A sleepless night...

Last night was one of those super special nights:

Trav & I stayed up until after 1:00 AM having one of those "heart-to-heart" conversations (you know the ones... that last until after 1:00 AM!)

Of course he fell fast asleep and I laid there for another hour listening to the sounds all around me: his snoring, my stomach rumbling, the scary sounds outside and then I started pleading with God, " Please, oh please, let me fall asleep, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tired. Please God, I'll do anything." It was almost 2:30AM

Well, I think God was helping someone else because that's when Willow decided to wake up and start crying for the 3rd time that night. I waited and she put herself back to sleep. I was so grateful and closed my eyes to drift away...but she woke up & started crying again! She stopped once more, and I closed my eyes again thinking: What else world??? (never ask that.) I was just about to fall asleep when I heard a child getting out of bed and making a mad rush to the bathroom. I looked at the alarm and it read 3:00 AM . The light flipped on and all I heard next was violent rushes of vomit hitting the bottom of the toilet bowl. I got out of bed and saw Daisy hanging over the toilet throwing up her chicken nuggets from dinner hours before. I held her hair back and rubbed her back- the poor girl. She brushed her teeth and then went back to bed. I crawled back in too and closed my eyes for the millionth time and just as I was about to fall asleep- another mad rush to the toilet & even more vomit. It was 3:30. We cleaned up & brushed teeth again. Just as we walked out of the bathroom- Willow started crying AGAIN! Oh, someone help me! I laid down and waited for the crying to stop. I just laid there waiting for the next thing to keep me up and guess what it was??? The alarm, happily beeping away at 4:45! What a wild few hours.

Don't judge me...

You know the quote: "One man's trash is another man's treasure..."

Well, I've been needing a short dresser to fit in my closet for a very long time now, (because my adorable, silver, 3 basket thing from IKEA broke forever ago.) My tiny side of the closet just wasn't working anymore so I looked on craigslist to see if I could find a $ 5.00-10.00 dresser. I almost choked on the prices I saw: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I know everyone is poor right now, but really, those prices were shameful people! So, I kept hoping I could wait until yard sale season to score a little one.

I was on my way home from picking up the girls from a b-day party on
Saturday and I drove home a way I normally never do- and guess what God lead me to that day??? You guessed it- this ugly brown dresser!!!
When I passed it, it looked like a bookshelf (because all the drawers were out of it.) and I thought to myself: I wonder if that would work in the closet? I quickly thought: No, probably not, so I kept driving. A few blocks later I turned around and drove down the garbage alley were it was because I had to check it out. I looked all around hoping no one was witnessing what was about to happen next, and with no peering eyes staring at me through windows- I hopped out of the van. I looked it over and thought: You know, this might work! And to my surprise, the drawers had been thrown right next to it in a crazy upside pile. It was clearly garbage: sitting right next to the trash can with drawers thrown to the side and a broken piece of something right next to it- so I quickly tried to make my get-a-way, but it didn't go that way.
I opened up the trunk and lifted up the dresser to realize I left a huge tote of clothes in the back, my carpet shampooer and 12 bottles of pop. I tried rearranging stuff but I kept getting caught on stuff and I was certain by this time some crazy person was going to have me arrested for stealing their garbage. I finally got everything thrown in the van while the girls were yelling as loud as they could, "MOM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING???
I drove away with my heart beating wildly in my chest & a smile on my face. Oh, what a marvelous day! And guess what? It fit perfectly in my closet too! We cleaned that puppy right up and then sprayed enough Lysol on it to kill a small village. Although I HATE the color and HORRIBLE handles on it- I'm super happy that it was free and didn't go to a landfill! Now, one of these days I will paint her black and add some super cute silver handles on it!

I was definatly not in the room...

Here is what I found after the kids were playing with my camera...

When they get a hold of the camera...

I laughed so hard when I found these!

Grace gets to go wall climbing!!!

She wore pants this time!!! Yeah! We went swimming on Saturday and then let the kids climb for a bit. Grace did really well for a 4 year old!

The vent...

Here are a few shots from yesterday, she is so funny...

17 months & The pink stool...

Oh, my little Willow... I love that smile, I adore those little cheeks, and I almost always nuzzle that perfect little neck! I can't get enough! She is 17 months old today & in love with the pink bathroom stool!

Another baby...

(No I'm not pregnant!)

I love that Grace is becoming a little more predictable these days! I am pretty sure I will find her on the heating vent 100 times a day, she will ask to take a bath at least 3 times a day and she will almost always bring me a "baby" at night to take care of while she sleeps (AKA: a 2 liter bottle of pop named Sarah.)
For some reason, I find this so sweet & adorable, probably because she always gives it a pillow and a blanket & then sets it on my night stand where she can clearly fall off at any given moment!)