Valentine's Day 2012

What I had planned for today was nothing like how today actually went. It started last night when Maddy was waking up crying every five minutes. I had plans of getting up early to make her a special breakfast that consisted of:

I was looking for the paper muffin holder thingys (lovely English huh?) when Maddy's bad night started. I finally realized there would be no going to the store last night because Maddy was having some kind of problem. I finally decided that if all else failed I could still make the muffins without the holders so I decided to put the muffin making aside and comfort Maddy. I would love to know what happened because it wasn't just a small cry, her pillow and covers were soaked from her tears. I went through a list of questions and everything was yes. As long as I was sitting up with her laying on me she would sleep. I decided to try one more time leaving her room but within five to ten minutes she was crying all over again. I grabbed my blanket and camped out in her room. It was a pretty long night up until we both got to sleep, then morning came way too early. I realized there would be no muffin making because if I got up, she would have woke up. I made a new plan of giving her cinnamon bread in the shape of a heart. We woke up on time and when it came to getting dressed I realized we had a problem. I have had her valentine outfit for a while now. I hung her shirt up, but apparently I laid her pants elsewhere. I could have sworn I put them in her pack n play (that is my catch all in her room for now), but after pulling everything out I did not find any pants. I searched and searched for her pants and they were just not appearing. I finally decided to just get her diaper changed and her shirt on then while she ate breakfast I could go back to looking. By the time she started breakfast it was already 7:50 a.m. and mind you we need to be walking out the door by 8:00 a.m. When she got in her highchair she immediately asked for her surprise because last night I went on and on about a surprise in the morning, which was supposed to be the muffins. Thank goodness i had her valentine's gift ready so I went ahead and gave it to her. Here is the video of her opening her present/gift:

While she worked on her chocolate I tried to find our heart cookie cutter...yeah...I couldn't. I attempted to cut a heart freestyle with a knife out of her bread and it actually turned out pretty good, but she wasn't interested in it due to her having had chocolate. I did some more searching for her pants and finally realized I needed to just grab some pants that matched. I walked back in the kitchen and it was 8:14 a.m. I threw her pants on, picked her up, ran to the car and got her buckled in. I was about to pull out when I realized I left her shoes sitting on the couch. Back in park I go and I run back in to grab her shoes and her coat. I got in the car only to remember her nails are super sharp and needed cutting, otherwise I would have a note sent home telling me to cut her nails, so back in the house I go to get the clippers. I get back in the car and it's 8:20. It takes 45 minutes to get to daycare and they are supposed to be there by 9:00 a.m. Of coarse the one day I am really late is the day I get behind every slow driver in the world...I mean they weren't even doing the speed limit. I pull in daycare at 8:57. Run to the back, cut Maddy's nails, put her shoes on her, pick her up and grabbed the rest of the stuff and we took off running...I'm sure I looked pretty ridiculous lol. I signed her in at 9:02 and I felt as if the day should have been over. Maddy is having some real bad seperation anxiety lately and will not let me leave unless her teacher takes her from me. This morning was no exception. I realized when I got in the car (after somehow closing my knee in the door which left me in tears due to the pain) that this day was not going to go at all like I had planned. I still have no idea where her pants are, but I'm sure I will find them tomorrow lol. The end of the day turned out pretty good. Maddy seemed to really enjoy the day and she knows it involves hearts and chocolates. 

Sunday night I stayed up till 1:00 a.m. trying to get Maddy's valentine's day box wrapped to where she could decorate it. I bought these cute heart shaped foam stickers for her to decorate with:

I forgot to take a pic of the box itself (I was a little disappointed in MY job in wrapping the box, but of coarse I LOVED Maddy's decorating skills) but I did get a pic of it today that I will share. The rest of the pics are from today...from my phone and my camera. The skirt was part of her outfit, however, they have bloomers attached to them and in order to wear them today she would have needed tights and that is just too much to deal with at school when they are potty training so I ended up putting her in khaki pants that were too short lol. Yeah, I was a little embarrassed over that one but it happens to every mom :)

 I had no intentions of posting this, but after the way the day started I thought this is a good representation of how I felt...like screaming lol. We were being silly and just going ahhhh like you would at the doctor or something like that.

I got a nice surprise from my step dad. We aren't really close, but he got me this rose to let me know he was proud of me and that made me feel good :)

Yes, I look a little awkward in this pic lol...I was taking the pic and was in an awkward angle with my hand and I wasn't even sure we were both in the pic...we both were and I just decided to go with this one cause it was too much work to try to get a better one. As you can see Maddy has had her share of chocolate for the day and she is sleeping peacefully as I write. I hope you all had a wonderful day!! Happy Valentine's Day!!