It's been awhile, hasn't it? There has been a lot going on and when I've had time to update... I am too wiped to write something worth your (and my) time.

So instead of some giant post about what's been going on these last couple weeks of summer, I'll pick up from here.

Amelia is doing good but testing her mother's patience on a daily basis. Ah, the terrible twos. I remember those days when she was an infant going to the store thinking, "I can't wait until she can walk so I don't have to carry this seat everywhere." Sure the big ordeal of an errand entailed a diaper bag with half of what you owned inside, a car seat with this child that may or may not start crying mid-shop. But oh, I miss those days. Now... she doesn't want to ride in the cart, in the front or back. She wants to stand and walk beside you, which usually means she changes her mind every aisle or isn't listening, or walking to fast, or slow, or touching something she shouldn't or laying on the floor... and suddenly your the mother in the store trying not to lose your cool and make an even bigger spectacle. *sigh*

Bedtime as turned into a game for her as well. She has started coming up with things to put off actually going to bed. Some of her favorites are "more milk","blow my nose," "Change my diaper," and my all time favorite is when she throws her blanket on the floor and cries until we come in and pick it up for her.

Thankfully, the threat of a spanking usually stops it... unless it doesn't, and then you have to spank her. ha... She's still amazing us with how much she knows/remembers and still makes us laugh with her charming personality and cuteness, you know, when she's not trying to run the world.

She's a gift... and quite a struggle all in one... testing my patience and driving me to my knees in prayer.