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I am about to just breakdown at any given minute! For one I'm pregnant. That's should be reason enough, but I am so entirely stressed out. I'm going to go ahead and apologize before I blow off some steam. I just need to get some things off of my chest, so sorry for being in such a damper mood!


Ashlyn is a wonderful child........until you try to put her to bed at night and wake her up in the morning. She never wants to get up in the morning, so I've been putting her to bed earlier. She still won't go to sleep until after 10:00 each night. She sits in her bed and plays school with all of her animals. Even though I go in her room every 5-10 minutes with the same spill - "Ashlyn you need to go to bed because you aren't going to be a happy camper in the morning, and that makes mommy very upset.", she still WILL NOT go to sleep. Then the morning rolls around and we have world war III every morning at the Cody house. She won't get out of bed, she won't go to the potty, she won't brush her teeth, she won't get dressed. Do you see a pattern here? It is beyond frustrating! It doesn't matter if I get up 15 minutes earlier or an hour earlier, it's still a battle with her EVERY morning, which makes me late and starts my day off terribly!


I feel like I've got a million things on my plate at this very moment.........................Christmas shopping, which I did get most of it taken care of on Saturday. Mom and I went to Gaffney for an ALL DAY shopping trip. I've still got to get Ashlyn a few more gifts and 2-3 other people, so I've really knocked most of that out. Thank goodness!

My car has about a bunch of small things that need to be fixed. My headliner is falling down, my brakes need to be replaced, I need new tires, my passenger side window is leaking. UGGGHHHH!!!! I just spoke to Britt, who is also annoying the pee out of me, and he got an attitude with me on the phone because I have ANOTHER screw in one of my tires. I have completely lost count of how many times this has happened to me. I honestly have the WORST LUCK WITH TIRES!!!!!!! Of course it's MY fault that this keeps happening. I mean I intentionally drive through construction sites on a daily basis to see how many nails I can run over!?!?!? I'm stressed, so you could see where his little attitude doesn't help the situation at all!

Then we've got the nursery that we HAVE NOT EVEN started on yet! That's going to be a nightmare because all of Britt's clothes are in that closet and in both dressers in that bedroom. We'll have to move all of his clothes to the downstairs closet, which means that we'll have to move everything from the downstairs closet to the garage in the basement. Now do you see why I'm so stressed?

On top off ALL OF THIS my husband is having an affair on me with a little girl by the name of GOLF! =) He lives and breathes it! On his free days, other than today and yesterday - honey, he plays golf, so I come home to a messy house nearly EVERY SINGLE AFTERNOON! I am so freaking tired of having to come home, give Ashlyn a bath, get my shower, either fix supper or pick something up to eat, pick up HIS mess, do the laundry, and a bunch of other crap. I barely have time to sit down and get off of my feet because it's time to go to bed. Oh and by the way I'm pregnant in case you forgot, because I'm pretty sure that he forgets that his wife is pregnant and could use a little extra help. I'm not trying to use pregnancy as an excuse to get out of doing something, but it wouldn't hurt for him to help me out around the house a little.

So now you see why I'm stressed to the MAX! I'm trying to just bite my tongue and be pleasant, but it's becoming nearly impossible! Again.........sorry for the foul mood, but I just needed to vent. I CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR GIRL'S NIGHT OUT! I desperately need it!

My Little Model

Work Christmas Party

Ashlyn and Santa

Tonight we went to Marshal (where my dad works) with

Mom and Dad for their company Christmas party.

Santa was there to meet the kids.

Ashlyn asked for a computer and a tv for the car.

Santa was a little surprised by her request. Frankly I was too. =)

She's just a little high maintenance. LOL!

I honestly have no clue where she came up with either of these gifts.

If she's asking for this now we're in trouble when she becomes a teenager!

Polar Express Pics

True family photo.....

Me - "Smile Ashlyn."

Ashlyn being Ashlyn

Britt thinking - "When is this train ride going to end?"

LOL!

A little better

Terrible picture of Ashlyn and Santa since I couldn't use a flash. =(

The Lail's

Who............Me????

Lovin' on Daddy

Do you think she's gotta go?

What a beautiful face! =) LOL!

The Polar Express

Sunday was a fun-filled day in Bryson City for a trip to the North Pole aboard the Polar Express. What a wonderful experience! We made the trip with Ashley, Jon, and Grayson. When we first arrived we went through the train museum. I was SHOCKED to see the price tags for some of these trainsets. We're talking in the thousands$$$!?!?! After the museum we got our tickets and headed to the car to get the kids in their pj's. It was finally time to board the train. Once aboard we were given hot chocolate and a chocolate covered marshmallow. We were off to pick up Santa. On the way to the North Pole the Polar Express was read to all of the children. We finally made it. Just seeing Ashlyn's face when Santa stepped onto the train made the trip worth every penny spent! Her eyes lit up and were as big as saucers. She couldn't contain her excitement. Santa stopped and visited with every child and gave each of them a special momento, a jingle bell, as a reminder of their special trip to see Santa Claus. The only downside was that we were instructed that we could take pictures, but we couldn't use a flash. Alot of good that does when you're on a dim train at 6:00 in the evening. Needless to say our pictures with Santa didn't turn out. =( That stunk! On the way back to the station we sang Christmas carols and were up dancing the Twelve Days of Christmas. It was a hoot! LOL! It was time to grab some dinner and head back down the mountain. I highly recommend taking a trip on the Polar Express next year! We thoroughly enjoyed it!

I'll try to post pictures from the trip when I get home this evening.