So we didn't have big plans for celebrating the new year... I had thought of maybe having a board game night. And inviting some of our friends over. But our plans changed when one little Ellie got a fever. It wasn't a big fever, just a little one. And she started coughing... nothing too big again. we had hopes of getting things done... but things fell through.
I had begun another campaign of Potty training the Elle. Taking it a little slower. This time the reward is not having to wear "baby" diapers, getting out of taking naps, and I am not pushing the pooping in the potty thing. In fact she can poop in the pull ups as long as she is "twinkling" in the potty. And so far it seems to be working :)
So we were doing this with Ellie. And then she got sick... She had a headache and a slight fever. She was just a little lethargic. So I was worried... what if I have to put her down for a nap?? Will it undo all the work that I have done to get her going to the potty? So i gave her some medicine and let her choose. She chose to lay down and watch tv. Of course... and she fell asleep. When she fell asleep I took her to her room so she could be more comfy. But she woke up maybe 10 mins later. Feeling much better.
We decided to call off the game night. And instead we went to IHOP for dinner. And ended up being the only customers in the restaurant. the waiter was excellent and in the middle of the dinner Ellie decided that she needed to go potty... on her own, and she went!!!!
And both girlies ate everything they ordered :)
Anyway, we went home and I told the girls that they could stay up for the New Year. So they wanted to watch movies all night long. So we started out the night watching The Black Cauldron, and then they followed that up with some Veggie Tales (during which I took a break). Then they watched The Lorax (I joined back up at that point). My turn to chose a movie and I chose Beauty and the Beast. About halfway through the movie Ellie jumped up and told me she had to go potty! It was about 10ish... And Audrey was out cold...
We came back downstairs and finished the movie... and I took Audrey up to her bed. She was out out... silly kid. We then watched a bit of Lady and the Tramp, we as in Elle and I. And soon it was midnight. And we went upstairs and celebrated with Daddy. Had some sparkling Apple Cider. And proceeded to try to wake Audrey up so that she could celebrate a little with us.
This is where Ellie went bonkers. She was sooo excited she was running in circles in her room screaming Happy New Year! And then she saw daddy trying to wake up Audrey, so she climbed up to the top bunk to help. She started screaming at Audrey and climbing on top of her and hitting/kicking her. Then when Audrey rolled over... Ellie decided that the best way to wake Audrey up would be to
JUMP on her stomach, knees first... Well Audrey's eyes opened for sure with that... and she groaned... but she didn't' wake up... So we made Ellie climb down... and get ready for bed.
Also, as a quick side note. At around 7 pm Ellie's fever had come back and she was feeling lousy. So I gave her some Tylenol and some Benedryl to help her out a little. Expecting her to fall asleep. So in all her fighting to stay awake it was quite amazing that she made it to midnight. But it did make for an awesome night of cuddling with the girls for me.
