Oh, fine.

Lilly's new phrase she likes to use whenever I ask her to do something she doesn't want to do is "oh fine!". I have no idea why I love it so much,  but I do!
She's growing up too fast!

Sick sick sick of being sick.

So, I've been sick since the 26th and I want to be so incredibly over with it already.  First it was stomach issues and then I got bronchitis and now I'm dealing with the sinus bs.  I'm done!  Leah's break from school has basically been wasted and I feel awful about it.  This is exactly why I dread making any plans.  Something always  comes up! 

I'm supposed to drive my mother around so she can (meaning me) do her errands, but I just can't pull it together.  The past 4 nights I've not been able to actually fall asleep due to the discomfort and coughing, until around 3 a.m. and my sweet girls are early risers so there's that to add to the pot!

I know I'm just a bundle of happiness and optimism!  It just makes every day to day task seem like Everest (alright, that comparison is a teensy bit dramatic and inflated ).  The tree is still up (the decorations have at least been taken down, mind you ) and despite my best efforts, the sink is disappearing under the ever growing pile dishes that just won't "go away". Sigh.  It really could be much worse. I know this.  This is just not how I would have liked to start off the new year. 
C'est la vie!

New Years 2014

Despite having horrible stomach issues lately, especially the weekend after Christmas and getting bronchitis,  our New Years Eve was actually kinda nice. I wanted to have family over for dinner and play games, but of course that fell through. (insert sad face)
But we had fun with our little family (happy face). We played a bunch of games and just spent the night together enjoying each others company. Isn't that what the holidays are for anyway?

Lilly lasted until 9:30 which was pretty impressive considering she hadn't had a nap all day.  Leah stayed up with me and Chris until midnight. After she was done banging a pot with a spoon (my mom used to let us do that every New Year. Not sure if others do that or not but we loved it. ) and then right after, she turned to us and asked if she could go to bed!  Haha haha! I love her so.
                      Happy New Year!

Here's hoping 2014 is a helluva lot better than 2013!