they are so worth it...

but oh sleep how i miss you.

last night was rough. i thought anna had done a decent job of having good awake time during the day. i had done my best from 8 until 10 to keep her awake. so when 10 rolled around i thought for sure she'd eat good and go right to sleep. sike. i heard her cry out about 15 minutes after laying her down... of course i had decided to go to bed early and had just hit that "knocked out" zone. so i went in and tried rocking her to sleep. she wasn't having and wouldn't keep her passy in. so i sat with her on the over-sized comfy chair in her and she fell asleep on me. well at 2 in the morning after i knew she was asleep, i laid her down. 15 minutes later i heard her again. well it went on and on until at 5 in the morning i brought her to our bed. i am usually not a co-sleeper, but lately "what works... works." so she fell asleep with us and i got, oh about 3 hours of sleep last night. i have NO idea what was wrong with her. maybe an upset stomach. we are still trying to get rid of some thrush she got when i was on antibiotics. so maybe it's the medicine. idk.

on a happier note. :) madison is so cute these days. she talks sooo much! for instance, she just told me, "watch super why humpty 'ducky' fall of the wall." HAHA! there is a new season of super why on netflix and i found it yesterday. she loves super why!

yesterday i braided her hair and it was so cute i did it again today. :)

we are still potty training. it's going ok. we've had a couple accidents recently. i'm kind of in limbo because she's using the potty more, but now i have to put her in panties and pants. she has more accidents when she has these on. and i'm not sure what to do about going out in town. so any advice would be helpful. :)

i bought a breast pump today. it should be here next week. i'm looking forward to having a few date nights with my husband. it is much needed. i also want anna to get used to other people comforting her and providing for her. it's super cute (most of the time) but she is definitely a mama's girl. she has to have mama rock her. she has to have mama talk to her to get her to smile. :) it's not that bad, but i'd like for her to be comfortable with her grandma too! that way grandma can watch her... wink wink. ;) we will probably have to split the kids up though. gosh, it was easy asking family to watch one of my children, but to ask them to watch both... seems a bit much. :)

tim is still doing really well in his calc 2 class. so far on his tests he's got a 99, 100, and at least a 92 on this last one. which was the hardest portion of the class. i'm really proud of him. he also got his official acceptance to UNCW to start summer classes and continue on with the Grad program in the Fall. he also was accepted to NC State to take an online summer course. things are starting to fall into place. he's put in one scholarship application and we are anxious to hear back from them. otherwise we'll be chalking up the bill with loans. not fun. but at least we are going into it debt free (besides our mortgage). we are thinking that we will not move to wilmington until late June. but all of that is still in the works also.

today is my sister's birthday! Happy Birthday Callie! love you boo boo!

ok that's all for now.