As much as I hate to admit it....

Annabelle has hit her terrible twos...

OH MY GOD.... Please pray for me...

It started with the plane ride home yesterday with her being just horrible (in a cute way of course).. refusing to listen, sit still or be quiet... THANK THE LORD the flight was only 1 hour 20 minutes... Granted the week was totally off her schedule and she didn't get the rest she is used to.. not to mention the 4 hour drive to the airport... I am sure this was part of her issue but I do see that the storm is nearing.. I have SO MUCH more respect for those of you that have and travel with more than one child... OH DEAR GOD.... I do NOT know how on earth my parents did it.. God bless you both...

This evening, we were having dinner... Annabelle had chicken nuggets and peas.. both of which she loves... she refused to eat any.. and just started crying for yogurt... I wasn't going to give in without a fight so I told her she could have yogurt after she ate her chicken and peas... well... after about 20 minutes of this one sided discussion I told her she couldn't have her yogurt and she flipped out... I mean totally lost her mind... threw herself on the floor (over and over) screaming for yogurt... to the point she was losing her breath.. Initially I thought it was funny... (yes, in a sick kind of way) and thought it was a tantrum but after being unable to calm her down I started to worry... I took her outside to see if that would work, it did.. She wanted to hold my hand while she walked but asked for daddy's too which I thought was strange... we walked just a little bit and I tried to get her to go one way (away from the playground) and she flipped out again.. just like with the yogurt.... so I carried her inside like a football because she was doing the stiff as a board impression and asked her if she wanted some yogurt... It didn't register... no response.. she wouldn't really even look at me or when she did it was if she had no clue who I was... and it didn't matter that I was mommy ... the one who fixes all boo-boos.... hmmm... that worried me...

My plan ... distract her from her yogurt fit by going outside then give her some once she calmed down so she wouldn't relate fit throwing = getting what she wants....

I put her in her chair, kicking and screaming.... latched her in all the while she is still screaming and throwing her head back hitting the back of the seat (it is padded thankfully) ... I am totally freaked out now... I get the yogurt and show it to her.. nothing... spoon some out and try to feed it to her, nothing.. it wasn't until she tasted the smear on her face did she start to calm down... she ate three yogurts before it was all said and done...

I really was concerned... so much so I called my bud Andrea and she confirmed that it was probably exhaustion, maybe getting sick as well as being almost 2...

needless to say, Annabelle went down EARLY tonight and did so with no fight... (other than wanting to "rock baby" ....

I have to say, I am not liking the terrible twos.. but then I would rather have a tantrum than be a pushover and give her everything she screams for... I could have avoided the whole mess if I had just given her the yogurt to start with but that just didn't seem right.. I know she ended up having yogurt for dinner anyway but I really don't think she will see it as "I won" ...

So, John is gone again.. we got home last night and he left this AM... He will get home while I am gone to KS to see Amber (and baby A) but we will get to see each other Sunday and Monday.. maybe by next weekend we will get Annabelle back on a schedule and she will recuperate from our time away...

Speaking of baby A... as it stands today, Addison is the top name... we both like it but we also agree that we haven't decided for sure... Personally I think she will be Addison but who knows..

I am going to go take a much needed bubble bath and hit the sac early!

Much love to you all and thank you for all the prayers..

Carolyn