Independence Day

Today is my last day with Mark! I am so freaking happy about this! It will be really nice to sleep in a little next week. JR is working some crazy hours right now, so he isn't really around to help. He leaves the house at 1:30am and gets home around 3 in the afternoon, hangs out for about an hour maybe two, and goes to bed between 5 and 6. We are both exhausted. I had to go to court last night for my tickets. I plead not guilty so I will have to go back in the next month or so. Eh...whatever, just need to get some of the tickets taken care of. I talked to an attorney who said that if I can prove I did in fact stop at the stop sign, then I can get them to drop the other tickets because they wouldn't have had cause to pull me over in the first place. Honestly, I don't want to volunteer to pay money out the wazoo, but I feel like it's cheating. Sure, they didn't have a reason to pull me over, but I am still guilty of not having the kids in car seats. We were only 2 miles from home, but still, I know better, and I feel like a crappy mom - I just couldn't fit all three car seats in the car. Oh well, I did what I had to, that's all I can do. Can't feel guilty about yesterday, it's over - Just gotta do better today! (My new philosophy! LOL) Landry is becoming more and more independent each day. She doesn't want my help for ANYTHING! In a way, it's great, however, it's also dangerous! LOL She only asks me to help her go potty when she is tired, or wanting attention, but for the most part she is doing it all herself, including wiping and washing hands...although the washing hands thing requires her to stand on the edge of the toilet and lean over. DRIVES ME NUTS! I seriously have to by a stool for the bathroom. She also will NOT allow me to help her dress, or put her shoes on. Ughh! Another big move in her independence, is she is completely off the diapers. Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, she woke up me up in the night to tell me she needed to potty, so I got up with her, took her diaper off, let her pee, then put a diaper back on. The following mornings her diaper was still dry, so Monday night, she went without a diaper. She hasn't had a single accident (so far)! This is so exciting! My little girl is growing up! I am really proud of her - a whole week. It's been really nice to only buy diapers once a month since she only uses one at night time...but to know that we are done...no more diapers, its over - it's just so exciting! We were supposed to be going to a wedding this weekend. To be honest, I would have done nearly anything to get out of going...turns out - we really can't go, with JR's work schedule, we can't do anything right now. I can't drive yet, so it's not like I can take the kids and go myself. Oh well! I am filing a petition with the county court on Monday to get my drivers license. Ughhh...seriously, this has been such a headache, from the special insurance, to traffic court, to lawyers, fees, it's been an ongoing process, but I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel! Woohoo.