It's been a busy month for The Knapp's and my gosh is it HOT! All I can think about is being so happy that I work inside and not outside like my husband!! Since the last blog life has been crazy busy as usual and many things have happened because it's SUMMERTIME. Presley is out of school so I have enjoyed my mornings not having to drop off kids at two different places. I have actually been sleeping in way too late and not making it to work on time! I also seem to get very spoiled when my husband is home and really hit the snooze button too many times because I know he can shuttle the kids off for me!!!! Presley's Tball games are over. It was getting too hot so I'm happy but at the same time I'm a little sad! Her team came in SECOND place. I am so proud of her! She has learned so much this year and has turned out to be a GREAT ballplayer just like her Mommy was! On May 31st we celebrated our TWO year wedding anniversary, but we didn't celebrate together. The husband was off at work and we were off to the BEACH! We spent Monday to Monday in Orange Beach. Presley, Ava, me, Lacie, Timber, Kaylea and Kay. On Thursday Mom and Malcolm came down too! I am so glad we decided on an early trip to the beach this year because now the waters are closed to swimming. While we were there we saw some enviromental people cleaning up the tar balls and combing the beaches and there was a swimming health advisory. I never really saw any oil except for some tar balls on the shovel on Sunday while they were scooping the sand. It's such a sad situation and I'm sad thinking of what those beautiful Alabama sands will look like in a few weeks. Anyway, we had a GREAT time at the beach! It's hardwork with so many kids and especially having babies, but oh so relaxing and enjoyable just to do as you please for a WHOLE WEEK and enjoy doing whatever!!! You certainly pay for being gone for a week! It's been two weeks since we got home and I have been so busy that I still have not gotten back into the groove of things! Every since vacation ended Ava has been screaming every night to come get in bed with me and she doesn't give up that screaming until she is in bed with me! On vacation her crib was in my room so she would get up in the middle of the night and dumb me put her in bed with me! Now I am suffering. We are going on two weeks and she has ONLY slept thru the night FOUR times. I am exhausted. I am tired of it. I want this to end NOW! Bedtime was still easy up until last night! I guess now she even wants to start off in bed with me and I am NOT HAVING it!! Nope, not giving in to that! She cried in the crib for FIFTY minutes! Yes, I said FIFTY! People, that is almost ONE HOUR! I have some strong willed children I must say! It continued for so long that I went outside and watered flowers so I would not have to hear that AWFUL screaming cry she has. UGH! Came back in and she was down to the whining more quiet cry and after one minute she was out and boy I was so proud of myself for not giving in to her and not going in there! The crying must have wore her little butt out because she slept all night thank you Jesus!!!! Now, if only I could be that strong during the night and not go in there! But it's so hard at night because the house is so quiet and all I can do is lay in the bed listening to that screaming horrific cry and just want to be asleep!!! I can't sleep thru a crying baby so I usually give in and go get her which then means she is in my bed all up on me and I still don't sleep! But now I am determined that I will be strong enough to let her cry it out and she will stay in her own bed! I have to do this! I can do this! I am a big girl so put on my big girl panties and deal with it! Right? I so miss the days when she just went to bed so easy and stayed ASLEEP all night! These molars she has been cutting, mixed with being sick a few weeks back, mixed with vacation has really gotten us off track and this Mommy is so EXHAUSTED!! Send any tips my way if you are reading this! Now to tell you about the temper tantrum horrible fits this child of mine is throwing too! These things are HORRIBLE!!! She becomes this monster or something! Throwing out on the floor, screaming, hitting herself, scratching her face, pulling her hair, slapping anyone who tries to get her, just crying crying and crying and will not be quiet! Ugh, I am so over this too! It has to come to an end! Anyone have any tips for this????? Are there such things as the TERRIBLE ONES????? And if this is the TERRIBLE ONES I do NOT want to see the terrible twos. I am running away! On a good note, Ava has grown up so much and is doing new things everyday. She really talks up a storm and really thinks she is saying some good stuff. She has lots of new words too and of course when I go to mention them I forget them. Bobo, Nannie, Presley, baby, thank you, fish, juice, keys, ride (I think), byebye, PawPaw, maybe Poppa too (Nannie says she said it), and that's all I can think of. She loves outside and it's just too dang hot out there so of course this is one of the times that the fit throwing happens. She loves to take a ride on the Ranger with Daddy. Loved the beach, sand (not on her hands), loved the waves crashing into her.
Ok, so now I need to show you some pictures of these two cutie pies of mine! They sure are cute and Mommy sure does love them, but they sure do give their Mommy a hard time sometimes!!! What would life be like without our children?? I will upload some pictures tonight.
