready to get the year under way so I don't feel as stressed! I can't rest because of so many things going through my mind! Luckily, I have a great Steering Team this year and an AWESOME Co-coordinator who is my second brain. Because mine left a few months ago :)

Please keep our family in your prayers! It's going to be a long, tough road ahead for us!

She did it!

I should be yelling out the windows.... "I DID IT!!" Yes, I did IT! Didn't let WC have her paci all day today...unless she was sleeping. And I'll tell you what, what a dramatic day! After her short little morning cat nap (which I'm surprised she took because she gave those up a while back) she was insisting on taking her paci with her downstairs. Along with her blankie, baby, and lambie. I made her put them in the crib to go "night night" and she wasn't happy. She cried for about 15 minutes asking for her "pappy", but she got over very quickly. I think our trip to the grocery store made it easier!

After her afternoon nap was when she threw the biggest tantrum I've ever seen from her.....we made it downstairs with a few tears but once she realized I wasn't going upstairs to fetch her beloved pappy, it was over. She went upstairs and was banging on her door crying for it. So I brought her down, then she went back up, then I brought her down, and so on....finally after talking with a friend, she advised me to just put her in her crib if she wanted it that bad. So I waddled up the stairs and told her that "paci's are for night night and they stay in the bed". Well....HA....she shook her finger at me and was telling me no. So I put her in her crib and let her have her paci with a few books. This went on for about 10 minutes until she was quiet. I went in there and asked her if she was ready to get out and she said yes. Well....she didn't like it when I told her she had to leave the pappy in the bed. So she cried for another 15 minutes asking to get "out out" and when I peeked my head in her room to ask her if she was ready to leave her paci's, she just shook her head and plopped her booty down with these screams I've never heard from a child. This low, guttural, gagging sound came out of my child and I swear she was possessed. She almost made herself threw up....BUT when I went in there the last time, she was ready to leave her paci's and go downstairs.

I WON! I never win...or should I say, I always give in. ha. There were a few tears downstairs and a few feet stompin' moments, but she settled down with her sippy and blankie and watched a few minutes of Mickey and was ready to play.

I'm so proud of myself.....I know it sounds silly...but this was a HUGE step for me. Especially since my child whines all day long. I've been working with her about that and it's getting a lot better. It was just easier to pop that pappy in her mouth!

Beach Trip Day Four, Five, and Six

The end of our week was very tiring! WC was getting a little tired of the beach and she was just tired. Period. It rained on and off the last couple of days so our beach and pool time was limited.

I was so happy and proud of WC for how much she liked the pool and beach. You never know with her....my favorite time with her the whole trip was our last night when Chris and I took her to the public beaches after dinner. I stripped her down to her diaper and just let her have at the ocean and sand :) She had NO fear of the huge crashing waves (which was a little scary) but I held her hand and she giggled, squealed, and wanted "mo mo mo". I didn't have my camera, of course, but I did have my video camera. It was a nice way to end our trip. Lets just say I held wayyyy to high of expectations for WC. I'm learning how to go with the flow, but it's challenging...I'm too much of a routine kind of person. You think after a year and a half I would have learned how to deal with it but every day there is something new.

WC learned so many new things just this past week....she started copying a lot of the things that Mallory does (she's a year older) and just her playing in general is different. She started associating people with their names by pointing and can say her name! She says it "wee wee" but that will be ok for now!

WC went to her first arcade and had so much fun. We let her "play" skee ball and shoot some hoops! She won a lot of tickets (thanks to mom and dad) and was able to pick out some prizes afterwards. The lady at the counter kept trying to give her free things (like a bear that was 400 tickets) but all WC wanted were some plastic fish and bracelets.....whatever works!!

We spent our last morning at the zoo. WC did not want her swim suit on and didn't want the pool or beach either! And there was no way I was spending any more time in the condo so we checked out the Gulf Shores Zoo. When we pulled up, I was a little sketchy about the place because I am used to big city zoos...this is more like a community zoo and it was teeny. Which was perfect for WC because we were able to see the whole place in an hour. We signed up to watch the live animal show where the lady brings around different animals to touch, but she was taking to long with her little talk and WC got bored...so we moved on. Her favorite animals were the goats and sheep. She LOVED them and was telling us all about them!

WC also learned how to hold her breath under water this trip. She turned in to such a little water bug after spending the whole summer afraid of the pool! I think it helped to have Mallory there and other kids so she could watch them. I think I may have said this in a previous post, but thank HEAVENS for that kiddie pool. It saved us....many times.

WC had a blast with Mallory. It was a little exhausting dictating and refereeing whose turn it was for particular toys, but it's just the stage they are in and they are both learning!

We were ready to come home, but would've liked one more pretty day on the beach since it took WC a while to warm up to it. Just gives us something to look forward to next year....only it will be different because I will have a baby that crawls....don't know how that will work in the sand! ha! We shall see.....

Beach Trip Day Three and Four

It feels like we've been here forever and we still have a few days left! Knock on wood the weather has still been nice during the day....sometimes it storms at night....but there is a tropical storm watch/warning for today so we'll see if we get a little or a lotta rain :)  Jolynn and I are thinking of things to do with the girls to keep the from getting cabin fever!

The third day we spent the morning inside and just a few hours at the beach after lunch. WC hasn't been sleeping well here so she has been EXTRA cranky. I think I had too high of expectations for her this trip....I figured she'd wake up around 7:30-8 and then we'd spend the morning on the beach, come in for lunch, nap, then beach again, then dinner.....WELL....let me tell ya, that's not been what's happening. WC wakes up between 5-7 and then naps early morning and we spend just a few hours on the beach before it's nap time again. I just realized she's cutting more teeth so I'm trying to go with the flow (which is hard for me sometimes). I just need to appreciate the time we spend on the beach! The kiddie pool is still a big hit and WC is ALWAYS happy there. Thank goodness for that pool...........

We enjoyed a nice game of putt putt the previous night and WC had a blast putting the ball in the hole :)  I took WC back to the condo soon after we got there because she had a loooooong day!

We attempted at taking a few family pictures before our dinner at the Crab Trap in Perdido Key. I wasn't feeling so hot and WC was tired and hungry. Please feel free to check out the pics on my Facebook page. Blogspot it taking too long to upload pictures!

The fourth day was pretty fun too :) Just enjoyed the beach and kiddie pool and then Jolynn made tacos. It was YUMMY! While the Clouses went to go play Putt Putt, WC, Chris, and I went to a few souvenir shops to get t-shirts and to find WC her own beach chair. Mallory has one, and WC wants to sit in it. It's so funny watching those two play. They are total opposites! I have been calling Mallory "Pretty Pretty Princess" because she doesn't want the sand to get on her. Poor girl....WC wanted to get in her kiddie pool to play and then WC began putting sand in the pool. Which Mallory did not like! She keeps calling the sand "doity" (dirty). She looks so cute in her sun glasses and piggie tails while sipping on her Gatorade.

I'm curious to see what the next few days will bring.......maybe good moods for WC??  Tropical Storm??  We shall see :)

Beach Trip Day One and Two

No, I'm not going to blog every day....well maybe. Writing down what has happened makes me feel confidant that I won't forget when I get home!

Soooo...

We arrived in Gulf Shores Saturday around 2:30. We pulled into our Condo SUPER excited to run down to the beach (or possibly take naps) and check out the awesome kiddie pool. Relieved to be in an air conditioned building, we walk (me waddle) up to the front desk asking if we can check in early. Pleaseeee??? WELL...little did we know that a 17 year old hit the light pole outside our hotel at 7:30 in the morning drunk...guess he was finished up his night. Hopefully not starting his day...so the electricity was out a few blocks which put the cleaning schedule behind. Darn. We were told no more than 45 mins....MAYBE an hour. So they direct our sweet little cranky families up to the "lounge area" that has couches, a tv, and the work out area. It was nice......3:15 rolls buy...a few of us are getting ansy....3:30 rolls by and Scott goes downstairs to ask how much longer...OK now they HAVE to be through cleaning our room.....3:45....4:00...Jolynn walks downstairs to check on the progress.....then I decided I may need to pull the "feel sorry for me I am pregnant with a 1 1/2 year old card" but Jolynn has the keys. Way to go girl! We frolic and skip to our rooms relieved to be able to unpack and grocery shop.

Our condo is pretty nice. There are 3 bedrooms, two bath, kitchen, laundry, living room, and a gorgeous beach view!

We decided to eat out our first night because no one wanted to cook, so we went to Mikee's which is just down the road! Our location is great....right in the middle of everything but still quiet......

Our first night in the condo was quite and interesting one. Mallory and WC are learning how to play with each other at this point and there was a lot of bickering over toys! Poor girls....they were just having a hard time sharing! WC didn't give me that hard of a time falling asleep because she was up 10 HOURS STRAIGHT with no sleep....but I was very disappointed when WC woke up at 4 ready go play. No way hosea! She decided to take a short cat nap from 5 to 6. And the funny thing about this is??? Oh yeah...Mallory was up at the same hours....had no clue until the next morning! We hit the beach after chocolate chip pancakes and sausage and played alllll day. WC LOVED the sand. She loved to have her feet buried and her and Mallory played nicely with all the sand toys! WC was not really a big fan of the water.....she got in it and pretended to have fun, but she would've rather played in the awesome kiddie pool! And it is pretty awesome....

We had to spend the rest of the afternoon inside because of rain :( but made up for it with a yummy spaghetti dinner and putt putt!!!  It was a fun day....although draining for myself because of the snarky mood my daughter was in half the day. But that was that day....and today is a new day!

Mallory (Maa-wee), Scott "Ott", and WC

New outfits

My mom loves to sew for WC. And she's AWESOME at it. The picture on the right is one of the many outfits she's made. This one is a favorite...it's a flag bubble with a pocket in the front that WC loves putting things in. But then she gets mad because she can't get whatever she put in there out. lol

The picture on the left is of WC sporting a gorgeous dress handmade by my friend Christine! She sells these at boutiques and we just happen to be given one :) Lucky lady!

Helping daddy wash his car!

Young's Dairy Farm

Young's Dairy is an amazing place! There are goats (and lots of them), cows, chickens, and different baby animals! They make their own cheeses and ice cream (deeee-licious) and there are lots of different things for the kids to do! WC LOVES it here. She loves all the animals and the Kiddie Corral where there were slides, a corn pit, and little tractors to ride!

We went with another family from church, the Ellises and they have to boys 14 months a part. They are boys boys and WC loves playing with them....and she gets a taste of her own medicine too :)

Young's is only about 20 minutes from our house and it's free to go to. We can't wait to go back!