Eventful

That is the only word that can describe the last week that we had. Monday was my first day of school and to my SHOCK we were jam packed with home work. 3 chapters worth of reading, 40 words to memorise, and 14 pages of homework!!!! I studies until 10-11 every night BUT it all paid off though because I had my first test on Thursday and I got a 100!!!!!!!!! Whoo Hooo (tooting my own horn just a bit) I am so happy and proud of myself.

Rylee has gone the last 2 days with out crying when I dropped her off at school which has made this transition much easier on me! She has also decided that crying when I pick her up doesn't make much sense either and has decided to cut that out of her daily schedule as well! haha ;)

George is getting over some sort of cold/allergy/sore throat thing that he has had for a few weeks off and on now. My ankle is still black and blue but not as swollen (can't remember if I wrote about that previously or not).

I don't have school tomorrow so I am planning on getting all caught up on laundry, vacuuming, dishes, and POSSIBLY dusting but we will see. I am shocked at how messy this place seems to stay especially now that I am in school and George and Rylee are incapable of throwing anything away or cleaning a dish!

I am looking forward to a pretty relaxing weekend with family. The only thing we have on our agenda is Aavary's first birthday party on Saturday. I will probably get a head start on homework for next week and read ahead and make some flashcards for next weeks vocab on Sunday and also do a little more reviewing over the exam I have Monday. I am pretty confident on the last 3 chapters though so I am not going to over load my plate with too much studying....YES THERE IS SUCH A THING!!!!!! That is about it for now..........

Movin' on up!

When I dropped Rylee off at school this morning it was by FAR the best experience we have had so far. She didn't cry at all until right before I left the room and even then it wasn't bad just a few whimpers and then she went back to playing with the only other little girl in the class (I went back to check on her). Then I went walking with a girlfriend of mine and decided that today I was going to move Rylee's crib upstairs and out of our room. I had been asking George to do it for 3 weeks now and he said that he would but I was done asking and surely done waiting so I took matters into my own hands! Let me tell ya, antique cribs are not easy to put together and take apart......1 1/2 hours from start to finish, that is including me moving it all piece by piece upstairs. I am so happy to have her in her own room FINALLY! She did great the 2 weeks that we were in New Mexico sleeping in a room by herself and that is the initial reason I wanted George to move her crib while I was gone. I am hoping that she does as good here as she did when we were out of town......wish us luck. Oh yeah, here is what her room looks like now that I have her crib back in it and her table and chairs moved to the other side of the room and the TV taken OUT (I decided that a TV is not good in bedrooms).

TGIF

Today is September 11, 2009. WOW, has it really been 8 years since that horrific day? My brother was 12 when that happened and now he is fighting for our country in a war that was started to defend us from what happened that day. I'm not going to turn this into a long blog about this because it is pretty depressing to me so I'm changing the subject now...

I got Rylee to school at 7:55 today!!! Whoo-hooo!! She was a LOT better this morning when I dropped her off and it is making it just that much easier for me to leave her. Rylee had a dentist appointment with her dentist at Children's Medical Center at 1pm so that meant we had to leave Arlington around 12-12:15 and since that is when they start nap time at her school I figured I would go get her at 11:30 so that I wouldn't disrupt the other kiddos trying to sleep. We got to her dentist's office and they checked her out and counted her teeth...16!!! Yes, 16 teeth! I was SHOCKED! I thought she was at 15 because I was convinced that the tooth where her cleft is hadn't grown in but I was wrong! He was able to show me it and that was a relief!!!!!

Heather and Aavary are coming over this afternoon and then tonight George and I are going to have some family time with Rylee just the 3 of us. She needs it and so do I after the transition with school and how hard it has been on the 2 of us. I never thought I would be so upset about her starting school. I knew that she would have a hard time with it but I never pictured myself crying, boy was I wrong!

We are supposed to go to our friend's house tomorrow night for an all day pool party/cookout but if it keeps raining this hard we probably will not end up going. If we do go Rylee will be having her first all night sleep over with George's parent which would be tons of fun for her I'm sure. We'll see what the weather is supposed to do tomorrow and make up our minds......

Face Lift and more.........

So, as you can see, I have given our blog a face lift! Rylee was MUCH better when I dropped her off for school this morning. I am supposed to be having lunch with an old friend of mine today. We have both been so busy with having babies and husbands/2nd children that we haven't seen each other in a while. Not sure where we will go but I am getting hungry.......

So here is what has been on my mind lately...... I am SOOOO excited to start school for many different reasons. It is something I should have completed a few years ago but I guess it is better late than never. I have been thinking about all the things that we will be able to do and the added happiness our home will have when George has some help. PLUS, and most importantly....I want another baby! I am hoping to finish school, get a job and immediately get pregnant. I don't want too big of an age gap between Rylee and her future sibling but finishing school and getting a job with good insurance is a must before baby #2 can happen!!!

09-09-09

This morning went a little bit better when I dropped Rylee off. I was able to get A LOT done. I went to the DMV and got my last name changed from Lappa to McDaniel, FINALLY! I picked up Linda and we went to the SS office to get our social security cards changed (yes, she and Bill have been married for 1 1/2 years and she STILL had not done this part). I went back to her house and she made us salad with zucchini, squash, greens, red bell peppers and shrimp, it totally hit the spot. I got home and it was still only 1 p.m. I was able to get 2 loads of laundry in before going to pick up Rylee. Rylee did so good today at school. She napped on her mat from 12-2:20....YES, a 2 hour and 20 minute nap! She was completely happy all day except for the drop off this morning. That makes me feel optimistic about tomorrow morning's drop off (fingers crossed I don't cry for the 3rd day). Rylee was supposed to have see Dr. Chiarello at 3:45 but when I got to their office the nurse and I decided that there was no real reason for them to see her because her rash was 100% gone!!!! Rylee and I went to the store and then we came home and played for a little bit before I got the spaghetti sauce going for dinner tonight. Here it is 4:45 and all I have left to do is boil some noodles, feed, bath, and play with Rylee and George until 8 then it is ME TIME!!!! I am going to have some wine and relax with the hubby before bed tonight.....can't wait.

First Day of School

Let me back track a bit. Saturday morning we woke up and Rylee had a little rash that looked similar to heat rash on the underside of her butt/back of thigh. I got online and looked up "fever followed by rash" and the Three Day Rash popped up. I am convinced that this is what Rylee had. By the end of the day her rash was on both legs, arms, face, feet and hands

These pictures do her rash no justice, it was scary looking and swollen at one point. Her rash is much better now and almost gone.

TODAY!!!!!! Rylee had her first day of school and it was much harder on me than I think it was on her. She was not in the mood to get up this morning, go figure! When I want her to sleep she is up at 6:30 when she has to get up she fights me 'til 7:45. I fed her breakfast and got her lunch packed and then I turned around to get her bag and she had dumped an entire cup of water down her dress and was trying to dry it off with a pillow before I saw! haha sneaky lil booger! I got her dressed and we were on our way. These are the only pictures I got of her before school because she didn't want to change, she was just fine in a soaking wet dress!

I got her to school at 8:45 about 15 minutes later that I had planned. I got her into her class and waited about 4-5 minutes to make sure that she was okay! I exited the room and she didn't even notice. I was choking back tears the whole time. I got to the car and realised that I had left my cell phone in her class room. I had to go back. I tried to sneak in and sneak out but she saw me leave and LOST IT! I had to keep walking, I know Rylee and if I would have gone back I would have not left without her. I got to the car and bawled my eyes out for a min. or two. I gathered myself and decided that I needed to keep myself busy so I ran a few errands for George and then I met my sister for lunch. My mom got Rylee a nap mat that we had ordered online from Target.com and although it is nice I think Rylee would like something with a little more cushion so I went to 3-4 different places before I found a kinder mat to make it have a little more padding. '

By the time I got home and vacuumed and done 2 loads of laundry it was 3 and I couldn't take it anymore. I got Rylee from school at 3:15. I got to meet Rylees afternoon teacher that I had never met before. They give us daily report cards that let us know what they do, eat, play with, and if they are happy, etc... Rylee was good, to my surprise she actually napped for 1 hour and 20 minutes on her mat! I was shocked. They said that she was a little sad and fussy this morning, which I already knew and that she was a little fussy after her nap also. That is pretty normal for her because she likes to cuddle when she gets up.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that tomorrow is a little easier......for the both of us.

HOME SWEET HOME!!!!

I must say that it was a great trip, but I am SOOOO happy to be home. My bed!!!! The last 3 days of the trip were NOT FUN!!! The girls got sick with fevers off and on and Rylee's got up to 102.9. We were not able to make it to the zoo =( but there will be more trips.

Rylee was soooo happy to see her daddy. We got home at around 11:30ish and Rylee was playing with daddy until sometime after 1 am. I was soooooo tired that I crashed out before them. I am still pretty tired. Rylee was up off and on the last 3-4 nights we were there and up for good by 6:45 every morning that we were in New Mexico. It won't let me post a lot of pictures here so if you want to see more you can check out my facebook page or check your email soon. I am going to upload some video of the girls also and send them in email form! BTW.....if anyone can tell me how to move the pictures to the bottom of the text here on blogger I would appreciate it. Thanks!