Today was a good Day

Today was a good day. Ms. Sara woke up at about 6:15 (again, the ass crack of dawn) and ten promptly took a small tumble down the stairs. Most of the time, she sits at the top of the stairs and yells for DADDY until he goes and gets her and brings her to our bed. Yesterday morning, she yelled a couple of times and then we heard her say over the monitor, "NEVER MIND!" and the next thing we know she climbs into our bed and tells us to "WAKE UP!" (Yes, every thing is at the top of her lungs, or so it seems when you are still trying to pry open your eyes and figure out what day it is). :)- Well, I have a feeling her new found Independence was short lived after taking the last two steps of the stairs in one fell swoop! Oh Well.

So, of course, this got her started off in a foul mood. But, we went off to experience a Kolache (for those non-Houston folks, that dough with eggs and sausage or a variety of other things stuffed inside) and then made our weekly trip to Wally World. Walmart at 8:30 on a Sunday morning is a fab time to shop. In fact, we can even let Sara out of the cart, and she held the list and "helped" with the shopping.

Once home, she played by herself while I read for a bit and daddy passed out for a nap. She then took a 2 1/2 hour nap and then spent the remainder of the afternoon playing with me in her blow up pool. Nigel just put her to bed and we will see if the streak of good bedtimes continues tonight.

Another thing I am starting to notice.... she has eaten me out of house and home today. Usually getting my tiny little bird to eat is a challenge (along with most other things). Today is actually asked for lunch and dinner and even once helped herself to a snack from the ice chest.

There was a small fit when it was time to get out of the pool for bed, but much better then it could have been, so I will call today a success.

As for me, this week is going to be a work challenge. I have a MAJOR project that will be completed on Friday, but between now and then.... it's going to be ugly. I am doing what I can to keep my stress from rubbing off on her and even promised a short swim in the pool after dinner tomorrow night if she has a good day at school (precious time I do not have), but it will be worth it to see her smile.

Still many miles to go, but the increased number of hours we have been able to sleep has helped keep things in perspective. This weekend is just what this family needed. We have one last weekend before the older kids begin to arrive for their summer stay. Two weeks to see how this medication works before we introduce the 8 weeks of controlled chaos of summer. :)