friday favs

we had an interesting week over here. sunday was rough. i wasn't a very good mom. i vowed to do better monday. monday was one of those blissful days. then came tuesday. tuesday was worse than sunday. i plan to forget tuesday. thank heavens i have a mom who reminded me {after tuesday's events} i'm not the worst mom in the world no matter how much i feel like it. patience is a virtue that i am really working on right now and i'm afraid possibly for forever. 

now, i can't stop laughing at some of the moments from that day i plan to forget; like, when i sort of tried to hypnotize my child so he would take a nap... he was so desperate for sleep. the crazed, irrational 2-year-old was in full force throughout the day. we finally got in the car to meet daron for dinner and i knew we weren't going to make it if carter didn't get some serious shut eye. only problem was we were driving and he never, and i mean never, falls asleep in his car seat anymore. airplanes, tractors, bulldozers and crane trucks are just way, way too exciting. 

at a stoplight, i found myself typing the words, "put to sleep hypnosis" in youtube. i thought twice as i was typing those words since i was exhausted myself and driving, but the hesitation didn't last long. i felt totally pathetic. i just kept thinking, "i'm crazy. am i seriously trying to hypnotize my child so he will sleep right now???"

thankfully, the week slowly got better. this age is somethin' else. carter's new thing is to call me, "babe" and "honey." 

"babe! i need a fork!"

"babe! sit by you."

"mama, do you need a drink honey?"

"yeah, i want some nuts. thank you, honey."

and now, thanks to me, after saying my name 23 times in a row, if i haven't looked he holds up one finger and says, "mommy, listen" with a little stern look in his eye to go with it! that's when i think, "is this kid for real!?"

i'm sure glad i love roller coasters because this 2-year-old takes me on one almost every day. hi five to weekends when dad gets to ride the roller coaster with us!

oh, and if you're curious, the hypnosis video totally worked. ;)