sleep deprivation

Today's been a pretty relaxing day. There are two new main things I've been working on in my life to make it better: 1) Learn to "turn-off" and be still in the silences; not plan the next big thing or run through my to-do list. 2) See Lucy's numerous mid-night awakenings as "us time" and not her taking away from my sleep. Today's day one and so far so good. I'm averaging just 6 hours of sleep a night, so we'll see how tonight goes.

Worst adventure ever....

So this weekend Adam was supposed to go golfing in Likely with my dad and some of his buddies. While Adam was gone, Lynae was going to bring her boys and come stay two nights with us. Brainless as I am, I didn't think about the fact that Wednesday Adam had the stomach flu and that Lucy and I could get it. By the time Lynae got here on Friday afternoon I was feeling really yucky. "Morning sickness" is what it felt like (don't worry, I'm NOT pregnant). We went to Wal-Mart to cool down (it was extremely hot in our apartment) and in Wal-Mart, Lucy vomited. By the time we got to the parking lot, so did I. I felt so stupid for feeling "immune" and not even thinking that I would be exposing Nae and her boys to it. Lucy and I stopped thowing up by midnight and I really couldn't have made it through the night without her. Morning rolled around and I begged Adam to come home. Lucy started throwing up again and I had "other" stomach issues. I can't imagine going through this with more than one kid or without any help! Today, I still feel crappy and have slept the majority of the day. Lucy too, luckily.

you won't be able to stop laughing

Six Month Update

So much has happened since my last post... I thought I'd update you. I haven't written much lately because I've been so overwhelmed with a six-month old, a puppy, and trying to get some real estate under my belt.
Bear has been an interesting addition to our family. I keep telling people I would rather change diapers for 12 years than have to house-break a dog. I just have to keep reminding myself that he's a puppy and I have to teach him to go outside. Dog's don't come equipped knowing. But he is such a joy--mostly because Lucy loves him SO much. She'll just sit and watch him and laugh and laugh. She let's him get away with a lot, too; she's got chew marks all over her feet!Lucy turned six months on June 30th! I can't believe how many milestones she's met and passed! Here are just a few:

• She has 2 bottom teeth (toofies as we call them)
• She can sit up all by her self for a long period of time
• Last night I held her hands and we walked across the living room together!
• She's started eating some solids (limited diet, but it's a start)
• She is incredibly tactile--for months now she's been picking things up, passing them from one hand to another... and then to her mouth
• She's started drinking out of a sippy cup
• She is attempting to Crawl. She can scoot all over the place (backwards), but she just needs to learn to get that butt in the air and coordinate her arms and legs

For the fourth of July we went camping at Rocky Point Campground at Lake Almanor with my parents, Catherine and Joe, and the Jacksons. Marian and David camped at the Vagabond on the other side of the lake, but we were lucky enough to have a few visits from them.We used our awesome tent that we got as a wedding present (it's considered a tent cabin--it sleeps 11, has 4 rooms, and you can stand up it it). It was so great because we could take Lucy's Pack-n-Play and not have to crawl in to bed every night. I HIGHLY recommend getting a tent like this if you don't want to sleep with your child (not my thing).Lucy did not like her life vest or the boat. I think these pictures say it all:My mom worked magic with bear (calming him down after wrestling with Riley)...
And my Dad worked magic with Lucy... she's been so fussy lately teething and all.
The night of 4th of July we went out on the boat with the Jacksons to watch fireworks. We had a great time. We boated out to the peninsula where there was some sort of pre-concert going on. The band was called the Spazmatics and they did pretty good covers. After the concert though, they played MJ music and I'm so sick of it. Everyone else on the lake was trying to drown it out as well so we ended up listening to about 5 different songs at once. The works were "ok," the finale was awesome.Unfortunately, after the show, we had a dead battery and waited about 20 minutes for the Sheriff to come give us a jump.
The next day Catherine and Joe went tubing and it was a fun show...

Last week I visited Lynae while our hubbies were backpacking. Here are some pictures from the weekend, but I don't have time to tell you what all went on... Lucy's up and we're going to go play!Norah, Lucy and JosiahSprinkler Ready...

No so sprinkler ready

I LOVE this face

Norah "riding" Bear