friday.

today. has been a good day.

i feel full - anticipating a weekend spent with family.

thankful for progress this week. extremely grateful.

i drank what seems like a gallon of chamomille tea last night before going to bed. {which was at 11.} and by 12:30 i was asleep. yaya. i slept pretty good - until 6:00 when my alarm went off. 5 1/2 hours is much better than what i've been getting. so thanks for your prayers, emails vm's and comments. 

a few people have told me to go to the doctor. i have an appointment for my 'annual' in two weeks. if i'm still struggling - i will definitely ask him about it. until then... i am trying to adjust my lifestyle accordingly. there are several things i'm biting the bullet & trying... and i will post on those when the results are in - and when i'm feeling vulnerable enough to share.

until then.... 

this is what our friday looked like:

lil' miss slept soundly until i went to get her at 7. {we've been starting a 'pattern' this week of crying 30 minutes or so after putting her down at night... and then we get her up... attempt to feed her - which she isn't hungry in the slightest - and then cuddling for an hour or so. i put a stop to it last night. while the hubby was gone. it was hard... so i talked to a friend on the phone instead of listening to her cry while watching my watch....}

we had a sweet snuggle time together while i fed her. 

ahhh.....

i set her down while i went to go get brady.

i came back and she'd rolled over.

right. maybe it was an accident?

nope. she has rolled over several times from her tummy to her back today. and once from back to tummy. hummmmm......... maybe i shouldn't have posted that i like her immobile?

it's my mom's birthday. so after c went down, we made cards. for her and for aunt katie - who's birthday is on monday.

brady loved it. {and now has green marker all over his hands. i thought it was washable??? yeah, right.}

then we went to the post office. and cvs for some photos. and we played at the mall. 

just us. and it was really fun. 

 charlotte fell asleep in her carrier. {she rarely does that anymore - unless we're in the car, of course.}

we ate at chick fil a. just me & brady - splitting some nuggets {and french fries}. 

we talked. and sang songs. and played i spy. 

it was fun. and simple. and nice.

then we stopped to watch the ice skaters. b. was fascinated.

then we went home. read books together & laid the kiddos down for naps.

i watered my garden - again. because it's hot. and i'm proving to myself that i don't always kill things.

and i spotted my first strawberries. 

go me!

and then, after 'straightening up' just a tad {it is friday, afterall}, i read a chapter in my new book club book. 

i have to be honest... i wasn't too excited about this one. i was reluctant. 

but i'm actually enjoying it. i think it's quite funny, really. 

we'll see though.

and now i'm waiting on my hubby to get home. on friday afternoon... ready for the weekend.

we're grilling out tonight. and i'm terribly excited.

are you?