Around here?  A is.  Hands down, no questions asked, unequivocably, A is the master of our universe.  At least that is what she believes with every ounce of her being!  She is usually executing some type of command on me at home, or out, or anywhere she wants really, but she up’d her game recently when we visited Mister LK at his office.  She took her bossiness to a whole new level!

We visited Grampa at his office the other day…A worked very hard.  She made drawings all over his desk, answered the phone when no one was calling, and of course we went out to lunch!  she loved sitting at the big desk and giving orders.  The girl was born to be the boss…what can I say?!

What do you think a 22 month old prays for?

Maybe she’s praying for longer hair so she looks more like a girl!

I’m praying for patience!  Apparently and NOT surprisingly, she was a real angel with Grandma and Auntie H this weekend.  Playing nicely, being funny, letting them change her diaper without kicking them in the face…you know…all the behaviors she saves for everyone EXCEPT her Mommy.

She just thinks it is funny to torture me!  It’s ok though…I love her anyway…and I hope she is praying for that long hair AND my sanity!

This saying is something that has stuck with me since I was an early teen…My mom’s friend Aunt L was telling this to my sister who was throwing a tantrum of her own.  I know she meant it to be said to an early teen going through lots of crap and puberty at the same time…but I think it is an amazing lesson, and remind myself of it often.

We’ve lost touch with Aunt L, but I hope she knows how much these words have impacted my life.  I have not always controlled my emotions…but at some point in the “loosing it” stage…I usually find myself repeating this in my head!

I wish this worked on my 22 month old!  She’s having a hard time controlling her emotions…and by that I mean…well…she screams and throws herself on the floor kicking when she doesn’t get the M&M’s she wants in the middle of the pharmacy.  Or screams like a banchee for 25 minutes on our ride to dance class all the while using her Little Mermaid wand to Macgyver the door handle open on the highway.  Or kicking me in the face while screaming, crying & banging the mirror and wall as I hold her down all to do something like…change her diaper!  All pretty good examples of what my days have been like the past 2 weeks.  Torture.  Sadly, me repeating my “controlling your emotions is a part of growing up” is not having any effect on her at all!  Damn…

During the aforementioned car ride of hell, I decided that something has to be hurting my baby girl.  I was taking her to the doctor.  Stat.  I took her yesterday, and much to my relief…she has a double ear infection!  My daughter is not just a lunatic disaster who can’t control herself!  She’s in pain!  Medicine can HELP!

This is her first ear infection, and first time on antibiotics in her 22 month life…I think that is pretty damn good…

This is A last weekend, when it was just a cold…

This was A this week the day before the doctor…when I told her should couldn’t have cake for lunch…

Oh Amoxycillin, please help my little girl get back to smiling!  Crossing our fingers this is short term!

I am the featured Mama on Mamadiaries.com today!  I answered these questions a while ago, and I think it was a bad week since it definitely sounds like I want to kill A or myself, and the good news is that things around here have calmed down a LOT and even though A is very sick right now and cranky and snotty and a coughing mess, I am loving her like crazy and don’t want to quit my SAHM job!

This series is awesome, the questions are so thorough and I think it is so cool to read all the other mama’s answers.  The people interviewed are from all different places, ages, backgrounds and I think it is a great insight into motherhood.

She’s a friend of Auntie E & I’m happy to have participated!  I hope you check us out over there if you have some time!

A, even though you don’t sound like it in my interview, you’re a very well behaved girl who is spunky & funny & really really smart.  Mommy & Daddy love you more than anything!  (this morning nap you’re taking today is really awesome!)

Singular….1 day….1 snow….that is all we’ve got this year!  So different from last year!!!  I can’t believe how big A’s gotten since last year.  I know she’s a year older, but when you look back at the photos, it is just incredible that she was crawling as her main mode of transportation, and she was so bundled up she could barely do that!!!

This snow was a nice one…even though I love when it snows…getting around with a toddler in snow like last year might be difficult.  A was also much more helpful this year with snow removal!

She helped her Daddy clean up the whole patio!

Cleaning off our fire pit table

She thought the snow was funny!

Really funny!

Her eskimo ensemble was too cute not to get lots of pretty pics!

Thanks PD for lending us your snowsuit!!!

See ya soon snow!!!

Next year, we’ll meet the snow…on skiis!