Parenting...what a job

Sometimes I have to remind myself that I love her....well, not really but she does try my patience at times. Ahhh...the joys of parenthood. It is hard work. People who say it isn't are either drugged up, have no children, or live in la la land.

She has been particularly difficult today. Not only is she now 1 and seems to be trying me in a different way every day but today she has been running a fever on and off. I believe she is teething as her fever hasn't reached 102 yet. She is acting relatively normal. I say relative cause she is changing so much every day now. She is "talking" almost constantly. Today we actually got her to sit still and watch about 15 min of a movie sitting next to her older brother, Michael. I was too scared to get up and get a camera!

Beyond that she screamed on and off ALL DAY! She is now going thru the separation anxiety phase. I pray she went thru it today cause she wasn't feeling good otherwise this will be yet another fun adventure breaking her from freaking out, coming up to me and putting her arms up to be picked up....constantly. And of course she would NOT take a nap today. It's pretty hard work to keep up with a 1 year old primadonna.....but I love her...I really really do!