the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

last night was a rough one. at about 9:00 d woke up, having just been asleep for an hour. she was a mess. the poor little girlie had watery eyes, a runny nose and a fever. she is typically not one to cry much, but last night, cry she did. she was so sad. we were up together for most of the night. in between nose wipes, she would rest in my arms, but never really reached a deep sleep.

on top of this, e woke up in the middle of the night after having a terrible dream about her room being filled with bugs. if you know e, this is the worst nightmare she could imagine. she is not of fan of bugs!

finally, at about 3ish, things started to settle down. d was able to sleep for about 2 1/2 hours before waking up again. it was a rough night.

on top of all of this, scott has been struggling with a cold/sinus infection for the past few days. to add insult to injury, we were expecting painters at 8am in the morning. this is the current state of our living room.

thankfully, i am married to a very good man! he announced at 6 that he was not going in to work. he stayed home today and helped me juggle the painters, a sick baby girl, and an active 3 1/2 year old. i was even able to get a wonderful nap that helped me catch up on the sleep i didn't get last night.

hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. if not, i'm moving to australia!

*the reading teacher in me couldn't resist the reference to one of my favorite children's books by judith viorst. the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day is a book about a little boy having a rough day. his solution is to move to australia:) if you haven't read it, check it out at the library and read it to a little one in your life. they'll like it.