Hay Happens and Hay's Happen

See this??? This is me loving on the Tot. It’s been a hard road this last week. She is up almost two hours every night coughing incessantly. We’ve tried everything from cough syrup to magic fairy dust to PRAYER! Ugh. Either one of us have slept and it leads to tense times, but we have each other. And you know what? This is what usually happens throughout the day. Lotsa hugs.

(This picture was courtesy of my love, Doug)

(It’s our two year anniversary, so we had to practice our hugs too!)

Yes, right in the face!
Samantha, one of Tot’s friends in her class, gave her a high five today, and she completely missed. It landed exactly on her forehead. Do you know how we know?

The paint from their hands gives it all away. The whole class was in stitches….well after all was sure there were no injuries!

It took me painting my toes to inspire Tot. Lately, she’s been content being a bit girly-averse. So…..red sparkly polish

When does it dry, Mom? 
Just flap your arms all around like a birdie. Next thing you know, voila! Pretty hands and feet. 

During Tatum and my quiet time, I heard Tot reading in her room. She does this often, but I figured I’d peak in since I heard her say, “Baby Jesus.” She is absolutely obsessed with Baby Jesus!

This particular Bible Storybook is absolutely beautifully and artistically drawn. It depicts the emotions of the characters in the Bible and makes you feel everything they feel. 

This occurrence happens often. I try to model reading the Bible for her, and we talk about Jesus and God all the time. In fact, she loves when I read anything about Jesus. My prayer is that her passion and log for Jesus continues to grow as does mine!

Eye to eye, we sat eating our bagels. It was a nice conversation about school,

life,

 

politics,

and favorite dance moves, when wham!

It was time to practice winking.

Wink! TO you Tot!

Remember what we were dealing with??

These delicious two fingers.

Well, as you know, the dentist had recommended warned me that if she didn’t stop, her bite would be needing major surgery. $$$$$$.

And as you remember, we started the ceasing process. What incentive would she chose?

Drum roll…..

Yes, folks. A Peppa Pig backpack.

Now, she did not stop immediately. It was H.A.R.D! She thought she could stop, but each night, she went right back to her fingers. She would even hide it.

During the week, we received a card and pic from her dentist, Dr. “Vee.” This was a kicker!

Finally, I had to tell her that it had to come from her! She had to want to quit.
When she would stop, she’d be so proud of herself!!

It’s been 3 days since her last sucking. She just holds Baby to her lips and for her, that fills her need.

And there is much rejoicing with her new Peppa Pig backpack.

I’m so proud of her. She set her mind to it and accomplished a goal.