Lost a day

I am really trying to post everyday, but I just don't always have the energy to do it at night when I finally have the time. Yesterday was a long day. It started at 5:30 when Nicole decided that it would be fun to be up at that time. So on Tuesdays we take Aimee to nursery school and yesterday we also had to do two errands while Aimee was at school, vote and hit a toy store. So we dropped Aimee off, picked up my parents and took them to vote (they came so that we could take turns going in and not having to bring Nicole in since we heard horror stories about waiting in line...turned out to be untrue at our location) and then headed to the toy store. The local toy store from us was having a fund raiser for Aimee's school where if you bought toys and stated your affiliation with her school the school in turn got 20% of the proceeds of your sale. Apparently it is their biggest fundraiser and gift certificates even counted toward the totals. Bonus. So I picked up some Christmas presents for the girls and my nieces and they even gift wrapped them. This is the first time that I have even thought about shopping before Thanksgiving let alone be wrapped! Bonus.

Nicole however, fell alseep in the car while I went into the toy store while she was out in the car with her Papa so her nap was from 9:30 to 11:30 in her car seat. So our afternoon nap was taken quite early in the day. Then we picked Aimee up, hit Daddy's work to say hello, made a trip to Trader Joe's for some staple items including stickers and balloons and then went home to play in the yard. We also had a make up lesson for ballet so we were out again from 4-5. So needless to say by the time we got home everyone was exhausted including me since no nap equals no downtime for mom.

Our latest development in the battle of the sleep deprived is that Nicole has suddenly figured out how to put her foot up on the rail of the crib. I thought I had a few more months before I had to start worrying about her getting out of her crib. Apparently not. So we don't like to put her in there upset lest she tries to swan dive out of her crib like her big sister did. We already have sleep issues with Nicole, I can only imagine how awful it will be to deal with her in a big girl bed. I am seriously considering a crib tent. Anyone ever used one? Maybe it is the sleep deprivation talking. Aimee actually sleeps great lately -- it's Nicole that has been having issues. Unfortunately our solution was to bring her into bed with us and since last night Gary got a few toes in his face throughout the night, that must come to an end. So tonight is our test night. We are going to do some tough love with some good padding on the floor lest she tries her acrobats and hopefully she will sleep through the night. Wish us luck!