Just The Two Of Us

Gracie and I are on our own for three days as Garren heads off to Richmond for his second business trip of the year. While he is out hob nobbing with Virginia's political elite, I will be here (likely in my pajamas) socializing with Strasburg's littlest ham!

I write this blog entry after the fact 1. Because I didn't think it was a good idea to announce via the internet that Gracie and I were home alone 2. Like I had time! Boy has she been a handful this week!

Tuesday: Daddy leaves around 11am after we take a trip to the grocery store to get some snacks for Daddy. Gracie woke up at 5:30am and hasn't gone back to sleep. We kiss daddy goodbye and I wait until noon to put her down for a nap. Wanting one myself, since I too have been up since 5:30 am, I am shocked that she sleeps for one hour and is ready to get up! Gracie's sleep deficit:now 3 hours. We have a snack and play for a while. She is in a terrible mood. Then again who can blame her; she's exhausted! I try to get her to sleep for another hour late afternoon, we end up just resting as she refuses to sleep! I fix grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner. We read and have milk and she is in bed by 7:40. I don't hear a peep from her after she is down!!! Yeah.

Wednesday: I slept wonderfully! Since I was so exhausted I went to bed myself last night at 10:30. Gracie and I were up at 8:30. Earlier than we usually do, but we are well rested and feel much better. Despite her sleep she still seems fussy, I think it's just a phase and there is a lot of drool so I think she might have teeth pain. We play in sandbox and with blocks...etc. She throws a temper-tantrum over an apple while watching Max & Ruby. She loves apples, and I had gotten some at the store. I sent two with Garren and left two for her. She had one yesterday. She wants an apple now! Unfortunately, Garren somehow picked up the third one, and I am forced to deal with an angry toddler who is watching an episode about apples! I can't change the channel, Max & Ruby are her favorite--so I just try to give her something else...thank goodness for sliced cheese. I debate on a "time out" before the cheese, but realize she is hungry and hasn't eaten many of the froot loops she had for breakfast. The cheese works. I am starving too, and since Garren is out I make a call to Ciro's for a cheesesteak hoagie and chicken nuggets for Gracie. When the food gets here Gracie again won't eat. I think her teeth are really bothering her. She goes down for a nap like a champ! She's out for 2 hours. I print off some coloring pages for her and get things together to make Valentines. We do crafts for a while, then we play in sandbox, with puzzles, ect. I am at a loss for dinner, I make some pasta, but we are out of Parmesan cheese--what a let down. We go to the store. We get some treats and soup. I give Gracie a can of Dora soup that is on sale for a $1. She gets attatched to the soup and throws a tantrum at the checkout when they scan it and bag it. The sales girl shows pitty on me and hands Gracie the can to carry to the car. We get home and she eats the entire can of soup. I am picking up on the food pattern--only soft things! Poor Gracie. I let her watch Baby Einstein while I clean up and get bedtime things ready. I forgot to buy apples!! The Baby MacDonald video is full of apples! Now Gracie is demanding the apple again. It's close to bedtime, so I take a deep breath and deal. We do books and milk and this time she doesn't want to sleep. I gave her some Tylenol for her teeth...it kicks in around 10.

Thursday: Gracie is up at 9:30, today will be much the same as it usually is. Garren will be home by 6 (he says) and we will go to Walmart--it's grocery night. I can handle Gracie on my own just fine, but I am so glad that I have someone to share her with!

**Picture from Tuesday, we have been pretty relaxed these past few days, staying in our pajama's eating junk food (somewhat in moderation)***

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