Changing my mind

Okay. So, I'm not a tough mommy. I'm not a pushover, either. I'm really not. However, I can't justify upsetting Kara again like last night just to stop this nursing to sleep thing. There has to be a simpler way. I've decided that I'm going back to my gradual program of nursing her until she's sleepy then asking her to unlatch and fall asleep the rest of the way. She was completely happy with this arrangement tonight and was out by 7:15! Okay...now THIS is more like it.

When daddy comes home, if it hasn't happened before then in this much gentler way, he can work on getting her to sleep without me. It shouldn't be so stinking difficult for her....daddy doesn't have these big ole boobies.

So, just when I think I have my head together, I realize that I left one of my bags at the checkout at Walmart. UGH. Thankfully, as I figure this out (at 9pm, after having been there at 10:30am), I call, they know about it and tell me that the next time I come in I should pick up the items and bring my receipt to the customer service desk. Oh man....brilliant move goofus. The worst part is that now I don't have my instant oatmeal for breakfast tomorrow. Crud.

After school today, Leah decided that she wanted me to take her training wheels off her her bike for her to practice riding on two wheels again. I'm thrilled that her daddy got to be the one to give her her first instruction on the HOW TO ride a bike thing before he left. I don't think I would have been very smooth about it...I know HOW to ride, but am so not sure I could TELL someone how to.

In any case, we took the wheels off, and she sat on the bike. After I helped her get started (she's not excited about that part yet), off she went. I, of course, ran beside her in the obligatory manner, but she didn't need me. She was shocked when I told her that I thought she should try it herself. Nervously, she decided she would and WOW!!! She was sooooooooo proud! If only I had a video!

Now, since we live on a cul de sac....the only catch is that she's only practiced going CLOCKWISE. Counterclockwise presented a challege. TOO CUTE. I'm sure that it won't take much and she'll be off. Just another way of proving to me that she's growing up faster than I'm okay with :)

Well. With the girls in bed, there is much for me to do. First, I need to get some bills PAID. Then, hopefully, I'll get to chat with my husband as I'm going to bed, and he's waking up. I still can't get used to that.

He's at his office now. In the green zone. In IRAQ. Holy crap. That is still crazy to me. He seems to be happy to be there and finally able to start his work. I think that he will be super busy and that will help him. I'm very glad that he sounds emotionally so much better now. It will be interesting to hear all that he has to say in the next few days about the place. The GIS chick in me thinks that it would be SO COOL to be doing that job! Just NOT there.

I'm so thankful that we will be able to speak with him almost every day. What a blessing. Today he mentioned that his living quarters are pretty nice. Almost like a dorm. He has his room with a bed, TV, mini fridge, DVD player...etc. There is a group bathroom down the hall. He lives, eats, works, worksout in the same building. THAT makes me feel a bit better, for sure. I'm SO not excited about him being out and about in the green zone. Maybe I'll be used to it about the time he comes home.